“The Coronary heart of Rock and Roll,” a brand new jukebox musical powered by the songs of Huey Lewis and the Information, will shut on Broadway on Sunday.
The present is the second to announce plans to shut within the wake of this yr’s Tony nominations, becoming a member of “Lempicka” on the listing of productions that would not discover an viewers throughout this jam-packed spring. “The Coronary heart of Rock and Roll” opened on April 22 to better-than-expected critiques, however picked up zero Tony nominations. The present may have performed 24 previews and 72 performances.
Throughout a really crowded interval on Broadway, the present was unable to interrupt by: It grossed $272,051 within the week ending June 9, which isn’t practically sufficient to cowl the working prices of a full-size Broadway musical.
“The Coronary heart of Rock and Roll” is a freewheeling romantic comedy a few younger man (performed by Corey Cott) working at a Milwaukee cardboard manufacturing facility however feeling the tug of his outdated band and creating a crush on the boss’s daughter (McKenzie Kurtz). The present, directed by Gordon Greenberg, contains a witty ebook by Jonathan A. Abrams and even wittier choreography by Lorin Latarro; there was a pre-Broadway manufacturing on the Previous Globe in San Diego in 2018.
The musical, enjoying on the James Earl Jones Theater, options a number of Huey Lewis and the Information hits, together with “The Energy of Love” and “Do You Imagine in Love” in addition to the title tune. Huey Lewis, now 73, stays a nostalgic favourite for followers of Nineteen Eighties tradition, and he threw himself into selling the present.
The lead producers are Tyler Mitchell, Hunter Arnold and Kayla Greenspan; it was capitalized for as much as $19 million, in keeping with a submitting with the Securities Alternate Fee, and that cash has not been recouped.
The closing comes at a difficult time for Broadway, the place manufacturing prices have risen and attendance has fallen because the coronavirus pandemic. There are actually 32 reveals working on Broadway, and plenty of of them are dropping cash every week.
