The Little Dog Laughed Will Close on Broadway 2/18

Douglas Carter Beane's dark comedy The Little Dog Laughed has announced a closing date of February 18 at the Cort Theatre. The production, which stars Julie White, Tom Everett Scott, Johnny Galecki and Ari Graynor, began previews on October 26 and opened on November 13 under the direction of Scott Ellis. Upon closing, it will have played 22 previews and 112 performances on Broadway.

The Little Dog Laughed received strong reviews in its initial off-Broadway production at Second Stage—particularly for White's tour-de-force performance as a brash Hollywood agent determined to keep her gay star client in the closet—but had struggled to find an audience on Broadway. Though it is one of only four plays currently running on the Great White Way, it had consistently ranked at the bottom of the weekly box-office statistics, playing to under 40% capacity in the week ending December 17 and just over 42% the following week.