“Lempicka,” a brand new musical about an artistically and sexually adventurous painter, introduced Thursday night that it might shut on Could 19, only a month after opening.
That is the primary present to fall after this yr’s Tony nominations had been introduced on Tuesday. “Lempicka” scored three nods — for the actresses Eden Espinosa and Amber Iman, in addition to for scenic design — however was shut out of one of the best musical class. It actually wanted a lift, as a result of its grosses have been anemic — final week it grossed $288,102, which is unsustainably low for a Broadway musical.
The musical, which has been in improvement for years, had productions on the Williamstown Theater Pageant and the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego earlier than arriving on Broadway throughout a crush of openings this spring; it started previews March 19 and opened April 14.
The present, which explores the lifetime of the Twentieth-century painter Tamara de Lempicka, was written by Carson Kreitzer and Matt Gould and directed by Rachel Chavkin. Critiques had been blended to unfavourable.
The present, produced by Seaview and Jenny Niederhoffer, was capitalized for as much as $19.5 million, in keeping with a submitting with the Securities and Alternate Fee. That cash can be misplaced. In an announcement, the producers mentioned, “We’re so happy with our manufacturing and the household of artists and artisans who’ve formed it. Few knew higher than Tamara de Lempicka that artwork isn’t simple however at all times definitely worth the effort.”
Broadway is full of reveals proper now — there are 35 working, 12 of which opened within the 9 days earlier than the April 25 deadline to qualify for the Tony Awards. They’re going through important challenges, as a result of manufacturing prices have risen and attendance has fallen because the pandemic. Many business leaders consider that a lot of the new musicals won’t succeed financially.
