百老汇,一个充满了梦想和希望的地方,有些人的名字在这里被永远篆刻在荣誉碑上,而另一些人,则只能在黑暗中品尝着梦想破碎的滋味独自饮泣。汤姆(克里斯蒂安·鲍勒 Christian Borle 饰)和茱莉亚(黛博拉·梅辛 Debra Messing 饰)决定制作一部有关玛丽莲·梦露的音乐剧,此消息一经放出,立刻就吸引了公众的目光,各路人马犹如闻到了鱼腥味的猫咪一般纷至沓来。 女演员凯伦(凯瑟琳·麦菲 Katharine McPhee 饰)拥有一副所有女人都羡慕的羡慕外表,却在事业上屡屡遭遇挫折,和她同样境遇的还有艾薇(梅根·希尔提 Megan Hilty 饰),两人都将能够扮演玛丽莲·梦露当成了事业和人生的突破口。随着时间的推移,制作团队逐渐扩大,台上和台下,好戏共同上演着。For a Broadway musical, the road to success is not easy. And winning the coveted Tony as Best Musical, which is the ultimate goal, is even more difficult. Such trials and tribulations are shown for a handful of shows, their creative teams and their performers. There is competition amongst the performers for roles, competition amongst the shows not only for box office but also limited investor dollars and that final Tony prize, and competition amongst those ultimately hired in the cast and crew for what they want to see happen in the show, both for the good of the show and their own personal benefit. And sometimes, personal life gets in the way of these professional goals. These problems not only happen for those new or working their ways up the ranks, such as performers Karen Cartwright and Ivy Lynn, and the writing team of Jimmy Collins and Kyle Bishop, but also seasoned veterans, such as the writing team of Tom Levitt and Julia Houston, womanizing director Derek Wills, and producer Eileen Rand.