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A 5, 6, 7, 8! The countdown continues for the highly anticipated, one-night-only special concert A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration, taking place on Sunday, July 27 at 7:30 pm Et at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre. The concert, benefitting Entertainment Community Fund programs serving dancers, will star original 1975 Broadway cast members Kelly Bishop, Wayne Cilento, Baayork Lee, Priscilla Lopez and Donna McKechnie, with special performances by Charlotte d'Amboise (Chicago), Jessica Lee Goldyn (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Robyn Hurder (Smash), Francis Jue (Yellowface), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash), Jessica Vosk (Hell's Kitchen), Anthony Wayne (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), Tony Yazbeck (Flying Over Sunset) and Leigh Zimmerman (Olivier Award Winner), Tommy Bracco (Newsies), <a...

Tickets will go on sale today for the one-night-only special concert A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration, taking place on Sunday, July 27 at 7:30 pm at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre. It was also announced that Nick Adams, Sarah Bowden, and Jay Armstrong Johnson have joined the cast. The event is presented by the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), along with Tony Award-winning producers Christopher Ketner and Hunter Regian. All proceeds will benefit the Entertainment Community Fund’s programs serving dancers. Previously announced cast members include original 1975 Broadway cast members Kelly Bishop, Wayne Cilento, Baayork Lee, Priscilla Lopez and Donna McKechnie, with special performances by Charlotte D'Amboise (Chicago), Jessica Lee Goldyn (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Robyn Hurder (Smash), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash), Jessica Vosk (Hell's Kitchen), Anthony Wayne (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), Tony Yazbeck (Flying Over Sunset) and Leigh Zimmerman (Olivier Winner)*. Additional casting will be announced at a.

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After 13 years in the making, Smash will end its Broadway run on June 22, 2025. Originally a hit NBC series starring Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee, Smash made its long-awaited debut on The Great White Way back in March — but the curtain is coming down sooner than expected.

The production will play its final performance at the Imperial Theatre in New York City on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Following more than 100 shows,...

A one-night-only special concert A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration will take place on Sunday, July 27 at 7:30 pm Et at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre. The concert, benefitting Entertainment Community Fund programs serving dancers, will star original 1975 Broadway cast members Kelly Bishop, Wayne Cilento, Baayork Lee, Priscilla Lopez and Donna McKechnie, with special performances by Charlotte d'Amboise (Chicago), Jessica Lee Goldyn (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Robyn Hurder (Smash), Francis Jue (Yellowface), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash), Jessica Vosk (Hell's Kitchen), Anthony Wayne (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), Tony Yazbeck (Flying Over Sunset) and Leigh Zimmerman (Olivier Award Winner)*. Additional casting will be announced at a later date. The evening will be directed...

Smash is officially the first post-Tonys casualty of 2025. The Tony nominated new Broadway musical comedy will play its final Broadway performance on Sunday, June 22, 2025 after 32 previews and 84 regular performances at the Imperial Theatre. Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman, Smash stars Tony nominee and 2025 Chita Rivera Award winner Robyn Hurder as “Ivy,” three-time Tony nominee and 2025 Drama Desk Award winner Brooks Ashmanskas as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann as “Jerry,” two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen as “Susan,” Caroline Bowman as “Karen,” Jacqueline B. Arnold as “Anita,” Bella Coppola<span...

Smash is coming to a close on Broadway!

The stage musical adaptation of the NBC musical series first opened to previews in March and officially opened in April.

Now, producers have announced that the musical, which stars Robyn Hurder, will be closing this summer, after less than 100 regular performances.

Keep reading to find out more…

The closing date has been set for Sunday, June 22nd after 32 preview performances and 84 regular performances at the Imperial Theatre.

If you still want to see Smash on Broadway before it closes, tickets are still on sale for the final shows at Telecharge.com!

Also starring in the Broadway musical are Brooks Ashmanskas, Krysta Rodriguez, who starred in the TV series, John Behlmann, Kristine Nielsen, Caroline Bowman, Jacqueline B Arnold, Bella Coppola, Casey Garvin, Nicholas Matos and Megan Kane.

