Gabriel Byrne's Broadway show Walking with Ghosts will close early amid poor box office returns

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Gabriel Byrne's Broadway show Walking with Ghosts will close early amid poor box office returns.Producers Anne Clarke, Mara Isaacs, and Neal Street revealed the news about the solo show at the Music Box Theatre, Deadline reported Wednesday.Walking with Ghosts opened October 27, and is slated to wrap up November 20; it had been scheduled originally to run through December 30.

The latest: Gabriel Byrne's Broadway show Walking with Ghosts will close early amid poor box office returns. He was snapped on October 27 onstage at the Music Box TheatreByrne, 72, adapted the play from his 2020 memoir of the same title, with Lonny Price directing, Sinéad McKenna on scenic and lighting design, Joan O’Clery on costume design and Sinéad Diskin on music and sound design.It initially opened to previews October 18, and grossed over $168,378 after seven shows, many of them filling less than half of the seats at the venue.

The series had a better commercial showing in the U.K., as it sold out shows at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre and on the West End of London prior to landing on Broadway.Byrne, who has been seen in films such as The Usual Suspects, The Man in the Iron Mask, End of Days and Miller’s Crossing, was nominated for Tony awards in 2000 (A Moon for the Misbegotten) and 2016 (Long Day’s Journey Into Night).

He also appeared in A Touch of the Poet in 2005. The one-man show focused on Byrne reflecting on his life The series had a better commercial showing in the U.K., as it sold out shows at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre and on the West End of London prior to landing on Broadway  The one-man show focused on Byrne reflecting on his life, as a synopsis read, 'As a young boy growing up on the outskirts of Dublin, the stage and screen legend sought.