Maksim Chmerkovskiy is reprising his Burn the Floor role.
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The Dancing with the Stars professional will return to the Broadway show right after Thanksgiving however it will be without his ex-girlfriend and original co-star Karina Smirnoff, E! News reported Thursday.
"I wouldn't do it if she was asked back," Chmerkovskiy told E! News.
Smirnoff -- who starred with Chmerkovskiy in Burn the Floor when they made their Broadway debut over the summer -- will be replaced by fellow Dancing with the Stars professional Kym Johnson.
"Kym's been part of the cast before and she knows everybody in it," Chmerkovskiy told E! News.
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"The fun part is I got a call form the producers after we finished our last run, saying, 'If you promise to come back, we'll extend it.' And I kind of like thought about it for a second and I'm like, 'You're asking me if I come back, the entire show will stay on Broadway?' That's the achievement of a lifetime."
Johnson and Chmerkovskiy's Burn the Floor run is expected to last through early January, E! News reported.
Chmerkovskiy and Smirnoff broke-off their engagement only two weeks before Dancing with the Stars currently-airing ninth season premiered on ABC.
After he was eliminated with actress Debi Mazar, Chmerkovskiy said he felt "betrayed" by Smirnoff -- as rumors began to fly that she was romantically linked to her celebrity partner Aaron Carter.
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