Bio-Musical Lennon to Close at Broadhurst Theatre on September 24

Lennon, a musical celebrating the life and music of John Lennon, will play its final performance at the Broadhurst Theatre on September 24. The tuner will have played 42 previews and 49 regular performances at the time of its closing.

Lennon opened to mostly negative reviews on August 14. In his Broadway.com review, Eric Grode wrote: "John Lennon is not crucified in Lennon. That would be too bold, too dramatic a choice for a musical as rudderless as this one. Instead, he meets a sadder fate. He is simplified, defanged. He is turned into Everyrebel, a hunky martyr in granny glasses. Don Scardino and Yoko Ono Lennon now know it ain't easy to develop a compelling or even coherent piece of theater out of his music. And Christ, so do we."

Written and directed by Don Scardino, Lennon stars Will Chase, Chuck Cooper, Julie Danao-Salkin, Mandy Gonzalez, Marcy Harriell, Chad Kimball, Terrence Mann, Julia Murney, and Michael Potts.

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