NEW YORK ‒ Like a peanut-laced smoothie or an airborne martini, “Smash” is back with a vengeance. NBC’s soapy, backstage drama was a pricey misfire when it premiered in 2012, hoofing along for two ...

The cast includes Robyn Hurder, Brooks Ashmanskas, Krysta Rodriguez and more. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer The television show, which ran on NBC from 2012-2013, starred Debra Messing, Jack ...

For Tony winner Bob Martin, March 11 will likely go down as the trickiest day of of his entire career. He wrote the book for two new musicals this season: Boop! The Musical and Smash, with cowriter ...

With Broadway-level talent paired with the creative input of the legendary Steven Spielberg, Smash should have had everything ...

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 ...

It's not the same Ivy Lynn audiences met, however, so those expecting a backstage battle between her and fellow actress Karen Cartwright (played by Katharine McPhee) are in for a surprise. Jacqueline ...

For a musical, and a musical within a musical, that gives lip service to her cultural value, Smash: The Musical treats Monroe as a perpetual punchline. Ivy-as-Marilyn is an inconsiderate, amphetamine ...

At long last, “Smash,” a stage musical adaptation of the NBC series, is heading to Broadway. Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron, who produced the original series, will serve as lead ...

Smash, a new Broadway musical inspired by the short-lived television show about the making of a Broadway musical is playing in New York! Directed by Susan Stroman and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse, ...

This article was originally published on February 26, 2025, as part of New York’s spring theater preview. We are updating it now that Smash is open. Ahead of the show’s second season, BuzzFeed ran a ...

Samuel Johnson once called a second marriage the triumph of hope over experience. The new Broadway musical “Smash” adapts that aspirational adage for show business. It’s based on a TV series of the ...

For Tony winner Bob Martin, March 11 will likely go down as the trickiest day of of his entire career. He wrote the book for two new musicals this season: Boop! The Musical and Smash, with cowriter ...