"'Smash' is near and dear to my heart," Spielberg said. Steven Spielberg's former NBC musical TV series "Smash" is hoping to make a splash on the Great White Way. "Smash, A New Musical Comedy" will ...

On the surface, “Smash” is a new backstage musical about the making of the fictional Broadway musical “Bombshell: The Marilyn Monroe Story,” but for diehard fans of the cult-classic TV show “Smash,” ...

It’s a Broadway smash! It, of course, refers to “Bombshell,” the fictional musical-within-a-musical at the center of “Smash,” a new stage adaptation of the beloved cult favorite, much hate-watched TV ...

Sometimes they forget they didn't write the show. It's understandable. After all, John Behlmann ("Shucked," "Significant Other") and Krysta Rodriguez ("The Addams Family," TV's "Halston") are playing ...

A collection of our favorite reviews from professional news sources. "Full of big, juicy showstoppers and a cast to die for, SMASH is exactly what we need right now." ...

Behind every musical is a hot mess. “Smash,” the Broadway play that opened at the Imperial Theatre April 10, announced its final show date after struggling at the box office and suffering a Tony ...

In “Smash,” the 2012 NBC series chronicling the fraught making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, we learned about a sweet tradition shared by the two writers of the show-within-the-show. As ...

Smash’ lacks much of what made TV show a cult favorite From: The New York Daily News By: Chris Jones Date: 2025-04-10 5 / 10 That blend of repetition and freshness in Susan Stroman’s production is all ...

Read reviews for Broadway’s SMASH, opening tonight at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre. The new musical, inspired by the hit NBC television series, takes audiences inside the backstage pandemonium behind ...

“Smash” retains the other recognizable elements from the TV show, like messy backstage drama that threatens opening night and plenty of rousing musical numbers — though producers have teased the stage ...