The Plot for Smash's 'Hit List' Musical Revealed -- Vulture
When Gossip Girl showrunner Josh Safran took over NBC's Smash, he knew he had to expand beyond the show's existing centerpiece: Bombshell, a nostalgic Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. For season two, he introduced a competing show-within-a-show, the original rock musical Hit List. Unfortunately, in the interest of showcasing over a dozen new musical numbers, most of the story exposition ended up on the cutting …