- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Patrick Mulkern
Smash has a great cast, a mix of terrific songs both old and new, but a book, ie storyline, barely worth the paper it’s scrawled on. Leading lady Ivy has a sore throat. Director Derek is a pig. Leading man Michael is randy. Lyricist Julia falls for his charms. That cliché-o-meter is clanging away!
This episode is worth catching to see how Anjelica Huston seizes every line as if it were not witless drivel, and for Katharine McPhee’s cover of Florence and the Machine’s Shake It Out. She’s once again simply stunning.
About this programme
6/15. Ivy panics when her voice fails her, and Derek pushes her to take drugs to fix the problem - regardless of their potential side effects. Karen is offered a gig at a bar mitzvah, but struggles to get to grips with Jewish traditions, and Julia tries to avoid Michael after Frank returns home. Meanwhile, Eileen is introduced to an unfamiliar side of New York life.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Julia Houston
- Debra Messing
- Derek Wills
- Jack Davenport
- Karen Cartwright
- Katharine McPhee
- Tom Levitt
- Christian Borle
- Ivy Lynn
- Megan Hilty
- Dev Sundaram
- Raza Jaffrey
- Frank Houston
- Brian d'Arcy James
- Ellis Boyd
- Jaime Cepero
- Eileen Rand
- Anjelica Huston
- Michael Swift
- Will Chase
- Leo Houston
- Emory Cohen
- Dennis
- Phillip Spaeth
- Monica Swift
- Michelle Federer
- Artie Swift
- Blake Johnson
- John Goodwin
- Neal Bledsoe
- Sam Strickland
- Leslie Odom Jr
- Nick
- Thorsten Kaye
- Barry Schwartzman
- Geoffrey Cantor
- Jessica
- Savannah Wise
- Linda
- Ann Harada
Crew
- Director
- Dan Attias
- Writer
- Jacquelyn Reingold
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