The closing announcement comes just two days after the show lost out at the 2025 Tony Awards.

Smash will play its final Broadway performance on June 22.

The musical, which is based on an NBC television series, is cutting its open-ended run at the Imperial Theatre short after opening April 10. Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg are producers on the musical, which features direction by Susan Stroman and a score by Hairspray’s Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.

The meta show follows a group of Broadway producers, writers and actors trying to put on a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe, but running into several obstacles, with some of the songs adapted from the television series and some written specifically for the production.

This is the first show to post a closing notice after the Tony Awards took place June 8. Smash was nominated for two Tony Awards, for best featured actor for Brooks Ashmanskas and for best choreography, but did not take home any awards. The show also...

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 in a Musical (Brookes Ashmanskas) and Best Choreography (Joshua Bergasse) – the musical took home no awards. In the week leading up to the June 8 Tony ceremony, Smash filled only 66% of available seats, with a gross of $656,161.

Producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg made the closing announcement today.

The musical opened to mixed, at best, reviews, with many critics taking issue with the convoluted, only modestly funny book and lackluster score. 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,...

You can now get a first look at Bella Coppola performing “Let Me Be Your Star” from Smash, currently playing on Broadway! The album was produced by Grammy winner Scott M. Riesett, two-time Grammy winning composer-lyricist Marc Shaiman, two-time Grammy winning music supervisor Stephen Oremus, three-time Grammy winner Sean Patrick Flahaven, and score supervisor Samuel Hoad. The album was recorded by four-time Grammy winner Lawrence Manchester and three-time Grammy winner Isaiah Abolin, mixed by Manchester, and mastered by seven-time Grammy winner Oscar Zambrano, with art direction by Derek Bishop. Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman, Smash stars Tony nominee Robyn Hurder as “Ivy,” two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,”...

Fade up on a star... Watch Bella Coppola sing "Let Me Be Your Star" in Smash The Musical, now on Broadway! The Six alum stars as Chloe Zervoulian in the new musical, joined by Robyn Hurder as “Ivy,” Brooks Ashmanskas as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann as “Jerry,” Kristine Nielsen as “Susan,” Jacqueline B. Arnold as “Anita,” Casey Garvin as “Charlie,” Nicholas Matos as “Scott” and Megan Kane as “Holly.” Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), the musical is now running at the Imperial Theatre. The beloved Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman song – first sung by Megan Hilty and Katherine McPhee in the fan-favorite NBC series – is featured...

During a recent episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, the Oscar-winning host shared an exclusive clip of Robyn Hurder and the cast of Smash performing "Let's Be Bad," from the Broadway musical. Check it out now! Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), Smash stars Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as “Ivy,” two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann (Shucked) as “Jerry,” two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as “Susan,” Caroline Bowman (Frozen Tour) as “Karen,” Jacqueline B. Arnold (Moulin Rouge) as “Anita,” Bella Coppola (Six) as “Chloe,” Casey Garvin (Some Like It Hot)...

She's a star! On a recent episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Robyn Hurder and the cast of Broadway's Smash took the stage to perform the show's opening number, "Let Me Be Your Star." Watch it now! Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), Smash stars Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as “Ivy,” two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann (Shucked) as “Jerry,” two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as “Susan,” Caroline Bowman (Frozen Tour) as “Karen,” Jacqueline B. Arnold (Moulin Rouge) as “Anita,” Bella Coppola (Six) as “Chloe,” Casey Garvin (Some Like It...

Robyn Hurder and the cast of the Tony-nominated musical Smash joined The View on Friday for a performance of the song I Never Met A Wolf Who Didn't Love To Howl. Watch the performance, and check out the full cast recording, available to stream below. Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), Smash stars Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as “Ivy,” two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann (Shucked) as “Jerry,” two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and...

