Smash & Broadway Star Megan Hilty on Bombshell Concert: 'It's Going to be Amazing!'

With the Smashing news that Bombshell is heading to the Great White Way for one night only, we’re all eager for more details about the June 8 Actor’s Fund benefit concert at the Minskoff Theatre. Headliner Megan Hilty recently told Broadway.com, “It’s going to be amazing! It’s going to be a great, great, reunion for us.”

Joshua Bergasse will co-direct and choreograph the show and Hilty revealed: “I know that Josh is going to start with the dancers in May and then add us as soon as they’re ready.” The score of the fictional musical was penned by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman and is famously demanding—will the real-life Broadway bombshell be given any downtime during the production? “I don’t think so…from the set list it doesn’t look like it so we’ll see if I can actually do it!"

We know that Hilty can dig deep! Besides her role on Smash, she is known for starring on Broadway as Glinda in Wicked and Doralee in 9 to 5 as well as TV’s Sean Saves the World. Hilty recently signed on to lead an untitled Judah Miller comedy for ABC, co-starring Marissa Jaret Winokur.

Bombshell follows the life of Marilyn Monroe, from her earlier days as Norma Jeane Mortenson to her untimely death at the age of 36. The fight for title role fueled the rivalry between New York newcomer Karen Cartwright and Broadway vet Ivy Lynn, played by Katharine McPhee and Hilty, respectively. McPhee and fellow fellow co-stars from the NBC drama Christian Borle, Will Chase and Debra Messing are all expected to reunite for event, which will be co-directed by Wittman.