PREVIEW: NBC Monday Night Musical Soap SMASH ("Publicity")

Roger Newcomb April 23, 2012
Thorsten Kaye & Anjelica Huston
The Year of the Soap continues on NBC on Monday, April 23 with a new episode of musical soap SMASH, featuring special guest star Uma Thurman.

In "Publicity," Eileen (Anjelica Huston) introduces new beau Nick (guest star Thorsten Kaye) to ex-husband Jerry (guest star Michael Cristofer), while Julia (Debra Messing) panics when her son Leo (Emory Cohen) goes missing.

Karen (Katharine McPhee) finds herself seduced by the glamorous life of new BFF Rebecca Duvall (special guest star Uma Thurman) -- but can Rebecca be trusted? What will Karen's ascent mean to her relationship with Dev (Raza Jaffrey)? And will Rebecca drive Derek (Jack Davenport) insane?

Watch a few sneak peeks below:







Megan Hilty and Christian Borle also star.

UPDATE:
Select songs from tonight’s new episode are now available from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records on the iTunes store athttp://www.itunes.com/NBCSmash.

The two songs available for tonight’s episode of “Smash,” entitled “Publicity,” include:

“A Thousand and One Nights” – written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; featuring Katharine McPhee and Raza Jaffrey.

“Secondhand White Baby Grand” – written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; performed by Megan Hilty.

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