SMASH the NBC show about the trials and tribulations of bringing a show to Broadway was, alas, cancelled at the end of their second season. I really loved the show, but then I’m a singer and have performed in a lot of broadway shows with the New Mexico Civic Light Opera. I fell in love with the dreadful, womanizing director played by Jack Davenport, it was a great nuanced performance. The two young women had amazing voices, and I enjoyed and bought a lot of the music from BOMBSHELL. They handled a writer’s tribulations very well. I liked the show so I was sorry to see it end.
But they ended it beautifully. Once they knew they were finished they gave us a wrap up by ending everything at the Tony awards where they built in a few surprises. But more importantly they resolved every character’s emotional and personal journey, and it made me feel good. I was sorry the show was over but I didn’t feel unsatisfied or as if things had been left unfinished because there was closure and a resolution for these people I’d come to care about.
So big kudos to Theresa Rebek the playwright who created the show for giving me a real ending. Game companies…. are you listening?
