There are different ways shows move from screen to stage, but the Broadway adaptation of the musical within the show “Smash” is a singular event.
“Bombshell,” the musical bio of Marilyn Monroe, first introduced in the hit NBC TV show starring Megan Hilty, featured music from Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (“Hairspray”). After a one-night-only performance on June 8 received a positive response from fans, a fully realized Broadway production is set to include choreographer Joshua Bergasse (“On the Town,” “Gigi”). Also attached to the project are “Smash” producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, as well as Steven Spielberg, executive producer for the TV version.
No word yet as to whether or not Hilty, Katharine McPhee, Debra Messing, Jeremy Jordan, Anjelica Huston, or newly minted Tony winner Christian Borle (“Something Rotten”) will reprise their TV roles in the stage production.
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