Smash-Beautiful(clip)-Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee)

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Smash is a new series coming soon on NBC.

"In the era of The Voice and Glee, executive producers Steven Spielberg and Craig Zadan & Neil Meron (producers of Chicago and Hairspray), and songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray), bring you the blood, sweat, and tears of the making of a Broadway musical."

Longer description of the show:

"There's nothing more exciting than the opening night of a hit Broadway musical, except maybe what happens getting there. While Wicked and The Lion King pack audiences in on the Great White Way, Julia and Tom, a successful songwriting team played by Debra Messing and Christian Borle, begin work on a new musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. When a tenacious producer (Anjelica Houston) jumps aboard, so begins the difficult task of casting the silver screen icon.

Ivy Lynn, a tough Broadway veteran, seems like the obvious choice. But enter Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee), a young girl from Iowa with a dream of making it on Broadway who walks in and blows everyone away. So who will get the part and begin a journey that will change their lives? It's an age-old story, but a star just might be born once again.

While everyone is consumed with putting the show together, real life has a tendency of getting in the way. Julia and her husband are in the middle of a complicated adoption; the producer's husband begins divorce proceedings which could threaten the finances of the show; and the brilliant but womanizing director could derail everything if he puts the young star in a compromising position. This will be a rollercoaster ride that culminates on opening night when the audience gets to determine whether or not the show is a smash!."

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Tags:

• katharine mcphee
• beautiful
• smash
• karen cartwright
• nbc
• debra messing

[charliebergy101239]

I hope this will be Kat Mcphee's stardom vehicle. She was great on Idol. Some of the tunes on her 2 records were great. Loved her performances with Andrea Bocelli and Chris Botti. Hope she enjoys moving to NYC to perform in this show and that the show will be a SMASH HIT!!!! GO KAT. LOVE YA!

[Renzic18]

KATHARINE MCPHEE YOU ARE A STAR..

[dmmpizzaluvr222]

is it just me or is she better than Christina?!?!?!

[amilliabunchy]

oh..i just love her voice!

[AWickedMind]

Pretty random but, where will the show go for season 2 (provided there is one)? I'm so curious because obviously season 1 will span getting the MM musical off the ground and all the way to showtime, and presumably cover Karen's rise to stardom...but then what? Will season 2 just start a new musical and yet another competition for the lead? That'd be kind of lame. Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself...

[70bellasapphire]

shes one of the most BEAUTIFUL women And soo blessed with talent ! Love THis Girl 4eva

[bebektolol]

i just prefer this one than the glee version

[knybee]

I am a serious singer myself and anyone who has heard this young woman sing live is lying if they say that she is being autotuned. Trouble is, with autotuning people don't know anymore what's the real thing and what isn't. Kat is as real as it gets. God bless her and keep her from those who think that they know better.

[bubblyboy3000]

Everybody is so auto tuned these days. That's not even her natural voice

[MissSamanthaB101]

@6Dommie4 I agree! They have already started messing all the relationships. Ugh i cant watch another soap opera. but I love the songs and I love Karen! She has an amazing voice...

[6Dommie4]

I agree it was seeing DEV that made her put her whole heart into singing this song perfectly. I just hope they don't ruin the characters.

[BambiAndThumper18]

@yolandabushh shes actually Nanny Mcphee how did you not like her until you watched this