THE ADDAMS FAMILY's Krysta Rodriguez Joins SMASH Season 2 as Series Regular!

By: Jul. 06, 2012
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According to TVLine, The Addams Family's Krysta Rodriguez is set to play series regular Ana in Smash Season 2.

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Rodriguez's character Ana is Karen's new roommate looking for her Broadway break. She joins new cast members Jennifer Hudson, Newsies' Jeremy Jordan and Andy Mientus.

Rodriguez most recently played Wednesday Addams in Broadway's The Addams Family. Also on the Great White Way, Rodriguez has appeared in In the Heights, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line and Good Vibrations. Her Off-Broadway and regional credits include Encores! Bye Bye Birdie, The Boy Friend, Busker Alley and more. On TV, Rodriguez has guest-starred on Gossip Girl.

Smash Season 2 is set for a midseason premiere.

"Smash" is a musical drama that celebrates the beauty and heartbreak of the Broadway theater as it follows a cross-section of dreamers and schemers who all have one common desire - to be a Broadway star The series stars Emmy Award winner Debra Messing ("Will & Grace"), Oscar winner Anjelica Huston ("Prizzi's Honor"), Jack Davenport ("Pirates of the Caribbean" films), Tony Award winner Christian Borle ("Peter and the Starcatcher"), Katharine McPhee ("American Idol"), Megan Hilty ("9 to 5: The Musical") and Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan ("Newsies").

From Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television, "Smash" stemmed from an idea of executive producer and multiple Emmy and Oscar winner Steven Spielberg ("ER," "Schindler's List"). The series' executive producers also include Joshua Safran ("Gossip Girl"), Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Oscar-winning "Chicago," "Hairspray"), Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey ("United States of Tara," "The Borgias"), Tony and Grammy Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman ("Hairspray," "Catch Me If You Can") and Theresa Rebeck ("Mauritius," "NYPD Blue").

 



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