‘Redwood“A music in the lead role Idina MenzelWill end his Broadway run on May 18, an unexpected early closure announced only 24 hours after the show to collect Tony Awards nominations.
The producers of the show, Eva Price, Caroline Kaplan and Loudmouth Media, Menzel’s production company, announced the closure on Friday morning and acknowledged that “we of course had hoped for a longer run.” It was planned to walk at least August 17.
“Redwood” was one of the 13 eligible shows that did not receive any nominations on Thursday. And although it had started the cash register well, the show was confronted last month with a worrying decline in weekly grows. It is the first production that decides to close after the Tony announcements, but it is probably not the last -different musicals show signs of weakness on a very competitive and challenging time for Broadway shows, when it has become increasingly difficult for shows to become more profitable because the costs of production have risen.
“Redwood” is a passion project for Menzel and her most important employee, Tina Landau, who came up with the show with the actress and then wrote the book and directed the production. Kate Diaz wrote the music and worked with Landau on the lyrics. It had a first production last year in La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego.
The musical is about a gallerist in New York City, who, mourning, drives her son’s death, cross -country skiing and ends up in a Redwoodbos, looking for a kind of comfort while sitting. The set has huge LED screens that are used to display the landscape, and Menzel and several of its co-stars perform part of the show while climbing a large propb tree.
The show was called a critic by Jesse Green of the New York Times, who written“You have to admire the guts that are needed to have done a deeply serious show about trauma and resilience on Broadway at the moment.” But other critics were less impressed; The reviews were Usually mixed to negative.
The producers said that the show helped to pick up more than $ 2 million for charities during the production run, much of it to support Redwood forests.
“Redwood” started previews in the Dutchman Theater on January 24 and was opened on 13 February. At the time of the closure it will have had 127 versions. It was capitalized for a maximum of $ 16 million, according to an application for the Securities and Exchange Commission; That money is not earned back.
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