'Boeing-Boeing' sets a Jan. 4 closing date
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The 1960s farce, which won a 2008 Tony for best play-revival, will close Jan. 4 after a profitable, eight-month run.
The play, which currently stars Mark Rylance, Christine Baranski and Greg Germann, will end its engagement at the Longacre Theatre after 280 performances. Rylance won a Tony for his performance in Marc Camoletti's comedy, which was translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans. (Bradley Whitford had the role taken over by Germann.)
The production, directed by Matthew Warchus, recouped its $2.65 million investment in September.
"Not only was 'Boeing-Boeing' a critical and financial success, returning a significant profit to its investors, but it reintroduced a forgotten contemporary comedy, brilliantly re-imagined by Matthew Warchus, to a new generation of theatergoers," producer Sonia Friedman said.
"We chose to close the show when the current cast members' contracts all expired and to end on a high note rather than forge through the challenges of January and February in a weak economy," she added.
"Boeing-Boeing" is not alone in shutting down next month. Among the other shows folding in January are three Tony-winning best musicals: "Hairspray," "Monty Python's Spamalot" and "Spring Awakening." 