Sadly this new tuner has proven the opposite of everlasting on the Great White Way. After receiving little Tony love, Tuck Everlasting, starring Broadway favorites Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Carolee Carmello, is set to shutter on May 29, 2016. At time of the closing, the production will have played just 28 previews and 39 regular performances at the Broadhurst Theatre. The show officially opened on April 26.
Featuring music by Chris Miller, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and a book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, Tuck Everlasting is based on the 1975 children's novel by Natalie Babbitt. It follows a young girl and her friendship with Jesse Tuck and his family, who become immortal after drinking from an enchanted spring. The story has twice been adapted for the screen.
In addition to Keenan-Bolger and Carmello as Jesse and Ma Tuck, respectively, the Casey Nicholaw-helmed production features newcomer Sarah Charles Lewis as Winnie Foster, Robert Lenzi as Miles, Terrence Mann as Man in the Yellow Suit, Michael Park as Angus, Fred Applegate as Constable Joe, Valerie Wright as Betsy Foster and Michael Wartella as Hugo.
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