“Smash”, a theater musical inspired by the NBC television series about a group of theater artists trying to make a show that focuses on Marilyn Monroe, announced on Tuesday that it would close on June 22 after he would not find enough audience to cover his operating costs on Broadway.
The show announced the closure only two days After the Tony Awards. It was not nominated for the best musical, and the request to act at the award ceremony was rejected; It was nominated for Best Choreography (by Joshua Bergasse) and best featured actor (Brooks Ashmanskas) but none of them won.
The musical started previews on March 11 and was opened on 10 April in the Imperial Theater. At the time of the closure, it played 32 previews and 84 regular versions.
The musical takes place in the current day and shows a development process that is thrown in chaos when the actress depicts Monroe (played by Robyn Hurder) produced under the influence of a coach (Kristine Nielsen) whose dedication to method acting ensures that the actress behaves in repetitions in repetitions. Making the concept and the rehearsal room characters are similar to, but not the same as, which was made in the television series, which was broadcast by Theresa Rebeck and two seasons, in 2012 and 2013, before it was canceled.
Were reviews Everywhere on the map. In the New York Times, the critic Jesse Green gave it a raveCalling “the great musical comedy that nobody saw coming.” But there was no critical consensus and the Box Office brush has fallen since the opening – weekly gross peaked at $ 1 million during the week that ended on April 20, and during the week to $ 656,000 fell to $ 656,000 that ended on 8 June.
The musical was capitalized for $ 20 million, according to an application at the Securities and Exchange Commission. That money – the amount it costs to finance the development of the show – is not recovered.
“Smash” contains a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, and a book by Bob Martin and Rick Elice; It is directed by Susan Stroman. The producing team of the show is led by Robert Greenblatt, Neil Meron and Steven Spielberg, who all played an important role in developing the television series.
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