Eleven of the twelve beauty contestant combatants in JR2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company's production of "Smile" (Photo by Russ Roland).April 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Smile, a beauty pageant musical that opened on Broadway in 1986, marked Marvin Hamlisch's attempt at a triple crown. At the time, AChorus Line, for which he composed the music, was still ensconced at the Shubert Thea…