First look footage of Caroline Bowman performing "They Just Keep Moving The Line" in Smash the Musical has been released! The beloved Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman song – first sung by Megan Hilty in the fan-favorite NBC series – is featured on the musical's upcoming cast recording. Smash, now playing at Broadway's Imperial Theatre, will release its Original Broadway Cast Recording this Friday, May 16. Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), Smash features Bowman as "Karen," alongside Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as “Ivy,” two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann (Shucked) as “Jerry,” two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen...

Tune in to The View next week to see a special performance from Broadway's Smash! Cast from the Tony-nominated Broadway musical will join the daytime talk show on Friday, May 16 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. Edt. The View, now in season 28, is America’s most-watched daytime talk show for the 5th consecutive season. Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), Smash stars Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as “Ivy,” two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) as “Nigel,” Krysta Rodriguez as “Tracy,” John Behlmann (Shucked) as “Jerry,” two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as “Susan,” Caroline Bowman (Frozen Tour) as “Karen,” Jacqueline B. Arnold (Moulin Rouge) as...

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Anjelica Huston may have starred on the NBC musical series Smash, but she admits she didn’t feel happy on the show.

In an interview with People magazine, the actress reflected on starring alongside Katherine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Debra Messing and Jack Davenport on the TV show.

Huston played Broadway producer Eileen Rand during Smash‘s two seasons. The series was cancelled in 2013.

“I wasn’t very happy when I was on that show,” Huston told the publication. “I was living in New York and I wasn’t very happy living in New York for the obvious reasons. It was a cold winter, and I didn’t feel very prized in that role. I was a bit depressed by it. It was hard really; I didn’t really have a good time making it.”

While on the show Huston was also still mourning the loss of her husband of 16 years,...

More than a decade after it debuted on NBC, Smash has finally arrived on Broadway. Fans of the ill-fated television series that ran for two seasons may not recognize the plot of this new musical mounting, though. Gone is the central conceit of two actresses (played by Megan Hilty and Katherine McPhee) competing for the role of Marilyn Monroe in the musical Bombshell, though many of the songs written for the show are staged in the Broadway production. In its place is a lead actress (Robyn Hurder) who causes chaos when she decides to attempt Method acting to better inhabit the iconic movie star.

Smash opened on April 10 at the Imperial Theatre under the direction of The Producers legend Susan Stroman. It features those aforementioned original songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Rick Elice and Bob Martin and stars a who's-who of Broadway stalwarts, including Brooks Ashmanskas as Bombshell's director,...

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 decline in quality and ratings, some sort of stage adaptation came to seem inevitable.

Thirteen years later, Smash The Musical arrives on Broadway with some of the most talented creatives and actors working today. More inspired by than based on, more fan fiction or parody than homage, the production opening tonight at the Imperial Theatre is more oddity than anything else.

Possibly too dissimilar in detail and tone from the series to please diehard fans – and they must be out there somewhere – yet relying on a nostalgia, however newly minted, that likely won’t exist in the general population, Smash...

The new Broadway musical Smash has arrived and we have the first production photos from the show, inspired by the beloved NBC series.

Tony-nominated actress Robyn Hurder is leading the show as Ivy, the character played by Megan Hilty on the TV series.

Here’s the full synopsis: “Get ready for all the backstage pandemonium that brings a team of Broadway big shots to their knees heading to the opening night of Bombshell, a splashy new musical about Marilyn Monroe. It’s a rollercoaster ride filled with hilarious setbacks and surprises, kick-ass production numbers and iconic songs like ‘Let Me Be Your Star,’ which were featured on the NBC television series that inspired it.”

Also starring in the show are Brooks Ashmanskas as Nigel, Krysta Rodriguez as Tracy, John Behlmann as Jerry, Kristine Nielsen as Susan, Caroline Bowman as Karen, and more.

The musical features many of the songs that...

We’re about halfway through the 2024-25 Broadway season, and there are 12 productions of musicals set to open this spring. Could any of them contend at this year’s Tony Awards? Below, find the summaries of each plot, as well as its author, cast, composer, and director. You’ll also get the opening, and (where applicable) closing dates.

