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Megan Hilty, currently starring in the new Broadway musical adaptation of the Meryl Streep/Goldie Hawn comedy Death Becomes Her, shared the oh-so-appropriate flowers and note she received from La Streep on opening night. Continue reading “Funny: Megan Hilty Shares Meryl Streep’s Opening Night Greeting”
Megan Hilty and Nicholas Kraft (screen capture)
this kid said he needed an Ivy 😌🙈 pic.twitter.com/r7l2Txnfrv
— Megan Hilty (@meganhilty) March 31, 2021
L-R Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis
UPDATE: Only an hour after I posted this, the Kickstarter campaign passed the $125,000 mark.
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In just a few hours, a Kickstarter campaign to help fund a concert of “Bombshell” – the fictional musical from NBC’s SMASH – raised over $75,000 with over 540 donors.
From the Kickstarter page:
We are raising money to put on the show of your dreams: A once-in-a-lifetime concert presentation of BOMBSHELL to benefit The Actors Fund.
The cast is donating their time, as is the whole creative team.* But we do need to raise $50,000 to cover the costs of the production and to assure that 100% of the proceeds will go to The Actors Fund to help people in the creative community who are in need, crisis or transition.
If you love this show – and you know you do – please consider a contribution large or small to help bring this evening to life. We have a great list of rewards at different tax-deductible donation levels to say THANK YOU for your support.
On Monday, June 8, 2015, at the Minskoff Theater, in New York City, we will present: Christian Borle, Will Chase, Megan Hilty, Katherine McPhee and Debra Messing.
Completing the cast will be a starry collection of Broadway favorites. BOMBSHELL features the Emmy nominated songs “Let Me Be Your Star” and “Hang the Moon.” This is a night not be missed.
Music by Marc Shaiman. Lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
BOMBSHELL will be co-directed by Scott Wittman and Josh Bergasse with Musical Numbers Choreographed by Josh Bergasse.
I loved much of SMASH during it’s two seasons on the air. And by far the best parts of the show were the musical numbers skillfully staged by Josh Bergasse and company.
I’m thrilled this concert is happening. If you’re in NYC on June 8th, this will be the hardest ticket in town to get. Guaranteed.
I love me some Megan Hilty! And who doesn’t love this classic holiday song originally recorded by The Carpenters in 1970.
No surprise Megan sounds fantastic. Listen and enjoy… the holidays are on their way!
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Yay! This didn’t take long!
Love Megan Hilty and very happy to read that she’s already booked her post-SMASH gig on TV:
Hilty will re-team with Sean Hayes, who guest-starred on Smash, for his upcoming NBC comedy Sean Saves the World, according to TVLine.
On the show, Hayes stars as a dad who must figure out how to parent his 14-year-old daughter (Samantha Isler) while dealing with a temperamental new boss (Thomas Lennon) at work.
Hilty has been tapped to replace Lindsay Sloane as Liz, Sean’s long-time loyal friend and co-worker.
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Guess who I got to interview today? After discovering her debut CD, I got a call to interview the fab and fun Ms. Hilty. I’ll be sharing the interview soon…
Super nice and charming. We chatted about her new CD “It Happens All The Time” released March 12.
Check out the whole album at Amazon and iTunes.
Or head over to Target for their “exclusive” version with two additional songs.
Bonus – here’s an acoustic version of Megan’s song “No Cure”
Megan Hilty, star of NBC’s musical drama “Smash” as the seasoned triple-threat Ivy Lynn, has released her debut CD recording, “It Happens All The Time.”
Hilty was recently signed to Sony Music in a partnership between Sony Masterworks and Columbia Records. Her new album, It Happens All The Time, was released March 12, 2013.
Megan was most recently seen on Broadway as Lorelei Lee, the diamond-loving blonde made famous by Carol Channing, in the Encores! production of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” to which she earned raved reviews.
Megan’s new CD is available at Amazon and iTunes.
A native of Seattle, Hilty moved to New York City after graduating from the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, and quickly made her Broadway debut as Glinda in “Wicked.” She went on to perform the role in both the national tour and in Los Angeles.
Follow Megan at her official site: www.MeganHilty.com