Broadway’s ‘Smash’ to Close After Getting Blanked at the Tony Awards

“Smash,” a meta TV-to-stage musical, will close on Broadway after failing to score any love at the Tony Awards.

The show, which earned mixed reviews from critics, will play its final performance on June 22 after 32 previews and 84 regular performances at the Imperial Theatre.

During its brief run, “Smash” has struggled to sell tickets. Grosses stalled at $656,161 last week with the theater playing at 66% capacity — a disastrous turnout for a show of its scale. The show was nominated for choreography and supporting actor for Brooks Ashmanskas but wasn’t included in the lineup for best musical contenders.

Based on the cult-favorite television series, “Smash” chronicled the backstage chaos of the fictional “Bombshell,” a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe. The production takes a turn when the lead actress, portrayed by Robyn Hurder, decides to go Method and becomes obsessed with channeling Marilyn — pills and all.

Steven Spielberg, Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron, all of whom were involved in mounting the TV show were the lead producers on the musical. A stage musical of “Smash” is something they’ve said that dedicated fans had been asking them about for the last dozen years.

Unfortunately, not enough of them went to the Imperial Theatre.