The Broadway version of "Smash" does in a swift and an engaging 90 minutes what it took the NBC TV series two seasons of episodes to accomplish. The only problem for the stage musical, which opened Thursday at the Imperial Theatre,

Despite the level of talent involved here, the stage adaptation of NBC’s ‘Smash’ will be deeply disappointing even for die-hard fans of the cult TV show centered on a Marilyn

Thirteen years later, Smash The Musical arrives on Broadway with some of the most talented creatives and actors working today. More inspired by than based on, more fan fiction or parody than homage, the production opening tonight at the Imperial Theatre is more oddity than anything else.