Smash On Broadway Announces Spring 2025 Opening Date — Which Series Vet Is Returning In A New Role?
History is made at night — and soon, it will be made in the Theater District.
Smash, the Broadway adaptation of the short-lived NBC musical drama, will begin performances on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, and officially open on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at Broadway's Imperial Theatre.
The opening date was announced Tuesday by lead producers Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg — all of whom served as executive producers on the NBC cult classic.
"Neil, Steven and I are elated to announce that Smash is definitely coming to Broadway this season, a dozen years after the series ended on NBC!" Greenblatt said in a statement. "We always knew [Marc] Shaiman and [Scott] Wittman's fantastic score belonged on Broadway, and our show is a clever, funny adaptation of the series — with a few surprises — that we hope will delight die-hard fans as well as anyone who didn't see the series."
Added Meron: "Working with our incomparable director, Susan Stroman, our first-class bookwriters, Rick Elice and Bob Martin, and our original series choreographer, Josh Bergasse, has been a joy. This dream team has created the quintessential new musical about the rollercoaster ride of creating a new musical. (Very meta!) And it not only sends Broadway up, but sends Broadway a big love letter at the same time."
The cast, meanwhile, includes Tony nominee Robyn Hurder (Moulin Rouge) as Ivy, two-time Tony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas (The Prom) as Nigel, John Behlmann (Shucked) as Jerry, two-time Tony nominee Kristine Nielsen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) as Susan, Caroline Bowman (Frozen Tour) as Karen, Jacqueline B. Arnold (Moulin Rouge) as Anita, Bella Coppola (Six) as Chloe, Casey Garvin (Some Like It Hot) as "Charlie," and original series star Krysta Rodriguez — not as Karen's roommate Ana, but as a new character named Tracy.
EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson, who played Broadway star Veronica Moore in Season 2 of Smash, is a member of the Broadway show's producing team.
American Express® Card Members will have exclusive access to tickets beginning now through Friday, Oct. 25 at 9:59 am ET by clicking here. Smash fans who signed up via the official website will have special access to tickets before the general public beginning Friday, Oct. 25 at 10 am ET though Monday, Oct. 28 at 9:59 am ET. Tickets will then go on sale to the general public on Monday, Oct. 28 at 10 am ET through Telecharge.