Broadway musical Smash to close by month-end

Smash, a stage musical inspired by the NBC television series about a group of theatre artists trying to make a show focusing on Marilyn Monroe, announced on Tuesday that it would close on June 22 after failing to find sufficient audience to defray its running costs on Broadway.

- MICHAEL PAULSON

The show announced the closing just two days after the Tony Awards. It had not been nominated for best musical, and its request to perform on the awards show was rebuffed; it was nominated for best choreography (by Joshua Bergasse) and best featured actor (Brooks Ashmanskas) but won neither.

The musical began previews March 11 and opened April 10 at the Imperial Theater. At the time of its closing, it will have played 32 previews and 84 regular performances.