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,” ...

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 ...

The Broadway version of “Smash” does in a swift and an engaging 90 minutes what it took the NBC TV series two seasons of episodes to accomplish. The only problem for the stage musical, which opened ...

*CRITIC'S PICK* As the plot touches down for its perfect landing, I was surprised again by the turn of events. Not only the ones in the plot but also the ones well beyond it. ‘Smash’ the musical is a ...

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 ...

Samuel Johnson once called a second marriage the triumph of hope over experience. The new Broadway musical “Smash” adapts that aspirational adage for show business. It’s based on a TV series of the ...

No longer a toiling chorus girl, Ivy (Robyn Hurder) has been transformed into a Broadway legend (and aged up a bit). Karen (Caroline Bowman) is now a cupcake-baking, non-competitive understudy.