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Smash, the expertly-done and hugely anticipated new NBC series about the staging of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, received a gala, star-studded premiere in New York last night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among the celebrities in attendance were Smash stars Angelica Huston, Debra Messing, Katherine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Christian Borle, and its award-winning producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron,

        
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