Musical Chairs (Smash)
| "Musical Chairs" | |
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| Smash episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Casey Nicholaw |
| Written by | Becky Mode |
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| Production code | 207 |
| Original air date | March 19, 2013 |
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"Musical Chairs" is the twenty second episode of the American television series Smash. It was written by Becky Mode and directed by Casey Nicholaw. The episode premiered on NBC on March 19, 2013, the seventh episode of Season 2. Karen, Tom, Julia and Derek adapt to a new environment. Pressure mounts at Liaisons. Katie's assistance leads Eileen to discover how to salvage Bombshell.
Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan), Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus), Ana Vargas (Krysta Rodriguez), and Derek Wills (Jack Davenport) present parts of Hit List to Scott Nichols (Jesse L. Martin), director of the Manhattan Theater Workshop that is sponsoring the musical. Scott says he needs to talk to his people. Scott later suggests that they add a narrator to the show to help explain things since it's now sung-through and lacking dialogue. Scott feels that if their older audience doesn't understand it, it can't be presented on their bigger main stage and will have to be relegated to a tiny under 80 seat room for more experimental work. Jimmy is very resistant to any changes, while Kyle and Derek think it's a good idea, and Derek and Jimmy clash about it.
Bombshell rehearsals aren't going so well, with Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) learning to direct, butting heads with Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee), and trying to avoid using Derek's choreography until he signs a release to allow them to use it in the show. Producer Eileen Rand (Anjelica Huston) schemes to get control of Bombshell back from her ex-husband Jerry (Michael Cristofer). Her daughter Katie (Grace Gummer) has arrived to help her mother. Julia Houston (Debra Messing) is supportive of Tom's direction but she isn't happy that Tom has dropped the part of the storyline that was about Marilyn's mother.
At Liaisons, the show remains terrible and the cast is unhappy with how it has turned out when it starts doing shows in front of preview audiences. Both Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) and Terry Falls (Sean Hayes) lament how things are going and they fear the show will not make it to opening night. Ivy suggests that if the show is going to be closed anyway, why not go all out crazy; Terry likes that idea.
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