Smash has develop into the primary Broadway present to shut following a 2025 Tony Award shut out. The musical will play its last efficiency on Sunday, June 22, after 32 previews and 84 common performances on the Imperial Theatre.
Nominated for 2 Tonys – Greatest Efficiency by an Actor in a Featured Function in a Musical (Brookes Ashmanskas) and Greatest Choreography (Joshua Bergasse) – the musical took residence no awards. Within the week main as much as the June 8 Tony ceremony, Smash crammed solely 66% of obtainable seats, with a gross of $656,161.
Producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg made the closing announcement in the present day.
The musical opened to blended, at finest, critiques, with many critics taking subject with the convoluted, solely modestly humorous guide and lackluster rating. The musical tells the story of the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe.
Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), Smash stars Robyn Hurder as “Ivy,” Ashmanskas as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann as “Jerry,” Kristine Nielsen as “Susan,” Caroline Bowman as “Karen,” Jacqueline B. Arnold as “Anita,” Bella Coppola as “Chloe,” Casey Garvin as “Charlie,” Nicholas Matos as “Scott” and Megan Kane as “Holly.”
The corporate consists of Wendi Bergamini, Sarah Bowden, Jacob Burns, Deanna Cudjoe, Chelle Denton, Daniel Gaymon, Merritt David Janes, Ndaya Dream Hoskins, David Paul Kidder, Ian Liberto, Libby Lloyd, McGee Maddox, Connor McRory, Jessie Peltier, J Savage, Jake Trammel and Katie Webber.
Based mostly on the 2012 NBC collection Smash created by Theresa Rebeck and produced by Common Tv, the musical incorporates a rating by Tony, Emmy and two-time Grammy winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Some Like It Scorching, Hairspray), who wrote over two dozen songs for the tv present, a lot of that are used within the musical, along with new materials they’ve written for the stage. With a guide by Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher) and Bob Martin (The Promenade, The Drowsy Chaperone), choreography is by Joshua Bergasse, who choreographed the tv collection.
Smash on Broadway is produced by Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg. Phil Kenny & Wendy Federman, Roy Furman, Ken Davenport, Mary Maggio, Boardman Cannova Productions, John Gore Group, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lamar Richardson, No Ensures Productions, Nick Padgett, Marc David Levine, Willette & Manny Klausner, Rothrockin’ Productions, Robert Sher & Yeoburn, Adam Zell, Scott H. Mauro, Scott Abrams, Paris Keena, Koenigsberg Riley, forty second.membership, Richard Batchelder, Jamie deRoy, Dean Moravis, DMQR Productions, Fakler Stone, Gilad-Rogowsky, Invisible Wall Productions, Jeffrey Grove, Fern Kershon, Jim Kierstead, Lake Cohen Productions, Amanda Lee, Robin Gorman Newman, Andrew Paradis, Arlene Scanlan, Iris Smith, WitzEnd Productions, Matt & Susan Clean, The Broadway Investor’s Membership, Ilona Cantor, Jonathan & Rae Corr, Michael B. Cox, Cue to Cue Productions, Jeffrey Finn, Paul Gavriani, Unbiased Presenters Community, Hunter Johnson, Invoice and Sally Martin, Michael Patrick, Sandy Robertson, Janet & Marvin Rosen, Michael Saperstein, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Jennifer Hudson, Nederlander Displays, and The Shubert Group function co-producers.
