Title: Smash (British band)
Content:  Smash (normally typeset as S*M*A*S*H) are an English punk rock trio, who enjoyed brief notoriety in the early 1990s in the UK. S*M*A*S*H was formed by Ed Borrie (vocals, guitar), Salvatore Alessi (credited as Salv) (bass), and Rob Hague (drums) in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England.
Title: The Music of Smash
Content:  The Music of Smash is the first soundtrack album by the cast of the American musical television series Smash. It was released by Columbia Records on May 1, 2012 and sold 39,000 copies in its first week. As of June 27, 2012, it has sold 112,000 copies.
Title: Smash (TV series)
Content:  The show revolves around a group of characters creating new Broadway musicals, where everyone must balance their often chaotic personal life with the all-consuming demands of life in the theater. The series features original music by composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
Title: Smash (season 1)
Content: Kate Clinton, stand-up comedian and actress (1x01) ; Jordan Roth, President of Jujamcyn Theaters (1x02) ; Tom Kitt, Broadway musical director and composer of Next to Normal (1x02) ; Manny Azenburg, producer (1x03, 1x10) ; Ryan Tedder, singer-songwriter and frontman for pop rock band OneRepublic (1x08) ; Michael Riedel, theater columnist for the New York Post (1x09) ; Doug Hughes, director of plays such as Frozen and Doubt (1x09) ; Robyn Goodman, producer of such musicals as Avenue Q and In the Heights (1x10) ; Tony Yazbeck, Broadway theatre actor (1x12–1x13) ; Marc Kudisch, Broadway theatre actor (1x14) ; Marc Shaiman, Broadway, TV, and movie composer (and Smash composer) (1x14) ; Scott Wittman, Broadway, TV, and movie composer (and Smash composer) (1x14) 
Title: Smash (miniseries)
Content:  Smash is a 1990 Swedish comedy TV mini-series with eight episodes written and directed by Måns Herngren and Hannes Holm. Herngren also stars in the series, along with Svante Grundberg, Peter Wahlbeck, Felix Herngren and Sten Ljunggren. It was released on 4 January 1990.
Title: Characters of Smash
Content:  Smash is a musical-drama television series, broadcast on NBC since February 6, 2012. Smash features an ensemble cast, with 13 regular cast members over the course of two seasons. The show is about the creation of Broadway musicals. The first season revolves around the creation of Bombshell, a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe. The second season follows Bombshell's road to Broadway, and introduces a new musical, Hit List.
Title: Smash (Russian band)
Content:  Smash!! (in Russian: СМЭШ!!) was a Russian pop duo formed in 2000 which consisted of members Sergey Lazarev and Vlad Topalov. They sang mainly in English, and were most popular among teenagers in Russia and Southeast Asia. The duo were the first winners of New Wave, winning the contest in 2002. Although the duo fell apart in 2004, Smash!! officially disbanded in 2006.
Title: Smash (music promoters)
Content:  Smash, also known as Smash Japan is a Japanese rock music concert and festival promoter. Smash has its headquarters in Tokyo, with offices in Osaka (Smash West) and London (Smash UK). Smash is regularly represented by its point man, former Boomtown Rats member, Johnnie Fingers.
Title: Original songs in Smash
Content:  "Smash!" is an original song introduced in the fourteenth episode of the first season of the musical TV series Smash, entitled Previews. It was written by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, but in the show's universe, it was written by the songwriting team of Tom Levitt (Christian Borle) and Julia Huston (Debra Messing) for their musical Heaven on Earth and then reworked for Bombshell, the Marilyn Monroe musical they are working on. In the episode, Karen Cartwright (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy Lynn (Megan Hilty) and the female members of the ensemble perform the song with the actor playing studio head Darryl F. Zanuck (Marc Kudisch) during a Boston preview of Bombshell. The song is available on the cast album Bombshell.
Title: Original songs in Smash
Content:  Smash is an American musical-drama television series created by playwright Theresa Rebeck. It premiered in the United States on NBC on February 6, 2012. The series revolves around a fictional New York theater community making new Broadway musicals. In the first season, the focus was on the making of Bombshell, a musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. In the second season, the show was split between taking Bombshell to Broadway and the creation and mounting of a contemporary pop musical called Hit List that was about the price of fame. Other fictional musicals that were touched on for which original songs were performed 

Question: Who is the author of Smash?
Answer: Garson Kanin.