Stewart F. Lane's In the Wings will end its run at the Promenade Theatre on October 16. At the time it closes, the show will have played 21 previews and 21 regular performances.
Set in 1978, In the Wings tells the story of a couple Lisa Datz and Josh Prince,who are two aspiring actors in love with each other and the theater. They get their big break when they are cast in a new musical, I Married A Communist, written by their svengali-like acting teacher Bernardo Peter Scolari. But when the show moves to Broadway, only one of them is asked to move with it. The cast also includes Brian Henderson and Marilyn Sokol.
In the Wings, directed by Jeremy Dobrish, opened off-Broadway to negative reviews on September 28. In his Broadway.com Review of the comedy, William Stevenson wrote: "Lane is a Tony-winning producer Thoroughly Modern Millie, La Cage aux Folles and part-time playwright. Based on the evidence here, Lane should stick to producing. He has attempted to write a romantic comedy/farce/backstage play. It fails as all three... The playwright goes to remarkably tacky lengths to get laughs... and still doesn't get them."
