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'Smash' premiere: Chicago's early peek at NBC's Broadway musical drama

by Meghan Murphy-Gill

NBC chose a nice but rather nondescript venue for the Chicago premiere of the show often described as the network's best hope for ratings salvation this midseason. Last night, executive producers Neil Meron (pictured, below right) and Craig Zadan (below left) joined star Bryan d'Arcy James (below center) at Chicago's new Showcase Icon movie theater for one of nine premieres that took place in cities across the countr…

SOURCE: insidetv.ew.com at 9:57pm on January 10, 2012