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Is it Karen or Ivy who lands the role of Marilyn in “Smash”? The season finale airs 9 p.m. Monday on KSL Channel 5.
Photo by ERIC LIEBOWITZ/NBC

Why 'Smash' has crashed

Last updated Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 7:53am

It didn't start out that way. The NBC series, which revolves around the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, premiered in February to 11.5 million viewers, a godsend for a network whose prime-time lineup is holding on by a thread or, more specifically, a mindless singing competition ("The Voice").

NBC quickly renewed "Smash" for a second season and executives almost certainly began plotting "Law & Order: Broadway."

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Zaera Stokes (left) and Jadynn Hahn dance in the hallway before the school play Monday at E.G. King Elementary School in Layton. Zaera and Jadynn were playing Henry VIII and Martha Washington, respectively.

Historical figures hit the stage at King Elementary

April Hale Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 11:45pm

LAYTON -- The desires, dreams, successes and failures of historical individuals have inspired students at King Elementary to create their own legacy.

The sixth-grade students wrote their own musical play, "The History Connection," composed of short biographies of significant people in history.

As they performed Monday for their parents and peers, they connected the lives of historical individuals to their own. They conveyed a message that everyone can make a difference now, just as people in history made a difference during their time.

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'Flat Stanley Jr.' hits the stage in Kaysville

Ruth Malan Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 10:12pm

KAYSVILLE -- Sixth-grade student Joshua Melton had a bit of stage fright, but it didn't show as he played the lead in Creekside Elementary School's production of "The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley Jr."

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Joyce Wilson, pictured last week in Ogden, has been actively involved as a volunteer with the Ogden School District’s theater programs for the last five years.

Ogden School Board member keeps musical theater alive

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 11:26pm

OGDEN -- Joyce Wilson is passionate about students in the Ogden School District. So passionate that she serves on the school board and then volunteers up to 40 hours a week producing school musicals throughout the district.

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Sondheim tops off story with second 'Hat'

Mike Fischer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 2:15pm

"LOOK, I MADE A HAT: COLLECTED LYRICS (1981-2011) WITH ATTENDANT COMMENTS, AMPLIFICATIONS, DOGMAS, HARANGUES, DIGRESSIONS, ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANY." By Stephen Sondheim. Knopf. $45.

Biggest sleeper in the book world last year?

You could make a strong case for Stephen Sondheim's "Finishing the Hat," the first of two volumes collecting the lyrics he wrote while remaking the American musical.

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