SmashMusical Will Officially Open on Broadway in Spring 2025 Starring Tony Nominee Robyn Hurder

Mar. 15, 2025

Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty in ‘Smash’.Photo: Mark Seliger/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty

The producers ofSmashannounced abombshellon Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Performances forthe musical adaptation of the cult-favorite NBC serieswill officially begin on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, ahead of an opening on Thursday, April 10.

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Joining Hurder will be two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas asBombshell’s director/choreographer ‘Nigel;’ stage veterans Krysta Rodriguez (Spring Awakening, The Addams Family, Into the Woods) and John Behlmann (Shucked, Tootsie, Significant Other) asBombshell’s songwriting and book-writing team ‘Tracy’ and ‘Jerry;’ as well as two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen as acting-coach ‘Susan.’

Jacqueline B. Arnold will play producer ‘Anita,’ Bella Coppola assistant choreographer ‘Chloe,’ and Caroline Bowman and Casey Garvin will play two members ofBombshell’s cast: ‘Karen’ and ‘Charlie,’ respectively.

Megan Hilty in ‘Smash’.Will Hart/NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection

Most of the cast were a part of the musical’s last workshop in February 2023, which had open-rehearsal performances for lucky fans who were able to score a ticket.

Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated choreographer Joshua Bergasse (On the Town), who choreographed the television series,will reprise his role for the stage adaptation.

In addition to Shaiman and Wittman’s belovedBombshellsongs — including “The 20th Century Fox Mambo,” “They Just Keep Moving the Line,” and the Emmy-nominated “Let Me Be Your Star” — the duo have crafted new material for the stage.

Jennifer Hudson in season 2 of ‘Smash’.Will Hart/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Will Hart/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Back in March, EGOT winnerJennifer Hudsonannouncedshe was joining the producing team ofSmash, alongside lead producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron andSteven Spielberg. It was a full-circle moment for Hudson, who appeared as a guest star on season 2.

“That show meant so much to me, and apparently it meant a whole lot to others as well,” Hudson, 42, said on her self-titled talk show, explaining that her her role as fictional actress Veronica Moore on the series was the first time she got to experience a taste of what it would be like to be on Broadway.

Years later, in 2015, Hudson would live out those dreams for real, starring as Shug Avery in the Tony-winning revival ofThe Color Purple. “Steven Spielberg was a producer,” she said of the production, which also starredCynthia ErivoandDanielle Brooks. “I never would have guessed in that moment that one day, I would be able to be a producing partner beside him.”

Smashonly had two season on NBC, after premiering in February 2012, but it’s popularity has grown in the years since. It’s currently streaming on Peacock.

The cast — includingDebra Messing,Christian BorleandJeremy Jordan— reunited in June 2015 to perform a charity benefit concert of the songs from “Bombshell” at the Minskoff Theatre in New York City. It sold out in 15 minutes, and was eventually streamed during the early days of the pandemic in 2019 as a benefit for The Actor’s Fund (Entertainment Community Fund).

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Tickets toSmashgo 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 upthroughSmash’s websitewill have access to buy tickets from Oct. 25 - Oct. 28.

source: people.com