Barefoot in the Park to Call it Quits on May 21

The Broadway revival of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park—starring Amanda Peet, Patrick Wilson, Jill Clayburgh and Tony Roberts—will play its final performance on Sunday, May 21. At the time it closes, it will have played 27 previews and 108 regular performances at the Cort Theatre.

Barefoot in the Park centers on conservative young lawyer Paul Bratter Wilson and his free-spirited newlywed bride Corie Peet. The show follows the young couple as they move from the giddy joy of a honeymoon at The Plaza into the crazy reality of starting married life in a fifth-floor walkup in New York City.

This production of the classic comedy, directed by Scott Elliott, opened on February 16 to mostly negative critical notices. In his Broadway.com Review of the mounting, Rob Kendt wrote: "While it's very hard to imagine this marriage proceeding very smoothly past the final curtain, Peet and Wilson do come off as exactly the sort of pair that would end up-or at least start out, and maybe keep coming back-together. Wilson's strapping, babyfaced Paul has enough cocky virility to explain his attraction to and for a volatile wildcat like Corie, even as he's edging into a recognizably cranky, baiting exasperation that will only make her wobble and worry all the more. And both performers have the crucial capacity to seem both genuinely riled and amused by the other."

Barefoot in the Park, which grossed $242,359 last week, has turned a profit each week since it began performances on January 24. Discussions are currently ongoing about possible future productions and a national tour, according to a production statement.