‘Water For Elephants’ Musical Sets Broadway Closing
deadline.comWater For Elephants, the Jessica Stone-directed musical adaptation of the bestselling Sara Gruen romantic novel, will play its final performance at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre on Sunday, December 8, having played 301 regular performances and 25 previews since February.
Though one of the better reviewed musicals of the spring 2024 season, the show didn’t quite attain the must-see status of some other spring arrivals like The Outsiders, Stereophonic, Hell’s Kitchen, The Great Gatsby or Cabaret.
Still, the musical, which originally starred Grant Gustin, held its own, sometimes topping $1 million in weekly grosses, or coming close.
The figures have been slipping in recent weeks through, with Gustin ending his limited run to be replaced by Kyle Selig (to be sure, the production was losing steam before the September 3 switch).
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