Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ Will End Its Broadway Run
“Mr. Saturday Night,” Billy Crystal’s musical about an aging comedian trying to reboot his career, will end its Broadway run on Labor Day weekend.
The production, which, like many during this challenging time on Broadway, has been facing soft sales at the box office, began previews March 29 and opened April 27
At the Nederlander Theater. The production announced Sunday evening that its final performance will take place on Sept. 4
At the time of its closing, it is expected to have had 28 previews and 116 regular performances.
The musical is about a fictional comedian, Buddy Young Jr., whom Crystal has been portraying off and on for decades, first for sketches in HBO specials
The musical, like the film, was written by Crystal, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel; it features music by Jason Robert Brown