Monday, March 29, 2010
Theater
No Hope for This Helen Keller: Miracle Worker Closing Sunday on Broadway
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Yesterday, as reported
on ArtsBeat, producers from the current Broadway revival of William Gibson's
Miracle Worker (first produced on the great white way 50 years ago) announced that the show will close on Sunday, one month and one day after opening and after just less than 60 total performances. Despite starring Abigail Breslin (in a
controversial casting choice) as Helen Keller and Allison Pill as Annie Sullivan, the revival was unable to attract much of an audience, due in part to mostly negative
reviews. It might also have something to do with the play taking on negative associations after generations of terrible elementary school and amateur productions
like this one.
Tags: The Miracle Worker, Abigail Breslin, Broadway, William Gibson