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Previews began: Jan. 24

Opens: Feb. 13

Official synopsis: Jesse seems to have it all, a successful career and devoted family, until a life-altering event drives her far from everyone and everything she knows. When she finds herself at the foot of the redwoods in Northern California, a chance encounter and a leap of faith will change her life forever.

Book by Tony nominee Tina Landau

Score by Kate Diaz and Tina Landau

Directed by...

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 series that ran for two seasons on NBC from 2012-2013. Variety has an exclusive preview of the meta backstage comedy, which begins preview performances on March 11 ahead of opening night on April 10 at the Imperial Theatre.

Like the television series, created by Theresa Rebeck and described by Vulture as “one of the messiest shows to air on network television,” the stage version follows the process of mounting “Bombshell,” a jaunty musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe. In the first-look image, set outside the fictional show’s Broadway house, a brightly lit marquee boasts such raves as “Amazing!” “Stunning” “Amazingly Stunning!” At the center of it all is Marilyn, wearing the iconic white dress from “The Seven Year Itch,...

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Smash is heading to Broadway!

The new stage musical adaptation inspired by the 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.

The cast will include Robyn Hurder, Brooks Ashmanskas, Krysta Rodriguez, John Behlmann, Kristine Nielsen, Caroline Bowman, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Bella Coppola and Casey Garvin.

Keep reading to find out more…

The dates and cast were announced by the producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg, along with debuting a trailer.

Inspired by the TV series created by Theresa Rebeck, Smash is a behind-the-scenes story about the making of a Marilyn Monroe musical called Bombshell, via Deadline.

Additional casting will be announced shortly.

Smash will include a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who wrote over two dozen songs for the television show, many of which will be used in the musical in addition to...

The Steven Spielberg-produced series Smash is finally making its way to Broadway next year. The 2012 musical series, which ran for two seasons, will be adapted for the stage with preview performances beginning March 11, and official performances beginning on April 10 announced on Tuesday, as Deadline reports.

Spielberg and Neil Meron reprise their producing roles for the Broadway show, and they will be joined by Robert Greenblatt. The Susan Stroman-directed stage show will take place at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre and traces the making of the Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell,...

History is made at night — and soon, it will be made in the Theater District.

Smash, the Broadway adaptation of the short-lived NBC musical drama, will begin performances on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, and officially open on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre.

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The opening date was announced Tuesday by lead producers Robert Greenblatt,...

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, John Behlmann, Kristine Nielsen, Caroline Bowman, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Bella Coppola and Casey Garvin.

The dates and cast were announced today by producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg.

Watch a new trailer above.

Directed by five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman (The Producers), the company also will include Wendi Bergamini, Sarah Bowden, Jacob Burns, Deanna Cudjoe, Chelle Denton, Daniel Gaymon, Merritt David Janes, Megan Kane, David Paul Kidder, Ian Liberto, Libby Lloyd, McGee Maddox, Connor McRory, J Savage, Jake Trammel and Katie Webber.

Additional casting will be announced shortly.

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Smash is coming to Broadway this spring.

The musical, which is an adaptation of the NBC television series, will open at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre on April 10, 2025, with previews starting March 11. Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg are lead producing, with Susan Stroman, a Tony Award winner for The Producers, as the director.

The show, directed by Stroman, will star Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as Ivy, Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) as Nigel, Krysta Rodriguez (Spring Awakening) as Tracy, John Behlmann (Shucked) as Jerry, Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as Susan, Caroline Bowman (Frozen) as Karen, Jacqueline B. Arnold (Moulin Rouge) as Anita, Bella Coppola (Six) as Chloe and Casey Garvin (Some Like It Hot) as Charlie.

Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Some Like It Hot, Hairspray, Only Murders in the Building) wrote the score, which includes many of the songs the two wrote for the...

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Exclusive: Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Krysta Rodriguez (Halston) and Alan Cumming (The Traitors) have signed on to star in Lunch Hour, a new indie comedy from director Larry Guterman (Cats & Dogs) and Winter State Entertainment.

