By Dave Quinn, People Mag | The fan-favorite NBC series will come to life on stage featuring songs from Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman including the Emmy-winning “Let Me Be Your Star” The producers of Smash announced a bombshell on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Performances for the musical adaptation of the cult-favorite NBC series will officially begin on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, ahead of an opening on Thursday, April 10.
Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman, the musical will be led by Robyn Hurder, who was Tony-nominated for her standout turn in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. She’ll play Ivy Lynn, the character Megan Hilty made famous on screen.
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.
Book writers Rick Elice (Jersey Boys, Peter and the Starcatcher) and Bob Martin (a Tony winner for writing The Drowsy Chaperone) have penned an entirely original story for Broadway, with mostly all-new characters. The TV’s show’s premise — about the making of a Marilyn Monroe biographical musical called “Bombshell” — is still in tact, as are the songs from Tony, Emmy and two-time Grammy winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Mary Poppins Returns, Some Like It Hot). But everything else will feel different.
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Tickets to Smash go on sale to the general public on Monday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. ET. An American Express presale is now running through Friday, Oct. 25, and fans who signed up through Smash’s website will have access to buy tickets from Oct. 25 – Oct. 28.
Read more on this updated “show” here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/smash-musical-will-officially-open-on-broadway-in-spring-2025-starring-tony-nominee-robyn-hurder/