SMASH To Close June 22, 2025- Page 3

[Dreamboy3]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 8:48am

A bad show I had fun at. A lot more fun than at a lot of other musicals I saw this season. 
 

When was Stroman’s last hit? I’ve never thought she was a good director and I’m mystified that she still gets work  

The idea of doing a diegetic show is interesting in concept, but boy did the book scenes drag  

As someone noted above, they needed more dancers.

It seemed the less you were invested in the TV show the more likely you were to like it  

They really needed to figure out better storyline first Ivy’s troubles (and the consequential cupcake debacle didn’t help) 

 

 

[CopleyScott17]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 9:05am

I guess this means Schmigadoon doesn't have much chance to make it to New York?

[samtaro111]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 9:14am

I am an extremely big SMASH tv show fan, couldn’t even tell you why because I know the TV show is messy but it’s my fav mess. I literally watch it once a year lol and this Bway show took so many wrong turns. I saw it last week after winning the lotto and the mezz was extremely extremely empty.

The songs that everyone wants to hear get interrupted constantly with scenes, the songs that do get fully sung, like Moving the Line, are fantastic! Bombshell has amazing songs, let the people sing these songs!

A third Marilyn was extremely unnecessary, they make it seem like Chloe is going to be the equivalent of that Sharpay wannabe in HSM3, but turns out, oh, she doesn’t even really want the part. I found all the social media stuff really cringy, personally. 

Ivy becoming a diva/method acting after reading a book didn’t really land for me. Would rather her be struggling to play Marilyn and then method acts to try to understand her or something. Rather than her being amazing at the start, make her struggle or something.

Super sad we waited a decade to hear these songs and the show just didn’t find its footing. The irony that Bombshell’s book was a mess and so is SMASH’s…

 

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 11:13am

“Stayed open”…? For how long? A week longer, until 6/29 instead of 6/22…? Great use of $300k for a show that is already hemorrhaging money. Please.”

(I was referencing the Boop “petition”…please.)

 

[pinktonyclub]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 12:42pm

Katie Webber, (Insta @katiewebbernyc) ensemblist who left The Great Gatsby to do Smash, says on her story "our show is struggling but it wasn't doing that bad. They just gave up on it. Sorry, somebody had to say it."

[sparklingtonic2]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 12:50pm

Scarlet Leigh said: "…The vocal demand of the role of Marilyn would be insane. The songs for Bombshell in Smash were written to capture moments but if you actually line them all up back to back to back it's it would be an inhuman feat for one actress to sing the role of Marilyn…."


Would it really be that much harder than, say, Funny Girl? It seems like the best shows are always packed with demanding songs. That’s what makes them good shows. 

 

Updated On: 6/11/25 at 12:50 PM

[Laurapattifan]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 12:54pm

pinktonyclub said: "Katie Webber,(Insta@katiewebbernyc) ensemblist who left The Great Gatsby to do Smash, says on her story "our show is struggling but it wasn't doing that bad. They just gave up on it. Sorry, somebody had to say it.""


I don’t know how a show selling 68% of the theater and heavily comping nearly the entire run could be seen as not doing “that bad.” I love the cast and hope to go to closing but this show had a pretty rapid decline in the last few weeks. 

[JSquared2]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 12:56pm

pinktonyclub said: "Katie Webber,(Insta@katiewebbernyc) ensemblist who left The Great Gatsby to do Smash, says on her story "our show is struggling but it wasn't doing that bad. They just gave up on it. Sorry, somebody had to say it.""

 

Sort of a clueless statement from her, but...whatever?  Hope she's looking forward to a LONG break in between jobs!

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 1:08pm

Probably not the smartest thing to post so publicly, and wouldn’t be surprised if she’s asked to delete it shortly. However, she has spoken openly on her Instagram over the years about her struggles with the business - emotionally and financially with bouncing from job to job and still being an ensemble member - so this isn’t a surprising reaction from her. She often says the quiet part out loud; others are just thinking it.

Losing your job suddenly sucks. But it’s also The Business and producers really don’t like when actors say things like “They gave up on us” in their Instagram stories.

