Smash

Previously on Smash...

I'm Marilyn.

I think she'd be a great musical.

Marilyn, the musical? Whoa, whoa, whoa.

We are in the middle of an adoption.

I was working on my audition tonight.

Darling, I need to see everything you've got.

All assets go into escrow immediately.

I'll see you in court.

Ivy Lynn is coming in.

Derek wills is available.

He is a terrible human being!

I got called back for Marilyn.

I got a callback.

♪ color me your color, baby ♪

♪ color me your car ♪

♪ color me a color, darling ♪

♪ I know who you are ♪

♪ come up off your color chart ♪

♪ I know where you're coming from ♪

- ♪ call me ♪ - ♪ call me ♪

♪ on the line ♪

♪ call me, call me any ♪

♪ any time ♪

- ♪ call me ♪ - ♪ call me ♪

♪ call my love ♪

♪ call me, call me any ♪

♪ day or night, call me ♪

♪ cover me with kisses, baby ♪

♪ cover me with love ♪

♪ emotions come, I don't know why ♪

♪ cover up those alibis ♪

- ♪ call me ♪ - ♪ call me ♪

♪ on the line, call me ♪

♪ call me any, any time ♪

- ♪ call me ♪ - ♪ call me ♪

♪ oh, my love ♪

♪ when you're ready we can share the wine ♪

♪ call me ♪

Karen. What are you doing?

You've got a three-top,

and the guy at your front table wants more coffee.

What? I'm sorry... what?

Relax. I took care of it.

But you are so not here. Still haven't heard?

- No. - How long has it been?

- Four days. - That's not so good.

I know. I'm so stressed,

I just wish they would call me.

- Karen. - Ugh.

Here ya go, hon.

You're gonna get it.

Thanks.

It's Ivy's part.

She has Marilyn's soul. She has her body.

She looks like Marilyn.

This girl feels like Marilyn.

How do you know what she feels like?

Okay, don't go there.

Straight men are gonna go there.

- This girl is hot. - They're both beautiful girls.

But only one of them has the experience to do this.

Well, that's the thing, tom.

Experience is precisely what we're not looking for.

That innocence, that freshness... It's very Marilyn.

She has to have chops.

- That girl has chops. - I agree.

- What a great voice, huh? - Give me a break.

Ivy has one of the best...

Yes, Ivy also has an amazing voice.

No one here is saying she doesn't.

And she can act. And she can dance.

And she has ten years of Broadway experience.

Okay, look, we can't just keep going over and over and over

- the same question! - No...

He's right.

I'm sorry... huh? What did you say?

You are right, tom. You are absolutely right.

I'm fighting this hard I can 'cause' kidding myself.

I can't handle this over to a completely neophyte

not withtout more information.

- Can I help you? - I'm tom's assistant.

I know who you are.

Get me Joe Machota at CAA.

You have to do another callback?

It's Marilyn Monroe. It's the part of a lifetime.

If I have to jump through a few hoops, so be it.

- Are they seeing more people? - Just me and one other person.

Somebody new. Karen something.

They didn't see her do a dance audition,

so they're calling her back for that.

We're both getting called back for scene work,

- but I don't have to dance. - It's classic.

You put in ten years in the chorus,

stop, please. I'm a wreck.

I'm just pretending to be brave.

- I'm scared to death. - So it's another callback.

- You'll nail this one too. - I'd better!

'Cause I really don't wanna put on those feathers anymore.

I'm so sick of going out on that stage

looking like a demented duck.

Tell me about it.

Everyone, uh, gather round.

The budget is almost ready.

We'll have all the schedules printed and distributed

both in hard copy and electronically

by this afternoon, at which point the budget director

- will be available for questions. - You got nothing else?

Something we maybe could sell papers with?

I apologize for our current lack of scandal.

I know this makes your life boring and difficult.

I'm sure someone

will do something stupid or illegal soon.

If I were you, I'd count on it.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a lunch date

with a young lady who's significantly more attractive

than you clowns.

- You okay? - My agent called.

They want another callback. I have to dance.

Oh, well, you're a terrific da...

The choreographer's gonna love you.

- It's the director. - The director?

He's the choreographer.

Sometimes they do both, you know?

Oh. This is the guy who had you come over to his apartment

at 10:00 at night for a coaching session.

Mm. You never said much about what happened that night.

Well, because nothing happened.

Come on.

Birth certificates notarized and authenticated.

Marriage certificate.

18 years? That's impressive.

Unheard of in show business.

Once the agency signs off on your application,

it gets bundled with other applications,

then we send it to Beijing,

and it gets translated into mandarin.

That should all take about three or four months,

and then the waiting begins.

Begins?

We've been at this for ten months.

Chinese bureaucracy is very thorough.

Well, how much longer are we talking about?

Well... two years?

I know. The waiting is the hardest part.

Hi. Sorry.

There was police action on the subway.

Right.

Sorry. There was a police action on the subway.

Yeah. So we've heard.

- Hi. - Hi.

This is our music composer tom levitt

singing on the recording,

who, by the way, makes a lovely Marilyn.

♪ in this factory where dreams can come true ♪

♪ are you ready to make someone new ♪

♪ you're the team that must teach me to do ♪

♪ the 20th century fox mambo ♪

- - Okay.

First move brings Norma Jeane into the cabal of groomers

as they affect the transformation.

It's a fast, tight spin.

- Here. - Sorry.

Good.

Let's make ourselves a Marilyn.

♪ ♪

- You did what? - Josh called me,

said they needed a couple people to help out with the dance call,

- so I said yes. - You spied!

Yes, I did. She showed up late

and had to be shown the first combination three times.

I talked to her on the break. She's from Iowa,

and her name is Karen Cartwright.

Marilyn's name was Norma Jeane Mortenson.

Which would be why she changed it.

It's half-hour.

My sweet.

If we put let me be your star here

right after the DiMaggio duet,

then the breakup number goes...

Here?

You know, it takes longer to adopt a baby

than it took to write West Side story?

Wow. No. I did not know that.

You know how many criminal checks they put you thorough

before they'll let you write a musical?

I'm guessing none, since we didn't have one?

None is right! And let me tell you,

there are a lot of people that should be

stopped from writing musicals.

I'm aware.

You know what we should do?

We should write a song

for DiMaggio, Arthur Miller, and JFK to sing

about what they look for in a wanan.

Julia, we have to start thinking about structure.

You can't build a musical by just writing songs.

Maybe it's not so linear.

We start with let me be your star.

- You start with it. - Seriously.