Monday, December 15, 2008

Patti's show closes early in NYC

Sad news arrived this morning from New York as yet another musical will be closing early. Gypsy, starring Patti LuPone is now scheduled to close well over a month prior to the original announced day, Andrew Gans of playbill.com explains:

"The current revival of Gypsy — starring Tony Award winners Patti LuPone, Boyd Gaines and Laura Benanti and directed by its librettist, Arthur Laurents — will now end its run at the St. James Theatre Jan. 11, 2009, rather than the previously announced March 1, 2009.

In a statement producer Roger Berlind said, "Though we originally announced that Gypsy would play its final performance on March 1, 2009, due to these uncertain financial times my partners and I have made the difficult decision to close instead on January 11, 2009."

When it closes, the production will have played a total of 27 previews and 332 regular performances.

The Broadway production of Gypsy won three 2008 Tony Awards: for stars LuPone, Benanti and Gaines."

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