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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!

NBC is giving SMASH fans a preview of the highly-anticipated premiere episode of the series' sophomore season. In the episode titled 'On Broadway', 'Bombshell' returns to New York in hopes of landing a theater for its Broadway debut, but a new Scandal puts its fate in jeopardy. Get a first look below!

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!

Today in 2009, Hairspraiy closed at the Neil Simon Theatre after 2,641 performances. Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and 'downtown' rhythm and blues. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show.

One of the most colorful presences on Broadway in the last decade, and half of the popular Houston-Levitt team, Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) has co-created four Broadway shows. In Season One, Tom's journey to bring the new musical 'Bombshell' to the stage was met with challenges and triumphs - relive the ups-and-downs with SMASH Season One now available on DVD!

Derek (Jack Davenport) is one of Broadway's most brilliant director-choreographers not to mention one of its most seductive and arrogant figures. Season One of SMASH tested Derek's award-winning genius in his quest to bring an untested new musical to the New York stage while juggling personal relationships with the show's leading ladies. Catch Derek's bad-boy tactics in SMASH Season One - now available on DVD!

Tony-winner Donna McKechnie will soon grace the stage of 54 Below in a brand new show: a musical déjà vu celebrating the scintillating 70?s in New York City - the heyday of Studio 54. McKechnie, best known the world over for creating the role of Cassie in A Chorus Line, is also well-known for her Broadway appearances in State Fair, On the Town, Company, Promises, Promises and How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. For these five very special performances, Donna will salute this remarkable era via the music of Jim Croce, Peter Allen, Marvin Hamlisch, Billy Strayhorn, and Stephen Sondheim, with arrangements and music direction by John McDaniel. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge just chatted with the Broadway legend about the upcoming gig and you can check out the full interview below!

Today, in anticipation of the DVD release of NBC's hit musical drama series SMASH on January 8, BroadwayWorld is pleased to present this exclusive clip from the extensive behind-the-scenes features available on the complete Season One DVD box set! 2012 Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actor In A Musical, Christian Borle, along with SMASH executive producer and lauded theatrical producer Craig Zadan, expound upon some specifics of the hit series in this exclusive look at the bonus content present on the forthcoming DVD set. Enjoy!

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!

Season 2 of NBC's SMASH won't premiere until mid season, but fans will get a chance to relive Season 1's epic Marilyn battle beginning today, January 8, when the show is released on DVD! Until then, BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive look at a Behind the Scenes DVD Bonus Feature with the show's songwriters Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman in the recording studio as the show's stars, Will Chase and Megan Hilty, record the love duet, 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'. Watch the clip below!

Season 1 of SMASH saw Iowa native Karen Cartwright pursuing her Broadway dream all the while navigating the shark-infested waters of the professional theater world to win the role of a lifetime in the new musical 'Bombshell'. See Karen's battle to become 'Marilyn' on SMASH Season 1 - now available on DVD!

Seasoned triple-threat Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) is an ensemble performer who has spent years pursuing stardom only to be bumped back into the chorus again and again. Will the new Marilyn Monroe musical 'Bombshell' prove to be the show that puts Ivy in the spotlight? Find out when SMASH Season One is released on DVD January 8!

Hollywood star Anjelica Huston visited CBS's 'The Talk' yesterday and shared stories about life among Hollywood royalty, dating Jack Nicholson and revealed some of the upcoming guest stars on the upcoming season of SMASH. Check out her appearance below!

"Smash" returns to the NBC lineup for a second season on Tuesday, February 5 (9-10 p.m. ET) and will continue in its regular time slot on Tuesday, February 12 (10-11 p.m. ET). Below, check out the just-released behind-the-scenes first look at Season 2, featuring Jennifer Hudson as 'Veronica', Karen (Katharine McPhee)'s new love interest played by Newsies' Jeremy Jordan, tensions growing between songwriting collaborators Julia (Debra Messing) and Tom (Christian Borle)!

Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, Catch Me If You Can debuts in Minnesota December 11-16, 2012 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre. It is part of Hennepin Theatre Trust's 2012/13 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season. Watch a commercial for the show below!

"Smash" returns to the NBC lineup for a second season on Tuesday, February 5. Below, check out the just-released, extended first look at Season 2, featuring Jennifer Hudson as 'Veronica', Karen (Katharine McPhee)'s new love interest, played by Newsies' Jeremy Jordan, tensions growing between songwriting collaborators Julia (Debra Messing) and Tom (Christian Borle), glimpses of guest stars Sean Hayes and Bernadette Peters and much more!

Troika Entertainment, LLC kicked off the CATCH ME IF YOU CAN national tour at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, RI October 7, and BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.

Walk-on appearances in Broadway's biggest hits, on-set visits to television's most popular shows, lunch with Angela Lansbury, and the shirts off Hugh Jackman's and Ricky Martin's backs - literally - are among the priceless lots now available for pre-bidding as Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents the 26th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction.

Today in 2011, Catch Me If You Can closed at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 166 performances. Catch Me If You Can is a musical with a libretto by Terrence McNally and a theatrical score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. It follows the story of con artist Frank Abagnale, Jr. A majority of the plot is borrowed from the 2002 film of the same name, which in turn was based on Abagnale's 1980 autobiography. The production received four Tony Awards nominations, including one for Best Musical, winning Best Actor in a Musical for Norbert Leo Butz.

Today in 2002, Hairspray opened at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 2642 performances. Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s.