If you've been watching NBC lately, you may have noticed that as midseason approaches, they've been promoting their upcoming new musical drama series SMASH, an emotionally stirring drama, chronicling what it takes to get a new Broadway musical off the ground. NBC has released the first official music video from the series, featuring Katharine McPhee covering Christina Aguilera's cello-driven, classically-flavored ballad "Beautiful."SMASH celebrates the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater as it follows a cross-section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire - to be a 'Smash hit.' The series is set to premiere on February 6, 2012. The plot will follow an out-of-town tryout of a Broadway musical, and centers on a group of people putting together to create a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe, written by the successful songwriting duo of Tom and Julia.
The 27-year-old American Idol veteran, shows off her "Beautiful" voice, is headed to the Great White Way in NBC's upcoming Broadway-centric series. McPhee plays Karen Cartwright, a young girl from Iowa with a dream of making it on Broadway who lands a successful audition and becomes the favorite for the role of Marilyn and blows everyone away. On top of McPhee's shimmering rendition of the song, the video also includes sneak peeks of the series, which is a backstage look at a Broadway musical.
The new SMASH cast clip in what appears to be an audition scene, follows McPhee's character's journey as her parents send her off from her hometown to the bright lights of New York City. It has the full version of the song as sung extremely well by McPhee, and includes glimpses of the new series. The song that vaults Karen onto the producer's shortlist. At its core, SMASH is about two actor's drive to succeed: A rivalry soon forms for the lead role between a youthful, inexperienced Midwestern beauty Karen and stage veteran Ivy. They spend the bulk of the pilot singing their hearts out.
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