No More Merry Men? The Heart of Robin Hood Cancels Broadway Engagement Set for this Spring

The Heart of Robin Hood, which has been scheduled to begin performances on March 11 at the Marquis Theatre, will no longer play the Broadway venue. Instead, the show will extend for four additional weeks through March 29 in Toronto, where the show currently runs at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.

The new take on the familiar tale was set to play a limited summer engagement through August 23 at the Marquis before On Your Feet!, the new musical from Gloria and Emilio Estefan, took the space this fall. “In light of the great reception we are getting,” said Robin Hood producer David Mirvish in a statement, “We now feel that [the show] would be better served by a venue where we had the potential to play longer than our limited run.” No plans for a future Broadway engagement have been announced.

In the play, Robin Hood and his band of outlaws steal from the rich, but they do not share their spoils with the poor and are unloved by the people, who must also pay unfair taxes to the evil Prince John as he plots to steal his brother’s crown. In this time of chaos and fear, Marion must boldly protect the poor and convince Robin to listen to his heart if they are to save the country. The show premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2011 and played the American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts in 2013, as well as Winnipeg’s Royal Manitoba Theatre last year.