The Tony-nominated present primarily based on the 1992 comedy-drama movie of the identical identify will finish its run Sept. 4.
Mr. Saturday Night time’s Broadway run is coming to an in depth.
The Tony-nominated stage present co-written by and starring Billy Crystal will finish its run on the Nederlander Theatre on Sept. 4. The present initially opened March 31 after a restricted engagement on the Barrington Stage in October 2021.
“Bringing Mr. Saturday Night time to the Broadway stage and experiencing the laughter and tears this present generates has actually been one of many excessive factors of my profession,” stated Billy Crystal in a press release Sunday. “It has been a joyous expertise to make my musical comedy debut on the age of 74, and I thank everybody concerned.”
Crystal went on to rejoice his co-writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, director John Rando, the present’s composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown and Amanda Inexperienced, music director David O, vocal coach David Stroud, choreographer Ellenore Scott, Scott Pask and the present’s “total design group.” He goes on to thank the musicians and crew, “the incredible solid,” and producing associate Jimmy Nederlander.
“The character Buddy Younger Jr. has been a part of my life for a lot of many years and I’m honored that I used to be capable of share him with the audiences on the Nederlander Theatre,” Crystal concluded.
The present is predicated on the Columbia Footage movie of the identical identify, which was not solely a lead function for the esteemed Crystal, however doubled as his directorial debut.
Crystal already has a post-Broadway venture lined up, with the actor getting into preproduction on the AppleTV+ collection Earlier than. The comic, actor and author will star in and government produce the present alongside Academy Award-winning author Eric Roth and Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson.
Mr. Saturday Night time was a return to Broadway for Crystal, a Tony and Emmy Award winner. He beforehand appeared within the 2004 solo present 700 Sundays and its 2013 return engagement.
The stage present turns into the most recent from the 2021-2022 pandemic season to announce it could be shuttering within the fall. Others embody Expensive Evan Hansen, Come From Away and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.