Sean Hayes News

According to Deadline.com, star of Will & Grace Sean Hayes will lead a new family comedy pilot for NBC written by Victor Fresco (Better Off Ted).

Are you ready for Jennifer Hudson, Sean Hayes, Liza Minnelli, and Jesse L. Martin on SMASH this season?! Below, take a look at the amazing guest star lineup that's coming up starting on the season premiere airing February 5th on NBC!

NBC has just released a new promo for the highly anticipated second season of the musical drama SMASH. The video teases, 'Follow your dreams, Follow your passion, Follow your heart... but watch your back!' SMASH Season 2 kicks off Tuesday, February 5th at 9/8c on NBC. Check out the promo below!

Seven-time Emmy Award winner Betty White will be celebrating her 91st birthday in style as a star-studded line up of special guests pays tribute to one of the world's most beloved entertainers in 'BETTY WHITE'S 2ND ANNUAL 90TH BIRTHDAY SPECIAL, airing Tuesday, February 5 (8-9 p.m. ET) on NBC.

JL Stiles releases The House of Murmurs.

92nd Street Y has announced that Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters, continues his popular interview series, "Broadway Talks with Jordan Roth," with award winning stage and screen actress Edie Falco on Sunday, April 7th at 7:30 p.m. Ms. Falco, the Emmy Award-winning star of "Nurse Jackie", will return to the New York stage this season in Manhattan Theatre Club's upcoming The Madrid.

EW has an exclusive sneak peek of Jennifer Hudson's guest starring appearance on the upcoming season of SMASH. In the clip from Season 2's fourth episode, Hudson's character Veronica Moore sings a new original song, 'I Can't Let Go,' written by the show's composers and executive producers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Check it out below!

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, West End star Julian Ovenden will guest star in the second season of SMASH, and according to TVLine, he will play another one of Marilyn's love interests. Ovenden's character 'Simon' will play JFK to Karen's Marilyn Monroe.

Vulture.com reports that the much maligned character 'Ellis', played by actor Jamie Cepero, may still be featured on the upcoming second season of NBC's SMASH. At this weekend's Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, executive producer Neil Meron told reporters, 'Ellis is still alive.'

At this weekend's Television Critics Association Tour, new SMASH show runner Joshua Safran spoke about the highly-anticipated second season of the hit NBC musical drama. 'It's bigger, with more music, younger in some regards,' commented Safran, 'but I hope the people who watched it still see the same show they loved.' Check out an all-new sneak peek of SMASH's second season below!

NBC and Columbia Records announced that the soundtrack for Bombshell, the musical within NBC's Golden Globe-nominated series television hit 'SMASH' (Tuesdays, 10-11pm ET), will be released on February 12. Bombshell is available now for pre-order.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, SMASH creator and executive producer Steven Spielberg spoke about the popular NBC musical drama. 'Here's what's great about Smash,' he asserted, ' - it's not a procedural, it's not medical, it's not cops, it's not legal eagles, it isn't a sitcom. So it does defy what is commercial and popular today.'

Entertainment Weekly has just posted the upcoming cover for their Jan. 11 'Winter TV Preview' issue, featuring the ladies of SMASH. Check it out below, featuring Megan Hilty, Jennifer Hudson, and Katherine McPhee!

Jennifer Hudson, Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee and Christian Borle speak about what's in store for Season 2 of SMASH in an all-new behind-the-scenes video released by NBC. Check it out below!

TVGuide reports that more original music and lyrics from the award-winning team of Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman is on the way for the upcoming second season of NBC's SMASH. The site confirms that the duo has 'composed tunes for other faux Broadway shows that will compete with Bombshell for ticket sales as the Marilyn Monroe-themed production nears its premiere.'

Entertainment superstar Liza Minnelli - winner of an Oscar, two Golden Globes, a Grammy, an Emmy and multiple Tony Awards - will guest-star as herself in NBC's musical drama SMASH in the upcoming season, and will sing an original song with series star Christian Borle that was written by the show's celebrated composer and lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Minnelli recently appeared on the show's set to shoot a scene with stars Megan Hilty and Christian Borle. Click below to watch footage and interviews the Minnelli and the cast!

'Best in Show' star Fred Willard guests on the TV Land comedy HOT IN CLEVELAND. In the episode, titled A Box Full of Puppies, the ladies are at the vet's office when Joy is confronted with her greatest weakness; hot men with pets. Get a sneak peek below!

WILL & GRACE's Sean Hayes is set to executive produce and star in a new NBC half-hour sitcom, TV Guide has reported. BETTER OFF TED's Victor Fresco will write the project.

NBC has ordered 'Hollywood Game Night,' a new hour-long game show series from Emmy Award-winning actor/producer Sean Hayes ('Will & Grace,' 'Hot in Cleveland'), based on his real-life 'game nights,' featuring A-list celebrities hanging out and living it up in a cocktail party atmosphere.

NBC has just released the first full set of promotional photos for the upcoming second season of SMASH - featuring the musical drama's original cast, as well as Broadway's own Jeremy Jordan and Krysta Rodriguez. Check them out below!