Signature extends 'Breeze of Summer'

Off Broadway theater to run show until Oct. 19

By GORDON COX

'The First Breeze of Summer'

Off Broadway's Signature Theater has extended its production of "The First Breeze of Summer" for a second time, so that the play, originally set to close Sept. 28, will now shutter Oct. 19.

Extensions are a regular occurrence these days at Signature, which has for the last few years received corporate support allowing the org to sell all seats for all regularly skedded perfs for $20 each. During extensions, ticket prices climb back to $65 each.

"Breeze," Leslie Lee's African-American family drama that ran on Broadway in 1975, stars Leslie Uggams in a production helmed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Show is part of the Signature's season dedicated to the Negro Ensemble Company; next up is Samm-ArtWilliams' "Home."