Three Broadway Shows Close This Sunday

This weekend is your final opportunity to see three shows that will be having their final bow on Sunday, July 29. One of them, 110 in the Shade, was a limited run, so the closing was scheduled. Grey Gardens opened on Broadway this past season, after transferring from Off-Broadway, but was unfortunately not able to sell enough tickets to keep going. Beauty and the Beast, on the other hand, has had a smash run of 13 years - it was the first of the Disney-on-Broadway musicals, and will be closing to make way for Disney's latest, The Little Mermaid.

Grey Gardens To Close on Broadway July 29

Rumors have been flying all weekend, but it was finally confirmed today that Grey Gardens will end its Broadway run on July 29. The announcement comes on the heels of a press release stating that the 29th would be Tony winner Mary Louise Wilson's final performance in the musical, but now it appears that the show itself will have its final performance that day. The summer has been tough for Broadway, as it often is, but hopefully this will be the last unplanned closing for awhile.

Last Call! Broadway Closings Abound

There are tons of Broadway show closings coming up -- some planned due to limited runs, others due to low attendance. LoveMusik and Talk Radio are signing off this Sunday, June 24. Radio Golf and Company end on July 1, Inherit the Wind blows away on July 8, and 110 in the Shade and Beauty & the Beast say goodbye on July 29. The star power of Angela Lansbury wasn't enough to save Deuce, which will fold on August 19. But the latest big surprise is the announcement that Disney's Broadway version of Tarzan swings out of the Richard Rodgers Theatre on July 8. Most of these shows are offering great discounts on tickets in their final weeks, so be on the lookout for deals.