Let Me Be Your Star
performed by Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty

Ivy comes down with laryngitis, Julia keeps bumping into Michael, Eileen and Ellis talk at a bar, Karen performs for a bar mitzvah.

World-renowned songwriting duo Julia Houston and Tom Levitt are inspired to create a new Broadway musical on the life of Marilyn Monroe - instantly attracting the attention of tenacious producer Eileen Rand and brilliant yet temperamental director Derek Willis. As the four search for their leading lady, veteran actress Ivy Lynn becomes obsessed with winning them over and native Iowan waitress Karen Cartwright becomes desperate to make her theatrical dreams a reality.

As Ivy and Karen both attempt to please Derek during a second callback in order to win the role of Marilyn, Julia and her husband Frank become frustrated by the process of their international adoption and Eileen's acrimonious divorce complicates her attempt to finance the musical.

The workshop of Marilyn is finally held; Ivy gets stage fright; Karen has to make a decision; Julia and Michael face the consequences of what they did.