NBC’s dogged promotional push for its new Broadway drama, Smash, appears to have paid off, as Monday night’s premiere delivered the season’s highest ratings in the 10 p.m. slot. According to Nielsen ...

Smash, the new stage musical adaptation inspired by the cult favorite 2012 NBC TV series, will begin Broadway previews on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at the Imperial Theatre, with an official opening on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This article was originally published on February 26, 2025, as part of New York’s spring theater preview. We are updating it now that Smash is open. Ahead of the show’s second season, BuzzFeed ran a ...

Almost exactly 60 years after she died, the world is still captivated by Marilyn Monroe. Her enigma continues to inspire projects based on the icon’s life; it seems that telling Marilyn’s story is ...

With ‘Smash’ and ‘Sean Saves the World,’ Megan Hilty weathered two of TV’s most public cancellations. Now the former ‘Wicked’ star is back in ‘Oz’—and talking about her journey. Editor-at-Large, ...