Delving into the anatomy of an affair, Lunch Hour watches as a soup-loving married man meets the soup-loving married woman of his dreams. Thereafter, both throw caution to the wind and engage in a messy affair for the ages.

Oren Safdie wrote the script and serves as executive producer. Hamid & Camille Torabpour and Nick Hagen produced for Winter State.

“I am thrilled to work with Oren, Hamid, Camille and the Winterstate team to bring this whip-smart comedy, driven by nuanced and complex comic performances, to the screen,” Guterman told Deadline. “I fell in love with the script and I knew that I had to be part of the special project.”

Added the Torabpours, “Oren is a wonderful writer,...

Disney took a look back at its work from decades past with a pair of throwback concerts at the Hollywood Bowl over the weekend.

Disney ’80s-’90s Celebration in Concert featured live performers, many of whom had worked on previous Disney projects, belting out live renditions of favorite tunes from those two titular decades. Jodi Benson (the voice of Ariel in the 1989 movie The Little Mermaid), Corbin Bleu (High School Musical), Bill Farmer (the official voice of Goofy and Pluto), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash), Aisha Jackson (Anna in Broadway’s Frozen) and Susan Egan (Meg in Hercules and the original Belle in Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast) were some of the performers to take the stage.

Among the era-appropriate songs performed in the shows were “A Whole New World” from Aladdin, “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas, “Circle of Life” from The Lion King and “What’s This?” from Tim Burton...

“Loot” Renewed at Apple TV+

Apple TV+’s “Loot” is in the money: the comedy series, starring and executive produced by Maya Rudolph, has been renewed for a third season at the streamer.

Created by Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard, “Loot” stars Rudolph as Molly Wells, who, after divorcing her tech billionaire husband (Adam Scott) after 20 years, must figure out what to do with her $87 billion settlement and turns her attention to running the charitable foundation she forgot she started to connect with the real world.

Watch the trailer for “Loot” Season 2 below:

The series also stars Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Nat Faxon, Ron Funches, Joel Kim Booster, Meagen Fay, and Stephanie Styles, with Season 2 guest stars including O-t Fagbenle, Benjamin Bratt, Ana Gasteyer, Hayley Magnus, John Lutz, Pam Murphy, Jim Rash, and Allan Harvey among the guest stars in Season 2.

The second season of “Loot” debuted this past April and...

Peacock, here I come!

“Smash,” NBC’s Emmy-winning musical drama series starring Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty, is now available to stream on Peacock.

Stream 'Smash' On Peacock $7.99/Month

Per the official synopsis, the two-season series “celebrates the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater as it follows a cross-section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire – to be a ‘Smash.'” Debra Messing, Christian Borle, Jennifer Hudson, Jack Davenport, Jaime Cepero, Will Chase, Raza Jaffrey, Andy Mientus, Krysta Rodriguez, Leslie Odom Jr., Brian d’Arcy James, Jeremy Jordan, Uma Thurman and Anjelica Huston round out the cast.

“Smash” premiered on NBC in 2012 and ran for 32 episodes. The series received five Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning for outstanding choreography, as well as both Golden Globe and Grammy nominations.

Created by Theresa Rebeck, who also served as executive producer on the series, “Smash” features original music by...

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 episodes and, in its relatively short run, it won a Critics Choice Television Award, a GLAAD Media Award, and received five Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, winning for Outstanding Choreography. The series also received both Golden Globe and Grammy Award nominations.

In addition to its three leads, other series stars included Christian Borle (Legally Blonde: The Musical, Some Like It Hot), Jaime Cepero (Daddy), Will Chase (Rent: Filmed Live On Broadway, Nashville), Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean films), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls, Hairspray Live!, Cats), Anjelica Huston (Prizzi’s Honor, The Addams Family), Raza Jaffrey (Homeland), Brian d’Arcy James (Shrek: The Musical, Something Rotten), Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, The Great Gatsby...

