SMASH will officially land on Broadway in spring 2025 — Page 4

I feel like sometimes people conflate the discussion about the possibility of a show flopping with the wish that it flops when it's not the same thing at all. I'm a bit cautiously optimistic about the Smash musical since I've heard from a couple people that really enjoyed the workshop, but I also don't know how well it'll do. I was talking to someone else that was a fan of the TV show and they were quite disappointed to find that the plot would be different, so who knows how it'll be received.

fwiw, I think the TV show has gained a larger fan base since it was cancelled, and of course people who pay attention to Broadway shows are probably more predisposed to have seen Smash, but we'll have to see

The show has undergone some “proper” rewrites and changes since the open rehearsals, but who knows if they’re beneficial at this point.

Also, the new song Marc and Scott had written, “Broadway’s Calling You,” has been cut.

(per a recent run-in with Shaiman himself)

BrodyFosse123 said: "The NBC series SMASH aired for free on television, which is why most watched it. Had it been a pay-per-view series, it’s unlikely it would have made it thru its first season. Any fans of the series excited about this Broadway adaptation will be hunting down discount codes in order to see it. It’s a very niche audience, if that. I watched the entire series and have zero interest in seeing this. Even in a slime tutorial form."

Count me as one who will wait for a discount. Both this show and BOOP are currently priced obscenely high even in previews.

Remembering the multiple times I saw Cabaret and Half a Sixpence in the late 60s from the last row of the mezzanine, I said screw it and got cheap seats for Boop. For $74, including fees, I got seats K2-4 and K111-112. I figure that was closer to the stage than the first row of the rear mezzanine in the Broadway, the Majestic and a bunch of other theatres. The tickets on Row J directly in front of us are priced at $155. I figure that, even if they are eventually discounted, I feel like I got a good deal. Best of all...I got them for a Thursday matinee, which means that I get to see an extra show in that trip.

I won the lottery and my wife and I saw one of the productions at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College and we loved it. Yes, we were fans of the TV show, but there are major plot twists. The show we saw was funny and poignant at the same time. I’m not sure what the “disastrous reports” were but the audiences who saw it seemed to love it. The producers had lottery winners fill out surveys about what we thought could be improved and I’ve heard that they’ve made good use of the feedback. I’m really looking forward to seeing it after it opens on April 10.

What was a fun television soap opera with music might not make a good stage musical. What can they bring to the stage that will astonish or surprise? The television show had character types, not characters which was the fun. Hairspray worked so well because the songs were great early 60s pastiche for characters that went "against the grain" of 60s movie musicals which made the songs distinctive. I am not sure the characters Smash "sing" except in rehearsal songs for Marylin

This doesn't sound like my cup of tea, and yes I watched , hate watched, that series. BUT I did purchase their Black Friday twofer special because I am intrigued.

That is the number one word I hear associated with this production: Confusion. People are confused on what it's trying to be. Now, they are even more confused with their new ad. The ridiculous advertising of "if you loved the show this is for you, if you hated the show we changed everything!". Like....this doesn't work for your basic theatergoer. No one is going to spend 200 dollars these days just to quell their own confusion.

Apropos of nothing…but the cast is gorgeous!

Adding in all the broadway press is a nice touch, and damn I guess Karen really is just a side character in this.

That new key art sure is.... something.

Did they do that to the marquee in real life? Curious how big of a show this will be.

Unlike the other new Spring shows, Smash has had a constant presence on their socials and has a good marketing team. This image is cool and that they included local press and many notable people in the Broadway community is extremely smart.

Still confusing tho.

Updated On: 1/21/25 at 01:05 PM