NewsPHOTO CALL: A Preview of "Smash" Episode "Hell on Earth," With Norbert Leo Butz and Michael RiedelThe next episode of the new NBC musical drama "Smash," titled "Hell on Earth," will air April 2 at 10 PM ET.
By
Matthew Blank
March 28, 2012
A brief synopsis, courtesy of NBC, follows. Be forewarned, there are spoilers.
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A Preview of "Smash" Episode "Hell on Earth," With Norbert Leo Butz and Michael Riedel
In "Hell on Earth," the "team begins their pursuit of a marquee star, as Eileen (Anjelica Huston) charges Tom and Julia (Christian Borle and Debra Messing) with finding a title for the newly reinvigorated musical. Karen (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy (Megan Hilty) find themselves in competition again -- this time for an orange juice commercial. Relationship troubles abound, as Frank (Brian d'Arcy James) makes an unwelcome discovery." Jack Davenport, Raza Jaffrey and Jaime Cepero also star.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Based on the novel and film by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the new musical will reunite Guettel with Tony-winning Light in the Piazza director Bartlett Sher.