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Katharine McPhee live-tweeted the season one finale of Smash on Friday night (March 27) and she revealed who she thinks should have played Marilyn Monroe in the musical Bombshell!

The NBC series followed the making of a new Broadway musical about the iconic actress and two actresses were competing for the role – Karen, a newcomer played by Kat, and Ivy, a Broadway veteran played by Megan Hilty.

At the end of season one, Karen has earned the role of Marilyn and stars in the out-of-town production of Bombshell. In the second season though, Karen quits the show to star in the musical Hit List and Ivy ends up bringing the show to Broadway. Ivy wins the Tony Award for Best Actress.

So, who does Kat think should’ve played the role?

“if you want my HONEST opinion- love you Karen, but Ivy probably should’ve been Marilyn. #SmashLives,” Kat tweeted.

Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller walk the carpet at the 2020 Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday (January 12) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

The Broadway stars worked together in the Lifetime movie Patsy & Loretta and they both received nominations in the Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television category.

Megan was joined on the red carpet by her husband Brian Gallagher.

Also nominated in the category are The Act‘s Joey King, Fosse/Verdon‘s Michelle Williams, Modern Love‘s Anne Hathaway, and Unbelievable‘s Kaitlyn Dever and Merritt Wever.

FYI: Megan is wearing a Christian Siriano dress with Manolo Blahnik shoes.

Christina Hendricks keeps it chic while striking a pose on the red carpet at the 2019 Thespians Go Hollywood Gala held at Avalon Hollywood on Monday (November 18) in Los Angeles.

The 44-year-old Good Girls star was joined at the event by Cheyenne Jackson, Matthew Morrison, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Sean Hayes, Megan Hilty, Nia Vardalos and Bernadette Peters.

The Thespians Go Hollywood gala is put on by the Educational Theatre Foundation to support financial access and equity in school theater education programs.

Christina, Matthew and more helped pay tribute to Tony legend Bernadette Peters who was being honored with the Craig Zadan Theatre for Life Award. The award is named after the late producer Zadan, who received the award posthumously last year along with producing partner Neil Meron during an emotional event in North Hollywood that saw a slew of A-listers perform on the same stage as high school students.

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Jessie Mueller and Megan Hilty pose for a photo while attending the premiere of their Lifetime movie Patsy & Loretta at Carnegie Hall on Monday (October 7) in New York City.

The actresses were joined at the event by co-stars Joe Tippett and Janine Turner, as well as director Callie Khouri.

Megan was joined at the premiere by her husband Brian Gallagher while Joe brought his longtime girlfriend Sara Bareilles.

Here’s a fun fact: Jessie and Joe starred as married couple Jenna and Earl in the world premiere production of Waitress, a musical written by Sara.

The film will air on Lifetime on October 19.

Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller are all smiles while presenting their upcoming movie Patsy & Loretta during day one of the 2019 TCA Summer Press Tour on Tuesday (July 23) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The Broadway actresses are playing the country music legends Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn in the upcoming television movie.

The movie, directed by Oscar-winning writer Callie Khouri, will debut on Lifetime on October 19.

Megan is best known for starring on NBC’s Smash and for her work in the Broadway musicals Wicked and 9 to 5. Jessie won a Tony Award for her work in Beautiful and also appeared in the shows Waitress and Carousel.

Idina Menzel and Megan Hilty sandwich in composer Stephen Schwartz while attending An Evening of Wicked Fun on Thursday night (May 16) at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The former Wicked co-stars, along with other stars of stage and screen, helped honor Stephen by performing songs from his shows like Wicked, Pippin, Godspell, and more.

Idina originated the role of Elphaba in Wicked and Megan made her Broadway debut as the Glinda standby. They performed in the show together several times!

Proceeds from the night will support the artistic, education, and outreach programs of The Wallis, which serve more than 70,000 audience members annually, including thousands of underserved students from throughout the greater Los Angeles area with limited access to the arts. The evening was presented by Harry Winston.

Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller are set to star in the upcoming Lifetime original movie Patsy & Loretta, based on the two country legends.

Hilty will be playing Patsy Cline while Mueller will take on the role of Loretta Lynn.

The project will shoot in Nashville and filming begins later this month. The movie will debut on Lifetime in late 2019, according to TVLine.

Here is the film’s official synopsis: “When they first met, Patsy (Hilty) was already one of the biggest stars in country music while Loretta (Mueller) was just a coal miner’s daughter, starting off with little to her name but a $17 guitar. Instead of seeing Loretta as competition, Patsy took Loretta under her wings to help her make it in Nashville. Soon, they became close friends, touring together, bonding over their husband troubles and commiserating on being females in the male-dominated music business. Then in 1963, the country music community was struck with a tragedy when at just age 30, Patsy died in a plane crash. Despite the devastating loss of her friend, Loretta continued on in the industry and is today, known as the First Lady of Country Music. To this day, Loretta remains grateful to Patsy for her mentorship and above all, friendship, as the country music trailblazer that paved the way for Loretta.”

Megan is best known for her role on NBC’s Smash while Jessie won a Tony for her work in Beautiful.