[News/Theater] [NY, USA] 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' to close on Broadway on June 24

[Stephanie Stevens]

Entertainment Weekly, USA


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May 16 2012 05:50 PM ET

'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' to close on Broadway on June 24

by Marc Snetiker


Priscilla has finally run out of gas. After 549 performances, the
Broadway production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert — about two drag
queens and a transsexual’s pop music-filled road trip through the
Australian outback — will close at the Palace Theatre on Sunday, June
24, producers announced today.

The Tony Award-winning production opened in New York in March 2011
after an acclaimed run in Sydney in 2006 and subsequent openings in
Melbourne, New Zealand, London and Toronto. The (no doubt sparkly)
silver lining to the close of the Broadway outing is that the first
U.S. national tour of Priscilla will launch in Minneapolis’ Orpheum
Theatre on January 8, 2013. Yes, the road trip is going on a road
trip!

Other recent outgoing musicals include Best Musical Tony nominee Leap
of Faith, which played its last performance this past Sunday, and the
Nick Jonas-led How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which
will retire on May 20.


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