Hi! I'm Andrew Barth Feldman. I play Evan
in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway.
And I'm also a big Smash fan.
You know, Smash, the NBC series about two actresses
competing for the role of Marilyn Monroe in the hit show
Bombshell that ends up winning Best Musical
in Season Two. It's also about how–anyway,
You know Smash. So I'm here to count down
my favorite Smash moments.
Number Five
I truly cannot get over Will Chase in a Bruno Mars,
in like a rock, punk, like Rent, Bruno Mars musical
There's just so much going on there that it just doesn't
make sense. And I was like oh they probably won't like
him for the role of Joe DiMaggio and then
there at dinner after and Derek is like, okay, he's brilliant.
It's like did we watch the same Bruno Mars musical?
Number Four
When Dev has a Bollywood number
There was no reason for it!
It was interesting.
Number Three
Classic I can't, I'm in tech
we all know, the classic Karen Cartwright.
Number Two
Genuinely, shout-out to my boys, Pasek and Paul,
"Rewrite This Story," "Voice in a Dream," great songs
in season two with Hit List, I mean beautiful,
awesome, classic, Pasek and Paul tunes, of course.
Number One
You know and then of course, there's you know
that classic moment at the end of the Pilot
where, you know, they're getting ready to go
to their call back. And they sing, you know,
"Let Me Be Your Star," incredible song
and take them from you know Katharine McPhee
in the bathroom all the way to the audition room.
So I wonder what that might be like.
Fade in on a girl
With a hunger for fame
And a face and a name to remember.
The past fades away
Because as of this day
Norma Jean's gone,
She's moving on.
Her smile and your fantasies
Play a duet
That will make you forget
Where you are.
The music starts playing
It's the beat of her heart saying,
"Let me be your star."
Flash back to a girl
With a song in her heart
As she's waiting to start the adventure.
The fire and drive
That make dreams come alive,
They fill her soul.
She's in control.
The drama, the laughter,
The tears just like pearls.
Well, they're all in this girl's repertoire.
It's all for the taking,
And it's magic we'll be making.
Let me be your star.
I'll just have to forget the hurt that came before,
Forget what used to be.
The past is on the cutting room floor,
The future is here with me.
Choose me!
Fade up on a star
With it all in her sights
All the love and the lights
That surround her.
Someday she’ll think twice
Of the dues and the price
She’ll have to pay
But not today
Then she’ll do all she can
For the love of one man
And for millions who look from afar.
And what you’ve been needing
Is all here and my heart’s bleeding.
Let me be your star!
Thank you so much for watching.
Thank you so much Playbill for having me.
This was so much fun. And come on down
to the Music Box Theater to see me as Evan Hansen
In Dear Evan Hansen. It's the most fun,
it's very sad, it's really great.
Please come.