Amanda McBroom and Joel Silberman's A Woman of Will, which stars McBroom and opened on October 2, will play its final performance on October 9. At the time of its closing, the solo show will have played 16 previews and nine regular performances at off-Broadway's Daryl Roth Theatre
A Woman of Will is a musical adventure of a lyricist faced with difficult choices in both her personal and professional life. It features lyrics by McBroom, music by Silberman and a book by both of them. Thommie Walsh choreographed and Silberman directed the piece.
The show opened to a cold critical reception. In his Broadway.com Review, William Stevenson wrote, "The title of Amanda McBroom's highly literate new solo show has a double meaning: She looks to Will Shakespeare, particularly his heroines, for inspiration; and she shows that it takes considerable will power to sit in a room and write. Working with her longtime collaborator, Joel Silberman, McBroom conjures up several Shakespearean characters while the character she plays works on a musical. It's an interesting concept, and for the most part it's well executed. But A Woman of Will isn't for everybody."
