Bombshell (sex symbol) of the blurbs on posters was "Lovely, luscious, exotic Jean Harlow as the Blonde Bombshell of filmdom." Hollywood soon took up the blonde bombshell, and then, during the late 1940s through the early 1960s, brunette, exotic, and ethnic versions (e.g., Jane Russell, Dorothy Dandridge and Sophia Loren) were also cultivated as complements to, or as satellites of, the blonde bombshell. Some of the movie stars, largely of the 1940s–1960s, referred to as bombshells include Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, Diana Dors, Jayne Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren, Jane Russell, Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, Carroll Baker, Brigitte Bardot, Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth
Bombshell (musical) "Smash" cast, including Megan Hilty as Monroe, also reprised their roles. The single Monday June 8 performance in the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway was sold-out. During production of the show, executive producer Craig Zadan said: "We stand on the set, watch the "Bombshell" numbers and say, "Wouldn’t this be great on Broadway? And so far that’s where we’ve left it. Our priority now is producing a great TV show". In June 2015 following the sold-out performance at the Minskoff Theatre, it was announced that "Bombshell" would head to the Broadway stage. The executive producers of "Smash" and the "Bombshell" concert,