Smash's BOMBSHELL Gets "Original Cast Recording"

SMASH's show within a show BOMBSHELL will get an "Original Cast Recording" on February 12th featuring music from both seasons. While it will feature the original vocalists of the previously recorded tracks (meaning no single Marilyn), it will feature all of the show's music, in order of performance.

I think this is a really awesome idea and will give us fans an idea of what the actual show BOMBSHELL would feel like. I still would love to see it on Broadway, even though I know that will never happen.

The recording will be released as a 22-track CD, with a bonus CD through Target. It will feature the cast of SMASH as well as guest stars Uma Thurman, Bernadette Peters, and Nick Jonas. The bonus CD will feature covers of BOMBSHELL songs by Jane Krakowski and Christine Ebersole.

The tracklisting is:

BOMBSHELL Act One
01) “LET ME BE YOUR STAR” (Extended Intro) - Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty
02) “AT YOUR FEET” - Bernadette Peters with Sophia Caruso and Ensemble
03) “SMASH!” - Megan Hilty & Katharine McPhee and Ensemble
04) “NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART” - Katharine McPhee
05) “THE 20th CENTURY FOX MAMBO” - Katharine McPhee and Ensemble
06) “THE NATIONAL PASTIME” - Megan Hilty and Ensemble
07) “HISTORY IS MADE AT NIGHT” - Megan Hilty & Will Chase and Ensemble
08) “I NEVER MET A WOLF WHO DIDN’T LOVE TO HOWL” - Megan Hilty with Debra Messing, Nick Jonas, Christian Borle, Will Chase, Jaime Cepero, Phillip Spaeth and Ensemble
09) “MR. & MRS. SMITH” - Megan Hilty & Will Chase
10) “DON’T SAY YES UNTIL I FINISH TALKING” - Christian Borle and Ensemble
11) “ON LEXINGTON & 52nd STREET” - Will Chase and Ensemble
12) “CUT, PRINT…MOVING ON” - Katharine McPhee and Ensemble

BOMBSHELL Act Two
13) “PUBLIC RELATIONS” - Katharine McPhee with Christian Borle and Ensemble
14) “DIG DEEP” - Megan Hilty with Henry Stram, Phillip Spaeth, Wesley Taylor and Ensemble
15) “SECOND HAND WHITE BABY GRAND” - Megan Hilty
16) “THEY JUST KEEP MOVING THE LINE” - Megan Hilty
17) “LET’S BE BAD” - Megan Hilty and Ensemble
18) “THE RIGHT REGRETS" - Debra Messing with Christian Borle
19) “(LET’S START) TOMORROW TONIGHT” - Leslie Odom, Jr. with Christian Borle, Wesley Taylor, Savannah Wise and Ensemble
20) “OUR LITTLE SECRET” - Julian Ovenden & Katharine McPhee
21) “HANG THE MOON” - Bernadette Peters with Megan Hilty
22) “DON’T FORGET ME” - Katharine McPhee
BONUS CD SONGS (TARGET EXCLUSIVE)
01) AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SONGWRITERS- Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
02) "SMASH!" Jane Krakowski
03) "NEVER GIVE ALL THE HEART"- Megan Hilty
04) "SECOND HAND WHITE BABY GRAND"- Christine Ebersole

I can't wait. SMASH debuts on NBC on February 5th!

CASTING UPDATE: Readings & Picnics

It's been a quiet few weeks on the Great White Way for all things not REBECCA, but here are some of the recent casting updates of note!!

- PICNIC, opening in January at the American Airlines Theatre, will star Reed Birney as Howard Bevans, Maggie Grace as Madge Owens, Elizabeth Marvel as Rosemary Sydney, Sebastian Stan as Hal Carter, Mare Winningham as Flo Owens, Ellen Burstyn as Helen Potts, Madeleine Martin as Millie Owens, Ben Rappaport as Alan Seymour, Cassie Beck as Christine Schoenwalde, Maddie Corman as Irma Kronkite and Chris Perfetti as Bomber.

- A reading of the new musical SOAP DISH, will star Kristin Chenoweth, Jane Krakowski, Cristin Milioti, John Stamos, Anne L. Nathan, Michael Park, Miriam Shor and Daniel Torres. The musical has no timetable for any future productions.

- The PRINCE OF BROADWAY, based on the career of Hal Prince, held a presentation in NYC starring Sierra Boggess, LaChanze, Josh Girsetti, Emily Skinner, and more. I hope this does well and gets a production in NY soon!