- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Patrick Mulkern
Ever seen a theatre show and been bowled over by act one, then sat through a buttock-numbing, nothing-further-to-say act two? Well, that’s the gut feeling here after the knockout pilot.
Ivy and Karen are both waiting for a callback from the Marilyn musical producers – cue a cool fantasy rendition of Blondie’s Call Me. That’s at the start, and a later number, Let Me Be Your Star, is energetically choreographed. But in between we endure tedium upon cliché: Anjelica Huston’s divorce, Debra Messing’s child adoption, Jack Davenport bedding a starlet... Their characters need home lives to flesh out a series but this is thin stuff. Note to the writers – we’ll let you know!
About this programme
2/15. The producers cannot decide whether to cast Karen or Ivy in the lead role, and invite both actresses for one more audition - hoping a test of their dancing skills will determine who gets the part. Frank grows frustrated when he and Julia suffer another setback in their adoption bid, while Eileen's estranged husband Jerry claims that her new project will never make it to the stage without his support. Drama about the struggle to create a Broadway hit, starring Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Karen Cartwright
- Katharine McPhee
- Ivy Lynn
- Megan Hilty
- Julia Houston
- Debra Messing
- Frank Houston
- Brian d'Arcy James
- Derek Wills
- Jack Davenport
- Eileen Rand
- Anjelica Huston
- Tom Levitt
- Christian Borle
- Ellis Boyd
- Jaime Cepero
- Leo Houston
- Emory Cohen
- Dev Sundaram
- Raza Jaffrey
- Jerry Rand
- Michael Cristofer
- Dennis
- Phillip Spaeth
Crew
- Director
- Michael Mayer
- Writer
- Theresa Rebeck
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