Joshua Bergasse Tapped to Choreograph NBC's Broadway-Centric Series Smash

Joshua Bergasse will serve as choreographer for the forthcoming NBC series Smash, which centers on the making of a fictional Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. The show stars Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston, Katharine McPhee, Jack Davenport, Megan Hilty, Brian d'Arcy James and Christian Borle and is produced by Steven Spielberg.

Bergasse choreographed numbers for the current season of the TV reality competition So You Think You Can Dance. On stage, his work was featured in Barrington Stage’s summer revival of Guys and Dolls. As a performer, Bergasse appeared on Broadway in The Life and Hairspray and toured in Movin’ Out and West Side Story. He is a member of the faculty at Broadway Dance Center and has been a guest artist at many universities.

Smash is currently scheduled to premiere in February 2012. To watch a preview of the show, which features Bergasse's choreography in the pilot episode, click here.