Curtains Sets June 29 Closing Date

The Broadway production of Curtains has set a June 29 closing date at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. The musical, which was directed by Scott Ellis and stars Tony winner David Hyde Pierce and Tony nominee Debra Monk, will have played 511 performances and 26 previews upon closing.

Curtains opened on Broadway on March 22, 2007, after its world premiere on August 9, 2006, at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. It features a book by Rupert Holmes, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb. The original book and concept were by Peter Stone, with additional lyrics by John Kander & Rupert Holmes.

Producer Roger Berlind said in a statement, "All good things must come to an end, but we're happy that Theatrical Rights Worldwide will handle stock and amateur rights for Curtains so that this great show will reach new audiences with productions planned all over the world. Meanwhile, those who haven't seen Curtains on Broadway have over three months to catch our supremely talented cast, who will see to it that Curtains goes out with a bang."

Curtains unfolds backstage at Boston's Colonial Theatre in 1959, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for the presence of its talent-free leading lady. When the hapless star dies on opening night during her curtain call, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi David Hyde Pierce arrives on the scene to conduct an investigation. But the lure of the theater proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit, as he is in solving the murder.

In addition to Pierce and Monk as producer Carmen Bernstein, the production stars Karen Ziemba as lyricist Georgia Hendricks, Jason Danieley as composer Aaron Fox, Erin Davie as ingénue Niki Harris and Edward Hibbert as director Christopher Belling, with John Bolton as theater critic Daryl Grady, Michael X. Martin as stage manager Johnny Harmon, Michael McCormick as investor Oscar Shapiro, Noah Racey as choreographer Bobby Pepper, Megan Sikora as understudy Bambi Bernét and Gerry Vichi as producer Sidney Bernstein.