Several Broadway shows – Smash, Floyd Collins and The Last Five Years – went out on high notes last week, with last-chancers boosting box office for all three productions. Smash, the musical based on the TV series, saw the most significant jump, with grosses climbing $401,499 to $977,805 for the…

Smash has become the first Broadway show to close following a 2025 Tony Award shut out. The musical will play its final performance on Sunday, June 22, after 32 previews and 84 regular performances at the Imperial Theatre. Nominated for two Tonys – Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role…

Two-time Tony Award nominee Megan Hilty celebrated a Broadway rite of passage recently, unveiling her caricature at the legendary Sardi's restaurant in New York City for the first time. Joined by family, friends, her Death Becomes Her castmates, and honored with a tribute by her former SMASH mother…

When the Broadway-themed drama Smash began its two-season run on NBC in 2012, the entire theater industry, it seemed then, was entranced. The lingo, the faces, the concerns – all seemed, if not entirely authentic, then at least clever enough to create some backstage buzz. Even with the series’ quick…

Smash, the new stage musical adaptation inspired by the cult favorite 2012 NBC TV series, will begin Broadway previews on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Imperial Theatre, with an official opening on Thursday, April 10 and a cast that will include Robyn Hurder, Brooks Ashmanskas, Krysta Rodriguez…

Smash has officially made its way to Peacock. Both seasons of the musical drama series starring Debra Messing, Katharine McPhee, and Megan Hilty are now streaming on the platform, NBCUniversal announced Monday morning. Smash originally premiered on NBC in 2012. The series ran for 32…

Jennifer Hudson, who guest starred on NBC’s Smash, is now joining the producing team of its upcoming stage musical adaptation. Hudson, a Grammy, Oscar, Tony, and Emmy winner, announced her participation today on her daytime talk show The Jennifer Hudson Show. (Watch the announcement…

Actors’ Equity will hand out leaflets outside a workshop of the Broadway-bound Smash musical this week, “warning of the possibility of a strike” in light of ongoing negotiations with the Broadway League regarding compensation for work on shows in development. Equity President Kate Shindle is…

Smash is finally heading to Broadway. In an announcement long awaited by fans of the 2012 NBC series, a stage musical adaptation is planned to arrive on Broadway during the 2024-25 season, with a lead producing team of Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg. A top flight creative…

The stage musical adaptation of NBC’s Smash is “alive and kicking,” says producer Neil Meron, and he and composer Marc Shaiman have the photos to prove it. Both Meron and Shaiman posted photos – and, in Shaiman’s case, some Broadway-belting-style audio clips – of an all-star reading of the work in progress, with…

A musical stage adaptation of NBC’s Smash is in development for Broadway, with Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron on board as lead producers. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who wrote more than 20 songs for the 2012-13 TV series, will write the musical’s score, with a book co-written by Bob Martin…

Update, May 14 Cast and creatives of Smash and Bombshell In Concert will visit Stars In The House on Sunday, May 17, to discuss the upcoming May 20 stream of Bombshell in Concert. Joining Stars hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley will be cast members Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty, composers Marc Shaiman…