He introduces her to the Diva, played by Ana Vargas (Krysta Rodriguez), who fumbles her entrance and comes in late.
Derek talks about the show with Julia Houston (Debra Messing) (who's consulting) and Jimmy Collins (Jeremy Jordan).
Julia and Jimmy ponder that maybe the transfer to Broadway has lost a connection with the audience that existed in the off-Broadway show because of its smaller theaters.
When Ana tells her that Daisy was one of the women who accused Derek of sexual harassment the previous year, Karen confronts him about it.
He divulges to her that after Daisy dropped the charges he went out with her a few times and during an intimate encounter, he promised her an understudy role in Hit List.
From an index card note, Julia remembers Kyle talking about wanting the audience to have a multimedia experience.
Eileen plans a Houston and Levitt tribute night for Tony voters to help get Bombshell some support for nominations.
However, Julia is distracted with helping at Hit List and Tom is unhappy about it and word has got out that their partnership is splitting up.
Tom, trying to get attention for his directing, turns the tribute into a cabaret revue that's more like an old time stripper show.
[1] "Grin and Bare It" and "The Right Regrets were written by the show's in-house songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.