SMASH: Season 2 Premiere

Let's kick this thing off right...Team IVY!!

10:58 Ivy looks like how I feel right now
10:49 Wow, thank you Hilty for working that 11 o'clock number!
10:40 Wow could this Brooklyn scene be any more stereotypically hipster?
10:34 Jeremy Jordan please don't get involved with this dingaling Karen
10:27 I cannot get behind Krysta, Wesley, and Savannah supporting Team Karen
10:22 Way to name drop Mary Testa, Jackie Hoffman, Cheyenne Jackson, and Harvey
10:19 Oh no this sexual harassment montage is a problem
10:15 Ivy is working the Double D Doralee look now
10:14 There are NO Broadway types hanging out at those tables in Times Square
10:03 Annaleigh Ashford is everything!
9:53 Jeremy Jordan has me sobbing right now
9:51 I have a collection of programs from failed musicals. Talk about Queening out!
9:48 Time to get an audition techniques class from Megan Hilty
9:46 What on earth is Christian's hair doing right now?
9:39 "Good luck, you deserve it" That's bad luck in the theatre!
9:35 "I'm your muse, it's what we do" #Gross
9:34 Singing next to JHUD will always make McPhee look bad
9:30 Ivy is working the Evita hair right now!
9:23 I hate Karen even more this season
9:21 Wait, why does Ivy have to apologize to Karen?
9:15 How long until Anjelica's character throws another drink?
9:14 "Someone is always waiting to take you down honey. But if the work is good, they won't be able to." -JHud
9:13 Why is Karen Cartwright happening?
9:12 I didn't realize they were going to cut to Memphis...
9:09 Remember when Christian Borle was married to Sutton Foster?
9:09 The St. James is a great theatre, but I don't think it's "the best"
9:08 "I don't read the reviews. I read Tom's face." -Julia
9:06 Wesley Taylor is divine. He is everything!
9:05 Anjelica Huston's characterr is WORKING the bangs!
9:05 Megan Hilty works the curves, she lives for a good wrap dress!
9:04 We die for Krysta Rodriguez! But we hate the fact that she is bff with Karen.
9:03 Wesley Taylor and Savannah Wise are just darling!
9:02 Does anybody else have a problem with the fact that Karen is not nearly curvy enough to play Marilyn?
9:01 Oh wow, did she or didn't she? I'm talking about Ivy's suicide attempt.

Fun Fact of the Day: A Revised 9 to 5 Does Well on Tour

We all know that my love for 9 to 5 the musical by Dolly Parton was serious when the show was on Broadway. But it got poor reviews, was snubbed for any TONY awards, and was overall a big fat flop. And I was very upset when the show closed. But the show has since been revised for the touring company starring American Idol alum Diana DeGarmo as Doralee Rhodes, the Parton role played by Megan Hilty on Broadway. A new director and choreographer and a new design team were hired to overhaul what even I can now admit, was kind of the Broadway hot mess of 2009. The new production is more streamlined and features a less obtrusive set. Dolly even joins the cast, well at least on video screen she does, to welcome the audience and provide narration. I still love the show and I am so happy that it has been getting good reviews on tour and wish it the best of luck! Click below to read the reviews from the tour's first two stops in Nashville and Atlanta.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100924/ENTERTAINMENT0503/100924026/+9+to+5++works+well+as+a+musical

http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2010/09/theatre-review-9-to-5-the-musical-at-the-fox/

Fun Fact of the Day: Diana DeGarmo Joins the 1st National Tour of 9 to 5: The Musical!

Diana DeGarmo, American Idol season 3 runner-up and Broadway performer in Hairspray and Hair, will be taking on a new type of role. She announced today via twitter (@DianaDeGarmo) that she will be playing the role of Doralee Rhodes in the 1st National Tour of 9 to 5, a musical by the incomparable Dolly Parton. The role was originated on film by Dolly Parton herself and on Broadway by Megan Hilty. The tour kicks off in Nashville in September of 2010.

Congratulations Diana!