File- In this Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, actress Megan Hilty poses for a portrait in New York. Hilty wrapped her second, and possibly final, season of the TV musical “Smash.” A day later, she sang to a sold-out house, marking her Carnegie Hall headlining debut. Since early this week, she's been racing around New York, getting the word out of her first solo album, “It Happens All the Time,” which was released March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)
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File- In this Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, actress Megan Hilty poses for a portrait in New York. Hilty wrapped her second, and possibly final, season of the TV musical “Smash.” A day later, she sang to a sold-out house, marking her Carnegie Hall headlining debut. Since early this week, she's been racing around New York, getting the word out of her first solo album, “It Happens All the Time,” which was released March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)
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This publicity photo provided by Sony Masterworks shows the cover for Megan Hilty's debut album, "It Happens All the Time." The album released on March 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Sony Masterworks)
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This magazine cover released by Esquire shows actress Megan Fox on the cover of the February 2013 issue of Esquire magazine. (AP Photo/Esquire)
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FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2012 file photo, Jennifer Lopez arrives for the presentation of Chanel's ready-to-wear Spring-Summer 2013 collection in Paris. Lopez has launched her “J. Lo's Christmas Gift” drive, asking fans to donate to her three favorite charities (the Boys & Girls Club, the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the American Red Cross). In exchange, she'll give someone two tickets to the last show of her “Dance Again” world tour in Puerto Rico on Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
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FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, singer Michael Buble and his wife, Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato, pose at the Nordoff Robbins 02 Silver Clef Awards at London Hilton, in London. His new album, “To Be Loved,” will be released April 23 and includes a tribute to his wife. They announced in January their expecting their first child. (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this June 29, 2012 file photo, Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato, left, and husband singer Michael Buble arrive at the Nordoff Robbins 02 Silver Clef Awards at London Hilton, in London. Buble has sold millions of albums, but as he readies the release of his newest project, he’s less concerned with his future album sales, thanks to his wife’s pregnancy. “I'm nervous and excited, and truly I think it's given me great perspective,” the singer said at the music video shoot for his new single, “It's a Beautiful Day.” (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2012 file photo, Canadian singer Michael Buble' performs during the Italian State RAI TV program "Che Tempo che Fa", in Milan, Italy. Most of Buble’s albums have reached multiplatinum status and his last three releases have hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, including 2011’s triple platinum “Christmas.” His new album, “To Be Loved,” will be released April 23 and includes a tribute to his wife, Argentine TV actress Luisana Lopilato. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
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Swedish actress Noomi Rapace is best known for being the first to play Lisbeth Salander in the 2009 original "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo." Rapace says she had no clue the film would become such a hit. (March 8)
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FILE - This June 23, 2012 file photo shows Barbara Walters presenting an award onstage at the 39th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Walters has the chickenpox and remains hospitalized more than a week after going in after falling and hitting her head at a pre-inaugural party in Washington on Jan. 19. A fellow host on the “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg, said Monday, Jan. 28, that Walters has been transferred to a New York hospital and hopes to go home soon. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, file)
'Smash' star Hilty delivers unexpected CD debut
LOS ANGELES (
AP) — Last week, singer-actress
Megan Hilty wrapped her second, and possibly final, season of the TV musical "Smash."
But no time for curtain calls — a day later she made her Carnegie Hall headlining debut to a sold-out house. She spent this week racing around New York, getting the word out of her first solo album, "It Happens All the Time," which was released Tuesday.
"It's been a whirlwind," Hilty said, with a sigh, speaking by phone from what she said was only quiet spot she could find: the lobby of Marriott Marquis hotel.
The Broadway veteran doesn't ease on down the well-worn Broadway-diva CD-debut road, usually leading to a set of classic standards.
"While I love those albums," Hilty said, "I wanted to do something unexpected."
"It Happens All the Time" began as an album comprised of covers of songs previously recorded by other artists. "But then Columbia started sending original songs along, and things started to evolve." The result is a collection of wide-ranging genres: modern soul, '70s pop, contemporary alternative.
Talk about marketing nightmares. "I probably am," Hilty said, laughing. "I don't know what to call it either."
And yet the record is thematically consistent.
"I guess it is a breakup album, but not a cry-your-eyes-out kind of album," Hilty said. "That's why we went with 'It Happens All the Time' as the title. People fall in and out of love all the time."
The 31-year-old Hilty said she is in a relationship, though she wouldn't reveal details about her personal life, except to add that she lives in New York and is the proud parent of two Jack Russell terriers.
It wasn't any easier getting Hilty to spill spoilers about "Smash," NBC's both revered or reviled saga of the rocky road for a Broadway-bound musical. More than one TV-ratings analyst has dubbed the show "Crash" as some weeks of the series' second-season viewership have marked new all-time lows.
"The feeling on the set, from day one, was to work as hard as we can, and enjoy each other," Hilty said. "You can't control any of the rest of it. It's just like life."
When last we left her character, actress Ivy Lynn, she was doing a musical version of "Dangerous Liaisons," and her competition for the lead in the Marilyn Monroe musical, "Bombshell," Karen Walker (Katharine McPhee), was heading to Broadway.
"I can tell you this one thing," Hilty said. "Ivy's fate with 'Bombshell' comes all the way down to opening night."
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