SMASH confirmed to play Broadway with direction by Susan Stroman

SMASH is setting its sights on Broadway with an award-winning creative team, it has been announced today by Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron, and Steven Spielberg who will serve as lead producers.

The stage musical adaptation, inspired by the fan-favorite NBC series on which they all worked together, is slated for Broadway in the 2024-25 season.

The production will be helmed by 5-time Tony-winning director Susan Stroman, with a score by the Tony- and Grammy-winning duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, who wrote over two dozen songs for the television show, many of which will be used in the musical. They will also be writing additional new material. The book will be co-written by two of Broadway’s most seasoned craftsmen, Tony-winner Bob Martin and Tony-nominated Rick Elice.  And Smash’s Emmy-winning choreographer, Joshua Bergasse, will reprise his role for the stage adaptation.

Steven Spielberg, whose original idea led to the NBC series, commented: “Smash is near and dear to my heart, and it was always my hope that a musical inspired by the show would eventually come to the stage. We now have an incredible creative team, and I’m looking forward to completing the Smash journey which began with my producing partners over ten years ago.” 

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