Fallout is finally here and by the grace of god and Jonathan Nolan, it’s great. Based on an RPG video game series of the same name Prime Video is set in a world that was destroyed by a nuclear war 219 years and now the survivors have divided themselves into different factions. In this dangerous and unforgiving world, we follow the story of a privileged and naive young woman who has lived all her life in a civilized society in an underground vault, but some unexpected circumstances force her to leave the security of the vault behind and venture out into the real world. Fallout stars Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins in the lead role with Moisés Arias, Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Zach Cherry, Xelia Mendes-Jones, Johnny Pemberton, Sarita Choudhury, and Leslie Uggams starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the brutal, funny, and deadly world of Fallout,...

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 below.)

Smash is expected to arrive on Broadway in spring 2025. Executive producers included Steven Spielberg, Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, David Marshall Grant, and Joshua Safran.

Hudson’s participation reunites her with Smash composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and producers Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron, the team behind NBC’s 2016 Hairspray Live!, the musical special in which she played the role of Motormouth Maybelle.

The Broadway production will be directed by five-time Tony-winning director Susan Stroman, with a score by the Tony- and Grammy- winning duo Shaiman and Wittman, who were most recently on Broadway with Some Like It Hot.

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 expected to be in attendance when the union leaflets the Smash developmental workshop Thursday morning and Friday afternoon outside the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

The union’s Development Agreement with Broadway League producers covers the development of new works, usually prior to an intended Broadway engagement. Equity and the Broadway League have been in negotiations since January 22, 2024. The current agreement expired on Sunday, February 11.

Last week, the union, which represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers in live theater, voted to authorize a strike against The Broadway League if ongoing negotiations fail. Equity is currently in the...

The actresses playing Karen in both of the Mean Girls movies have officially met!

Amanda Seyfried and Avantika were both in attendance at the InStyle and Lancome event on Wednesday (January 10) at the Park Lane Hotel in New York City.

Amanda and fellow brand ambassador Isabella Rossellini helped welcome new global ambassador Joy Sunday to the family!

After the event, Amanda took to Instagram to share fun photos of her meeting Avantika, who plays Karen in the new Mean Girls movie musical.

Keep reading to find out more…

“Karen meet Karen...

We’re getting closer and closer to the Smash musical coming to Broadway!

A musical version of the beloved NBC series has been in the works for years and it is expected to debut during the upcoming 2024-25 Broadway season, which is anytime between May 2024 and April 2025. Katharine McPhee, Megan Hilty, and other cast members are sadly not attached and a plot has not been revealed yet.

Well, some lucky fans are going to see an early version of the show very soon.

A six-week workshop will begin this month in New York City and it will culminate in five fully staged and choreographed performances in front of “recruited audiences.”

Keep reading to find out more…

Producer Bob Greenblatt told Variety, “This workshop/rehearsal process will give the creative team a chance to get reactions from real theatergoers who will experience it for the first time in a theater setting.

You Gotta Believe (Ygb), a New York City-based, national organization that focuses exclusively on finding permanent parents and families for older kids in foster care, hosted its 9th annual Voices: Stars for Foster Kids benefit concert at Town Hall in NYC, on Monday, September 18th.

Bellamy Young and Andrea McArdle at Voices: Stars for Foster Kids benefit concert

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Created and hosted by Stars In The House’s Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, the benefit concert featured special performances and appearances by Donna Murphy, Patina Miller, Adam Pascal, Sharon Catherine Brown, Javier Colon, Ta’Nika Gibson, Matt Gould, Norm Lewis, Griffin Matthews, Gracie McGraw, Krysta Rodriguez, Cody Saintgnue, NaTasa Yvette Williams, Bellamy Young, Andrea McArdle and Executive Director of You Gotta Believe Jennifer Pinder. The evening was be directed by Brenda Braxton with music direction by Seth Rudetsky. Other guests in attendance included: Jackie Hoffman,...

“Smash,” the TV series about the making of a fictional Broadway musical, takes an early step toward becoming a real-life Broadway musical on Sept. 22, with a pair of industry readings led by Tony nominees Robyn Hurder and Kerry Butler.

