Last week, BroadwayWorld began a brand new exclusive InDepth InterView series highlighting all aspects of one of the most popular stories of the year so far, the unexpected announcement of a special one night only charity concert performance of a fan favorite musical-within-the-series from NBC's musical series SMASH, BOMBSHELL, to benefit the Actors Fund, and, now we bring you the top facts, features and fun tidbits gleaned from the conversations so far.
Of course, last week we hosted several exclusive chats with many elemental figures in the creation of the project: Actors Fund president Joe Benincasa, available here, producer Tim Pinckney, available here, songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, available here, and, to kick off this week, choreographer/co-director Joshua Bergasse, available here. The participants offered up a slew of new details on what plans are currently in place for the unprecedented SMASH reunion as well as shared their first reactions to the wildly successful Kickstarter campaign that has already racked up more than $314,000 in donations in only two weeks, having begun with a goal of $50,000 when the event was first announced earlier this month. See what we learned so far below! 1. "Let's Be Bad" is the one number everybody can't wait to see - again. The propulsive jazz blast featuring Marilyn in SOME LIKE IT HOT will be the toughest to stage and sing, but also the most hotly anticipated musical moment of all by all involved.
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