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''Hit List'' is an American musical with music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Drew Gasparini, Joe Iconis, Andrew McMahon, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and Lucie Silvas and a book by Julia Brownell, based on the original fictitious musical from the second season of the NBC television series ''Smash''. The songs include up-beat pop anthems and gritty rock songs. Hit List is a contemporary identity fable about the price and cost of 21st century fame. Hit List tells the tragic love story of the wannabe pop singer Amanda, who transforms herself to become the star Nina Hope, and the hidden songwriter Jesse, she uses to get there – but at what cost? ''Hit List'' is a social commentary on the price of fame in today's modern society. Within the television series Smash characters Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan) and Kyle Bishop (Andy Mientus) set out to write the next Rent (musical). ''Hit List'' centers around three characters, Amanda, Jesse and "The Diva", as they seek to attain and hold onto fame. Amanda is portrayed by Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee), Jesse by Jimmy Collins and The Diva by Ana Vargas (Krysta Rodriguez). On October 15, 2013, New York City venue 54 Below announced plans to stage ''Hit List'' in concert format. Jordan, Mientus and Rodriguez each appeared, with Carrie Manolakos standing in for McPhee. The musical's original concert production opened on December 8, 2013 and closed December 9, 2013 after 3 regular performances. ==Development== ''Hit List'' was created for season two of ''Smash'', intended to be a rival production to ''Bombshell'', the Marilyn Monroe biographical musical created for season one. Drew Gasparini, Joe Iconis, Andrew McMahon, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and Lucie Silvas created the material for the fictional musical.〔(''Smash'' Fans, Rejoice! ''Hit List'' to Debut at 54 Below, Starring Jeremy Jordan, Krysta Rodriguez & Andy Mientus )〕 ''Smash'' season two showrunner Joshua Safran envisioned ''Hit List'' as a "scrappy underdog" to the senior ''Bombshell'',〔 taking inspiration from the 2005 documentary film ''ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway'',〔 and from Broadway seasons which saw ''Wicked'' head-to-head with ''Avenue Q'' and ''Billy Elliot'' in competition with ''next to normal''.〔 Safran wanted the sound of the second musical to completely contrast with that of ''Bombshell'' so he turned to rising theater writers. The first two songs selected for ''Hit List'' were "Broadway, Here I Come" and "The Goodbye Song", both by Joe Iconis. "So, in a very strange way, those songs actually created ''Hit List''", Safran stated. He described ''Hit List'' as being about "really deal() with the power of fame these days in the music industry or the arts. And the idea that in order to be somebody, you have to pretend to be somebody else."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hit List (musical)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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