FINIAN'S RAINBOW to Close January 17
By: Robert Diamond Dec. 30, 2009
Producers David Richenthal, Jack Viertel, and Alan D. Marks have announced that the critically-acclaimed Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow will close on Sunday, January 17. The production will have played 22 previews and 92 performances.
Finian's Rainbow opened October 29, 2009, at Broadway's ST. James Theatre.
A statement from the producers reads: "Despite the rave reviews and extraordinarily positive audience reception, the economic realities of Broadway today do not allow us to play at the ST. James as long as we would have hoped. We are thrilled, however, that our gorgeous musical score-performed by our incredible cast and brilliant orchestra-lives on in our soon to be released cast album."
Finian's Rainbow has a book by Yip Harburg and Fred Saidy; lyrics by Yip Harburg; music by Burton Lane; with book adaptation by Arthur Perlman and original adaptation for New York City Center Encores! by David Ives. It is directed and choreographed by Warren Carlyle; musical direction is by Rob Berman.
Finian's Rainbow's cast and orchestra recorded the show on Monday, December 7 for PS Classics. The label anticipates an early February street date.
With a sparkling score of beloved standards and a whimsical story that dances between romance, satire, and fairy tale, Finian's Rainbow is a musical theater treasure. Set in the mythical southern state of Missitucky, Finian's Rainbow pits a charming Irish dreamer and his headstrong daughter against the host of complications that await them in their newly adopted land: a bigoted southern Senator, a credit crisis, a pesky leprechaun, and, of course, a complicated love affair that gives birth to some of the most witty, charming and heartfelt songs ever written for the stage.
The musical boasts such classic songs as "Old Devil Moon," "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?," "When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love (I Love the Girl I'm Near)," Look to the Rainbow," and "If This Isn't Love."
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