“Water for Elephants” will finish its run on Broadway this winter.
The musical can have its remaining efficiency on the Empire Theater on December 8. It’s scheduled to embark on a nationwide tour within the fall of 2025.
“Water for Elephants” is the most recent in a string of musicals to finish Broadway’s troubled occasions, together with “The Pocket book,” “Lempicka,” “Coronary heart of Rock” and “Who’s Tommy?”
“Water for Elephants” premiered on Broadway in March and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, together with greatest musical and greatest director, however finally got here away empty-handed. Full selection Critic Frank Rizzo praised the present, calling it “riveting leisure” and saying the stage model “surpasses the 2011 movie (starring Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon and Kristoff · Waltz starring), making it a singular and imaginative creation for stage and stage.
Nevertheless, ticket gross sales have been struggling in current weeks and “Water for Elephants” has been enjoying to half-empty homes. In keeping with the New York Instances, the present has a big forged, many acrobatics, excessive manufacturing prices, and can ultimately find yourself at a loss.
The romantic drama, based mostly on Sarah Greene’s 2006 bestseller, tells the story of a younger man (Grant Gustin) who decides to journey throughout the nation on the Bennini Brothers circus practice after the sudden demise of his dad and mom. The musical additionally stars Greg Edelman, Isabelle McCullagh and Paul Alexander Nolan.
