Yes,Julie, in a true act of human kindness, decided to cancel the performance so the cast and crew could get together and do something to lift their spirits... watch a private screening of The Tempest. I hope it worked.
"“The show is dead,” says a source privy to its finances.
The hard-cash advance is barely $10 million, not enough to prop up a $65 million production with a weekly overhead of $1.2 million.
You can buy acres of orchestra seats weeknights this month and next. The ticket brokers who drive business are sitting on stacks of unsold seats through April. If you know where to look, you can get discounts pretty much every night."
Umm, still think the idea of it closing is stupid Joe?