Hughie, a 55-minute Eugene O’Neill one-act play starring Forest Whitaker in his Broadway debut, is set to close early because of low ticket sales.
The revival, which just opened a few weeks ago on Feb. 25, will close on March 27, after a total of 55 performances, including previews. It had originally been scheduled to run through June 12.
Despite getting generally good reviews in major print publications and all the star power behind the show, it was ultimately the ticket sales that caused the show to close. The producers, who had raised $3 million to mount the show, issued a statement Thursday evening saying they were closing the show “due to limited advance ticket sales.”
In Hughie, which takes place in the lobby of a crummy New York City hotel in the late 1920s, Whitaker plays “Erie Smith,” a small-town hustler whose luck has gone bad after the death of his friend and former hotel clerk, Hughie.
If you haven’t made your way to the Booth Theatre, there are only 3 more weeks left to check out the show, you can get tickets here.
