ah. :)
Apparently something went wrong on the producing end. The whole story is really confusing to me, but it seems as though they thought they had money that simply... wasn't there, or more than they had, at least. It got stellar reviews, but never got the audience it needed to financially sustain itself, partially because the same people were seeing it again and again, and because tickets were rarely being sold for full price, negating how well it was selling. But then when the show extended past Joanna's availability, because there were no understudies, the production had to go on hiatus in order to rehearse her replacement, and to find understudies, since the play kept on extending. They were talking more extensions, and even a move to Broadway. But after that break, which was only something like two weeks, it never really picked up momentum again, and the producers had to pull the plug.
A work of art is an invitation to love.