Hurder plays Ivy, an actress cast in the lead role of a new musical about Marilyn Monroe, and Butler appears as Karen, Ivy’s understudy. Their characters share the names of two pivotal roles in the TV show, which also focused on the development of a Marilyn Monroe musical called “Bombshell.”

While it retains the series’ most recognizable elements, the musical adaptation of “Smash” departs in other ways with a storyline and cast of characters that are inspired by the series but not direct translations. “It’s definitely a new script,” said director Susan Stroman of the musical’s book by Bob Martin (“The Prom”) and Rick Elice (“Jersey Boys”). “It...

Twenty years after the fan-favorite Disney Renaissance film debuted in 1997, legendary composer Alan Menken revealed that he was working on a stage adaptation of "Hercules," the tale of a young man on his road to becoming a hero and finding out where he belongs in the world. Reunited with lyricist David Zippel, the Disney Legend created a number of all-new songs to compliment a book by Kristoffer Diaz and Robert Horn for the latest musical from the House of Mouse.

A few years later in 2019, the production made its world premiere at the Delacorte Theater in New York City's Central Park with a stellar cast that featured Jelani Alladin, who originated the role of Kristoff on stage in "Frozen," as Hercules, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart of "Aladdin" on Broadway as Phil, star of NBC's "Smash" Krysta Rodriguez as Meg, and, instead of revisiting the character that he...

Update: The Collaboration has canceled performances through Friday, Dec. 23, with producers saying they expect the show to resume performances on Monday, Dec. 26.

Due to a case of Covid in the cast, producers canceled last night’s opening night performance. Like some other Broadway productions, the play had not been scheduled for staging on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Ticket holders should contact their point of purchase for exchanges or refunds.

Previous, Dec. 20: Tonight’s opening night performance of Broadway’s The Collaboration has been canceled due to a positive Covid case in the company.

Performances at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre will resume on a date to be announced. An official opening night will be rescheduled in the next few days, although a spokesperson for the production said critics’ reviews may be released tonight as planned.

The Collaboration, written by Anthony McCarten and directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, stars Paul Bettany...

The wig gives it away, otherwise we’d be hard-pressed to immediately – or even slowly – recognize Paul Bettany’s fast-talking, extroverted and inquisitive artist character in Anthony McCarten’s The Collaboration as that historic icon of cryptic, mumbled monosyllables Andy Warhol.

Unfortunately, Bettany isn’t the only thing that feels smudged in this ’80s-set paint-by-numbers and highly fictionalized dual bio-play about Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, opening tonight in a Manhattan Theatre Club production at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Broadway.

Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah and inspired by the real life 1984 painting collaboration of the aging (at least in terms of artistic relevance) Warhol and the soaring Basquiat – a project presented so much more convincingly and movingly in the 1996 film Basquiat, starring Jeffrey Wright and, in the definitive performance of Warhol, David Bowie, who haunts this play like a shadow – The Collaboration is an oddly lifeless endeavor, a failure in...

It's nearly Halloween, which means it's time for musical fans to bring out their toilet paper and water guns for the perfect Rocky Horror Picture Show experience. To get ready, they might look forward to other ghoulish songs that get them in the holiday spirit. There tends to be a significant overlap between those who love musicals and those who love the spooky season, so it's no wonder that haunting musicals like Sweeney Todd and Little Shop of Horrors are common October favorites. However, these popular musicals can get old when they're all fans have to listen to, year after year.

With that in mind, Redditor Nalkarj went on a hunt for less-common Halloween show tunes to get into the right mood. There have been musicals on nearly any subject a person could think of, so surely there are enough Halloween-related songs to put together an interesting playlist. For background...

Krysta Rodriguez and Erik Jensen will complete the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Anthony McCarten’s The Collaboration starring the previously announced Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope.

