Raza Jaffrey News

As first reported on TVLine.com, Broadway star Will Chase will make a guest appearance on an upcoming episode of USA Network's dramedy NECESSARY ROUGHNESS. The former 'Smash' star will portray an 'erstwhile rock god."

Celebrated British songwriting duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe will be joining Tim McArthur live on Resonance 104.4FM this Friday at 12pm for a very special edition of The Curtain Up Show.

On Twitter Watch, Jeremy Jordan wrote ' Just recorded my first song for Smash... holy crap this is really happening!! Jordan will play a Brooklyn singer with a self-destructive streak, alongside two more newcomers in the roles of Joe and Courtney. Jaime Cepero (Ellis), Raza Jaffrey (Dev) and Brian d'Arcy James (Frank), are departing the show.'

According to the Daily Mail, Chicago will close at the West End's Garrick Theatre after a 15-year revival run on September 1, 2012.

According to Deadline, LEAP OF FAITH's Leslie Odom Jr. has just been moved from a recurring character to a series regular for NBC's Smash Season 2.

According to TVLine.com, NEWSIES' Jeremy Jordan will join SMASH Season 2 as a series regular.

Jess, a 'So You Think You Can Dance' finalist last year, is a Broadway veteran at 19.

Season 1 of NBC's new series about the making of a musical, SMASH, ended last Monday, May 14, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, the show will cut a few characters for Season 2. Brian d'Arcy James, Will Chase, Jaime Cepero and Raza Jaffrey, who play Frank, Michael, Ellis and Dev resectively, will no longer be regulars when the show returns in 2013.

Life is imitating art for leading man Raza Jaffrey, as CHICAGO producer, Barry Weissler spotted him in the new Steven Spielberg TV series Smash, and immediately offered him the role of Billy Flynn in the West End production of the musical. He just began his run in CHICAGO at the Garrick Theatre and will continue through July 14, playing the role between David Bedella, and Olympian Robin Cousins, who joins on 17 July.

Life is imitating art for leading man Raza Jaffrey, as CHICAGO producer, Barry Weissler spotted him in the new Steven Spielberg TV series Smash, and immediately offered him the role of Billy Flynn in the West End production of the musical. He stars in CHICAGO at the Garrick Theatre from tonight, 16 May to 14 July, playing the role between present Billy, David Bedella, who left the cast on 12 May, and Olympian Robin Cousins, who joins on 17 July.

The new featured song from last night's season finale of NBC's musical drama series SMASH (Mondays, 10-11 p.m. ET), is now available from NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products and Columbia Records on the iTunes store.

Last night NBC aired the season finale of SMASH! In the episode, Tom (Christian Borle) and Julia (Debra Messing) raced against time to save the show, while Derek (Jack Davenport) made a decision that changed the lives of Karen (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy (Megan Hilty) forever. Ellis (Jaime Cepero) revealed his true colors. But when he finally made his move to save "Bombshell," would it be for or against Eileen (Anjelica Huston)? In the midst of it all, another bombshell went off - this one is in Karen and Dev's (Raza Jaffrey) relationship. Check out the season 1 finale below.