“”Saturday Night,Billy Crystal’s musical ends Broadway on Labor Day weekend for an older comedian trying to restart his career.
Faced with sluggish sales at box office revenue, like many of this difficult time on Broadway, the production started previewing on March 29th and opened at the Nederlander Theater on April 27th. .. Production announced on Sunday night that the final performance will take place on September 4th. At the end of the session, 28 previews and 116 regular performances are scheduled.
The musical is about the fictional comedian Buddy Young Jr., and Crystal has been sketching for decades, first on HBO Special and “Saturday Night Live,” and then many times in the 1992 Hollywood movie. I have drawn it many times. The musical was written by Crystal, Lawell Gantz, and Baba Rumandel, like a movie. Featuring Jason Robert Brown’s music and Amanda Green’s lyrics, it is directed by John Rand.
Crystal, 74, used a joke sharpened at the so-called Borscht Belt Jewish resort in Catskill in the mid-20th century to re-star as Young, a Septuagenarian insulting comic, and move on. .. Crystal had previously been successful on Broadway in her first solo exhibition, “700 Sundays,” which opened in 2004.
Critic Laura Collins Hughes said, “Crystal is completely integrated into his element of playing live.” “Saturday Night” by The New York Times. “If you’re a fan of him, or just someone who just missed such a symbiosis between the actor and the audience, it’s fun to see.”
The show was nominated for five Tony Awards, including the best musicals, books, scores, and the performance of Crystal and Shosha Navine, who play her daughter, but none of them won. crystal When beans Both tested positive for coronavirus in May and some performances were cancelled. Similar health challenges have plagued many shows in recent months.
Shows are usually performed only seven times a week, one less than the industry standard of eight, box office revenues are half-baked, and this summer is down. According to the Broadway League, the week’s show (latest data available), which ended on July 10, generated $ 542,696 in six performance weeks and was performed in a 61% packed house.
According to a submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the musical was capitalized at $ 10 million, starring James L. Nederlander. The money has not been recovered.
Crystal is returning to television from Broadway. He plans to be next to the star of the Apple + series “Before,” which is also executive-produced.
