Curtains close on 'Glory Days'
Musical ends Broadway run after one show
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Broadway tuner "Glory Days" shuttered Tuesday -- the same night it opened.
Decision was made to close the show Wednesday after the musical took a pummeling in the New York press. Production was already slated to be dark all day thanks to a sked that had been rearranged for the opening week.
Sudden death reps a total loss of the musical's $2.5 million capitalization costs.
Tuner, which originated earlier this year at the Signature Theater in D.C., was a last-minute addition to the Broadway season, swooping into Circle on the Square with little chance to cultivate a profile among ticket buyers.
The show had played to crowds of just over 20% capacity since it began previews April 22. Box office was dismal, with the first two weeks of previews bringing in less than $105,000 combined.
A Rialto offering has not opened and closed on the same night since the play "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All," the 2003 solo show that starred Ellen Burstyn. Short-lived tuner "High Fidelity" lasted about 10 days in fall 2006, and earlier that season, "The Times They Are A-Changin' " held on for three weeks.
A new tuner hasn't closed in a day since "Dance a Little Closer" in 1983. Revival of "Take Me Along" lasted one night in 1985.
News about "Glory Days" wasn't much of a surprise to legiters, who had been hearing negative word of mouth on the show since it commenced its Gotham run. Consensus around town was that "Glory," the story of four high school friends reuniting after a year at college, was an early work by promising young creatives that never belonged on Broadway.
Directed by Signature a.d. Eric Schaeffer, musical was the first from two twentysomethings, composer-lyricist Nick Blaemire and book writer James Gardiner.
John O'Boyle and Ricky Stevens spearheaded a producing team that included Richard E. Leopold and Lizzie Leopold, Alan Mingo Jr. and Broadway Across America in association with Signature Theater.
