Smash

NBC television series Smash is getting the Broadway musical treatment.

"Those Shaiman and Wittman songs are such great numbers, it would be a shame to not seem them in a fully realized production," says the actor.

EW exclusively excerpts Theresa Rebeck's explosive essay, in which she details her experience creating the cult TV show Smash, what it's like being a female showrunner in Hollywood, and being fired from her own show.