In the fourth episode of NBC’s Broadway-centered Smash, entitled "The Cost of Art,” things get pricey as Eileen (Anjelica Huston) begins to search for funds to kickstart the workshop of Marilyn. The drink-hurling producer considers selling a valuable piece of art, but instead ends up wooing special guest star Nick Jonas into opening his hefty checkbook. Meanwhile Karen (Katharine McPhee) adjusts to life in the chorus now that Ivy (Megan Hilty) has landed the part of Marilyn.

Biggest Lesson Learned: Doesn’t Eileen remember anything Max Bialystock said in The Producers? "Never put your own money in the show!” While she initially considers that option, by the episode’s end, Eileen takes Bialy’s advice and hits up child star-turned-gazillionaire Lyle West (Jonas) for the $200K needed for Marilyn’s workshop. Way to avoid "Little Old Lady Land!”

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