December 3, 2008

'Boeing-Boeing' plans Broadway departure January 4

Joining a long list of Broadway productions set to shutter in January, producers of “Boeing-Boeing” announced the revival of the 1960s comedy will close January 4.

The play, about a bachelor in Paris dating three flight attendants, won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play Revival and Mark Rylance gave a whacked Tony acceptance speech upon winning Best Performance by a Leading Actor. Rylance is still in the show, sharing the stage with Christine Baranski, Greg Germann, Paige Davis, Rebecca Gayheart, and Missi Pyle.

“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 theatregoers,” producer Sonia Friedman said in a statement. “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.”

By the time it closes, “Boeing-Boeing” will have played 280 regular performances and 17 previews.

It will begin a 45-week national come fall.

“Boeing-Boeing” plays the Longacre Theatre, located at 220 W. 48th St., map. Regular tickets are priced from $36.50 to $110. Premium seats are $176.50 and $251.50.

Image source: Mark Rylance by Joan Marcus for Barlow Hartman.

Earlier: ‘Young Frankenstein’ to close on Broadway on Jan. 4
Teen-themed ‘13’ to end Broadway run on Jan. 4
‘Spring Awakening’ to end it all on Broadway on Jan. 18
Fierstein returns to ‘Hairspray’ Nov. 11 for last 8 weeks
Broadway’s ‘Spamalot’ not yet dead, to close Jan. 11

December 3, 2008 1:07 PM in Broadway, Midtown

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