[Marlothom]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 5:16pm

I mean at the top of the list of misfires here is not having Ivy and Karen sing "Let Me Be Your Star" - that is arguably the most memorable moment on the tv-series.  I had such high hopes for this and left very disappointed.   Good luck to all those involved.  

[Kad]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 5:27pm

I wish we would move on from treating every show closure as an unjust tragedy. 

[rg7759]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 5:32pm

If you want real injustice, lempicka. 2 more weeks would have got it to the tonys and would have allowed me to see it. So extending every show to no end this year makes no sense.

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 5:52pm

Kad said: "I wish we would move on from treating every show closure as an unjust tragedy."

I also think people believe somehow that social media buzz about a show and talking about it translates into ticket sales and that's not how it works! 

[MezzoDiva47]

Posted: 6/11/25 at 11:36pm

 

another show like lempicka or swept away where the arrogant creative team bought into their own resumes to the point where they couldnt see the bad art right in front of them that they were constructing

when something like this abomination gets to the point of being produced on broadway one wonders where how and why the checks and balances failed

did no one ever sit back and realize this was a piece of crap that neither fans nor non-fans would enjoy

some producers simply have money to burn

 

MezzoDiva47 has spoken

bow down accordingly

 

[Wick3]

Posted: 6/12/25 at 12:10am

JSquared2 said: "pinktonyclub said: "Katie Webber,(Insta@katiewebbernyc) ensemblist who left The Great Gatsby to do Smash, says on her story "our show is struggling but it wasn't doing that bad. They just gave up on it. Sorry, somebody had to say it.""



Sort of a clueless statement from her, but...whatever? Hope she's looking forward to a LONG break in between jobs!"

Hopefully she can go back to GATSBY. 

[RUkiddingme]

Posted: 6/12/25 at 12:42am

Kad said: "I wish we would move on from treating every show closure as an unjust tragedy."

BEST post of the month!

[binau]

Posted: 6/12/25 at 3:15am

I must admit looking at the numbers I guess this closing seems obvious now but I/we/everyone was so focussed on 'Boop' I didn't even really think much that SMASH was on the chopping block this soon...is a bit of a shock.

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 6/12/25 at 9:06am

Kad said: "I wish we would move on from treating every show closure as an unjust tragedy."

The crying. The whining. The comments about how no show gets a chance anymore. Pardon my language, but it's stupid. If a show isn't selling, they're going to close. Period. 

[inception]

Posted: 6/12/25 at 9:27am

MezzoDiva47 said: "

another show like lempicka or swept away where  

Oh no! Swept Away was different. It was a very moving work of genius that decadent NY audiences just weren't prepared for.

The song choices could have been better, and the staging needed some rethinking, and the book could have used some tweaks. Maybe if they had thrown out the entire jukebox score, and come up with totally original songs...

But you know, totally not in the same category as all those other things that flopped.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/13/25 at 5:10pm

Libby Loyd is making her Karen debut tonight. I believe this is Bowman's first missed performance.

[MemorableUserName]

Posted: 6/14/25 at 4:19pm

Matinee cancelled today due to technical problems with set.

[Robbie2]

Posted: 6/14/25 at 5:20pm

ACL2006 said: "Libby Loyd is making her Karen debut tonight. I believe this is Bowman's first missed performance."Libby

Libby Lloyd is a lot better than Bowman as Karen!

[ACL2006]

Posted: 6/14/25 at 11:30pm

MemorableUserName said: "Matinee cancelled today due to technical problems with set."

this show has had no luck.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 6/20/25 at 1:20am

I went into this with pretty low expectations having seen The Last 5 Years probably helped it exceed them.

Is this show perfect, no. Did I laugh ALOT, absolutely. 

Was it bizarre to see a flop tv show remixed as a Broadway musical, yes. Did it all make sense no.

But I would give it a solid 7 out of 10. Also I was pleasently surprised  by the cameo from Jeff Hiller as a swedish influencer.

[singerunlimited]

Posted: 6/21/25 at 7:54pm

pinktonyclub said: "Katie Webber,(Insta@katiewebbernyc) ensemblist who left The Great Gatsby to do Smash, says on her story "our show is struggling but it wasn't doing that bad. They just gave up on it. Sorry, somebody had to say it.""

If you go to her Instagram stories right now, you can see her throwing her entire script binder into the trash…