Today in 2002, Sweet Smell of Success opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 109 performances. Created by Marvin Hamlisch music, Craig Carnelia lyrics, and John Guare book, the show is based on the 1957 movie of the same name. It tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist named J. J. Hunsecker based on famed New York columnist Walter Winchell who uses his connections …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AM on March 14, 2013