Acclaimed play The Pitmen Painters will not extend run

Lee Halls play The Pitmen Painters will not be extending its Broadway run at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre past December 12th (its original scheduled closing date). The play which has seen acclaim from both London and New York critics tells the story of the Ashington Group miners from Northumberland who became celebrated artists. The five men in the play are a theatrical representation of more than 30 members of the group. The characters also include a "dental mechanic" and an unemployed fellow; they are not miners.

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A Life in The Theater To Have Its Broadway Life Cut Short

A Life in the Theatre, starring Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight, is closing early. The first-ever Broadway production of the play, directed by Neil Pepe, of David Mamet’s 1977 valentine to the stage will close at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on November 28. The limited engagement was originally scheduled to play through January 2, 2011.
The play which follows the two as actors in the theater has recently been struggling financial, having only made $218,150 for the week ending October 31st and playing to an extremely low 39.33% capacity.

In the Heights set to close.

The 2008 Tony winning best musical In The Heights will close January 9th 2011, The show’s composer and original star Lin-Manuel Miranda will return to the role of Usnavi for the final two weeks of the run, beginning Christmas Day. In the Heights will have played 1,185 performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre upon closing.

In the Heights follows the story of three days in the life of Washington Heights, a tightknit community at the top of Manhattan. Created by Miranda, who won a Tony for his Latin-flavored, hip-hop score.