SMASH's 'Tony Awards' Marquis

[TheaterBoy7777]

Stumbled upon this today at the Marquis. I was beyond confused for about 15 minutes then saw the Smash production trucks out front and finally figured it out. Snapped a few pictures on my phone outside of the theatre.



Blurry...


http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/Rosie-ODonnell-Heading-to-SMASHs-Tony-Awards-Episode-20130305

[all that jazz]

I'm beyond excited for this!!!!!
Bombshell absolutely deserves to win every award.

[RippedMan]

With ratings that low, I'm surprised it hasn't been axed yet.

[DEClarke]

Rating are low, but it's like NBC's highest rated show. So... you don't axe your own frontrunner.

[DEClarke]

Thanks for sharing the pics! It's weird to think of the Tony's being in the Marquis though. LOL!

[Wildcard]

The show's ratings are low but much like the Tony Awards, it does really well with higher income viewers. This makes it desirable for luxury goods advertisers such as car companies, etc.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Rating are low, but it's like NBC's highest rated show.

It is?

[Matt Rogers]

It is far from NBC's highest rated show, unfortunately.

[chellie]

^ I believe that spot currently belongs to SNL, despite it being outside of prime time. I think "The Biggest Loser" is NBC's highest rated prime time show, which isn't saying much. But when "The Voice" and "Revolution" return to air shortly, they're both sure to be MUCH higher rated than "Smash."

As much as I like seeing some of my Broadway favorites on network TV, "Smash" costs several million dollars per episode so I wouldn't be surprised if they cut it late this spring -- if I remember correctly, early this year they had already sunk close to $65 million into the show's second season, which is probably the largest reason behind keeping it on air for the time being.

ETA: Thanks for sharing the pics, by the way - always interesting to see behind the scenes stuff :)