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Smash to Close on Broadway Following Tony Shut-Out

Lagging ticket sales left the show playing to two-thirds capacity in the week before the Tonys.

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Overview

  • The musical will end its run at New York’s Imperial Theatre on June 22 after 84 regular performances and 32 previews.
  • Smash received two Tony nominations for choreography and supporting actor but secured no awards at the June 8 ceremony.
  • In the week leading up to the Tonys, it grossed $656,161 and filled just 66% of available seats.
  • Based on NBC’s 2012 series, the production chronicles the making of a fictional Marilyn Monroe bio-musical called Bombshell.
  • The Broadway staging featured a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, a book by Rick Elice and Bob Martin and direction by Susan Stroman.