There's nothing more exciting than the opening night of a hit Broadway musical, except maybe what happens getting there. While Wicked and The Lion King pack audiences in on the Great White Way, Julia and Tom, a successful songwriting team played by Debra Messing and Christian Borle, begin work on a new musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. When a tenacious producer (Anjelica Huston) jumps aboard, so begins the difficult task of casting the silver screen icon.
Ivy Lynn, a tough Broadway veteran, seems like the obvious choice. But enter Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee), a young girl from Iowa with a dream of making it on Broadway who walks in and blows everyone away. So who will get the part and begin a journey that will change their lives? It's an age-old story, but a star just might be born once again.
While everyone is consumed with putting the show together, real life has a tendency of getting in the way. Julia and her husband are in the middle of a complicated adoption; the producer's husband begins divorce proceedings which could threaten the finances of the show; and the brilliant but womanizing director could derail everything if he puts the young star in a compromising position. This will be a roller-coaster ride that culminates on opening night when the audience gets to determine whether or not the show is a smash!
In the era of The Voice and Glee, executive producers Steven Spielberg and Craig Zadan & Neil Meron (producers of Chicago and Hairspray), and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray), bring you the blood, sweat, and tears of the making of a Broadway musical.
Seasons[]
- Season One (2012)
- Season Two (2013)
Production[]
Cast[]
- Debra Messing -as- Julia Houston
- Anjelica Huston -as- Eileen Rand
- Katharine McPhee -as- Karen Cartwright
- Christian Borle -as- Tom Leavitt
- Jack Davenport -as- Derek Wills
- Megan Hilty -as- Ivy Lynn
- Raza Jaffrey -as- Dev Sundaram
- Jaime Cepero -as- Ellis Tancharoen
- Brian d'Arcy James -as- Frank
- Emory Cohen -as- Leo
- Will Chase -as- Michael Swift
Crew[]
- Creator
- Theresa Rebeck
- Executive Producers
- Theresa Rebeck
- Steven Spielberg
- Darryl Frank
- Craig Zadan
- Neil Meron
- David Marshall Grant
- Justin Falvey
- Scott Wittman
- Marc Shaiman
- Director
- Michael Mayer
- Choreographer
- Joshua Bergasse
- Composers
- Marc Shaiman
- Scott Wittman