Say Goodbye to the Freak Show: Side Show Broadway Reboot to Close

Step right up, musical fans. It’s your last chance to come look at the freaks on the Great White Way.

Broadway.com has learned that the new reworking of the short-lived 1997 tuner Side Show is taking down its tent at Broadway's St. James Theatre, where it started performances on October 28 and officially opened on November 17. The musical revival will close on January 4, 2015. 

Discussions are underway for the show to make its London debut. No further information, including a timeline and theater for the production's UK bow, has been announced.

Hollywood director Bill Condon (who wrote the screenplay for Chicago and directed Dreamgirls) makes his Broadway debut with Side Show, which was heavily revised by composer Henry Krieger, librettist/lyricist Bill Russell and Condon, who wrote additional material for the show’s book. Condon has expressed interest in adapting the musical for the big screen.

Erin Davie and Emily Padgett play conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton in the tuner, a moving true story of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary bondage brings them fame during the Depression era, but denies them love. Side Show features songs including “I Will Never Leave You” and “Who Will Love Me As I Am?”

In addition to Davie and Padgett, Side Show stars Ryan Silverman as Terry Connor, Matthew Hydzik as Buddy Foster, David St. Louis as Jake and Robert Joy as Sir. Featured in the ensemble are Brandon Bieber, Matthew Patrick Davis, Charity Angel Dawson, Lauren Elder, Javier Ignacio, Jordanna James, Kevin Moon Loh, Barrett Martin, Don Richard, Blair Ross, Hannah Shankman, Josh Walker, Con O’Shea-Creal, Derek Hanson and DeLaney Westfall.

The production previously ran at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.