The play, a hit in London, depicts the artistic collaboration of painters Andy Warhol (Bettany) and Jean-Michel Basquiat (Pope), will make its American premiere in a Manhattan Theatre Club production beginning previews on Tuesday, November 29 ahead of a Tuesday, December 20 opening at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Rodriguez will play Basquiat’s girlfriend “Maya” and Jensen will portray “Bruno Bischofberger,” the art dealer and gallery owner who brings Warhol and Basquiat together. Kwame Kwei-Armah directs.

The casting announcement was made today by Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow (Artistic Director) and Barry Grove (Executive Producer) and the Young Vic Theatre, Kwame Kwei-Armah (Artistic Director) and Lucy Davies (Executive Director) by special arrangement with Eleanor Lloyd Productions,...

The recently extended Broadway production of Into The Woods has announced its new cast for the additional weeks, with Stephanie J. Block taking over from Sara Bareilles as the Baker’s Wife and Block’s real-life husband Sebastian Arcelus signing on as the Baker (from Brian d’Arcy James) beginning Sept. 6.

Also joining Sept. 6 – the show currently is scheduled to continue at the St. James Theatre through Oct. 16 – are Krysta Rodriguez as Cinderella, Katy Geraghty as Little Red Ridinghood, and Jim Stanek as the Steward. Montego Glover will share the role of The Witch with the current cast member Patina Miller, and Gavin Creel and Joshua Henry extend as the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince and Rapunzel’s Prince, respectively.

Andy Karl will play the role of the Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince from September 6 through September 15, as Creel fulfills a prior commitment. Creel returns to the production on September 16.

Currently in the...

To raise funds and awareness for the war in Ukraine, NBC will air primetime special “Ukraine: Answering the Call” featuring an address from president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 3 at 7 p.m.

“Ukraine: Answering the Call” aims to respond to previous comments from Zelenskyy, who has challenged Americans to speak up about the war. The hour-long special will also feature appearances from José Andrés, Jon Batiste, Kristen Bell, Brandi Carlile, Brian Cox, Jeff Daniels, Vera Farmiga, Lena Headey, Alicia Keys, Simu Liu, Julianne Moore, Brad Paisley and Rosie Perez. Additionally, Broadway stars Rachel Bay Jones, Brenda Braxton, Liz Callaway, Lilla Crawford, Juwan Crawley, José Llana, Beth Malone, Andrea McArdle, Bonnie Milligan, Orfeh, Krysta Rodriguez, Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and NaTasha Yvette Williams will perform a rendition of “What the World Needs Now is Love,” which was oft-used as a message of peace during the Vietnam War.

Along with Zelenskyy, Ukrainian head...

NBC has set Ukraine: Answering The Call, a one-hour primetime special aimed at education and raising funds for those whose lives have been shattered by the escalating war in the country.

The special, said to be an answer to the call from President Volodymyr Zelensky who has challenged Americans to use their voices to reach those who want peace, will air Sunday, July 3 at 7 pm Et/Pt on NBC.

Ukraine: Answering The Call will feature appearances by José Andrés, Jon Batiste, Kristen Bell, Brandi Carlile, Brian Cox, Jeff Daniels, Vera Farmiga, Lena Headey, Alicia Keys, Simu Liu, Julianne Moore, Brad Paisley, Rosie Perez, among others. Broadway stars also appearing include Rachel Bay Jones, Brenda Braxton, Liz Callaway, Lilla Crawford, Juwan Crawley, José Llana, Beth Malone, Andrea McArdle, Bonnie Milligan, Orfeh, Krysta Rodriguez, Seth Rudetsky, James Wesley and NaTasha Yvette Williams will come together for a special rendition of “What the World Needs Now is Love.

The made-for-tv movie was a programming staple for the broadcast networks in the 1970s and 1980s. While it fell out of favor in the 1990s and was even dropped as an Emmy Awards category for three years beginning in 2011, it has been on an upswing as of late. This year, 48 telefilms are in contention for the five nominations that will be revealed on July 12; last year, only 41 TV movies were submitted.

All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 27 to cast their 2022 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. In 2017, that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.

See 2022 Emmy nominations ballot: 2,800 performers vie for...