Broadway 'Chinglish' to shut

Broadway play "Chinglish" has known as it quits, setting a closing date for that finish from the month. The David Henry Hwang play, which gained an assorted bag of reviews from Gotham press, never developed enough box office momentum to sustain a Rialto run. Since beginning previews March. 11, weekly sales haven't capped $400,000, and also the recently has seen the show playing to under 40% of capacity (except throughout the heavily-trafficked holiday frame). Directed by Leigh Silverman, "Chinglish" initially bowed in the Goodman Theater in Chicago, in which the production nabbed critical acclaim that assisted spur the Broadway transfer. Story focuses on a united states businessman battling to navigate the cultural divide when travels to China in order to expand his family business. Jennifer Lim, Gary Wilmes and Stephen Pucci star within the Broadway version. "Chinglish" is just one of several Primary Stem excursions this year from producers Jeffrey Richards and Jerry Frankel, whose modified version of "Porgy and Bess" opened up a week ago and it has initially published solid sales. Tuner "Bonnie and Clyde," however, eked out merely a short term before shuttering 12 ,. 30. Next for Richards and Frankel is "Gore Vidal's The Very Best Guy," opening in April. "Chinglish" shuts Jan. 29 in the Longacre Theater. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com