Suffs, the double-Tony Award successful Broadway musical by Shaina Taub that counts Hillary Rodham Clinton amongst its producers, will shut January 5, 2025, producers introduced right now.
The well-reviewed musical in regards to the suffragist motion started previews on the Music Field Theatre on March 26, with an official opening on April 18. When it closes, it should have performed 24 previews and 301 common performances.
A nationwide tour will launch at Seattle’s fifth Avenue Theatre in September 2025, with extra cities to be introduced within the coming months.
Although the musical did strong enterprise all through many of the summer season – and scored six Tony nominations (together with Finest Musical), successful two (Taub’s ebook and rating) – enterprise had been dropping. For the week ending October 6, attendance was at simply 78% of the Music Field’s capability. The weekly gross that week was $679,589, the bottom take since a summer season excessive of $942,785 for the week ending June 23.
Produced by Clinton, Malala Yousafzai, Jill Furman, and Rachel Sussman, Suffs is directed by Leigh Silverman, with choreography by Mayte Natalio. The musical tells the real-life tales of Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, Ida B. Wells and different suffragists who fought for the passage of the constitutional modification giving ladies the precise to vote.
“Bringing the story of the suffs to the stage has been an honor and we’re deeply grateful to our solid and firm,” stated producers Furman and Sussman. “Watching audiences encounter the inspiring ladies of Suffs, lots of whom that they had by no means heard of earlier than, has been extraordinarily profound, particularly on this election season. We’re thrilled to have performed a component in giving new life to the suffragists’ combat for the vote via Shaina Taub’s award-winning ebook and rating and look ahead to sharing it with audiences throughout the nation.”
The unique Broadway solid contains Taub, Nikki M. James, Jenn Colella, Grace McLean, Hannah Cruz, Kim Blanck, Anastacia McCleskey, Ally Bonino, Tsilala Brock, Nadia Dandashi and Emily Skinner.
Suffs, which premiered Off Broadway on the Public Theater in April 2022, made history of its own when it opened on Broadway, with Taub turning into solely the second girl in historical past to put in writing the ebook, music, lyrics and star in her personal Broadway musical. (The primary was Micki Grant in 1972 with Don’t Hassle Me, I Can’t Cope.)
