“Suffs,” a feminist musical produced by former first woman and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is ending its Broadway run as a consequence of cash points, in keeping with the New York Instances.
The choice was introduced Friday evening by the producers of the musical, which is in regards to the girls’s suffrage motion. Based on Securities and Trade Fee filings reviewed by the Instances, “Suffs” was capitalized to gross $19 million – but it surely has not recouped that quantity.
For the week that ended on Oct. 6, the musical solely earned $679,589, which isn’t sometimes sufficient cash to maintain a Broadway present with a big solid. The present debuted in April, however struggled to fill all of its seats simply two weeks after its official efficiency.Â
Knowledge from the week of Might 5 reveals that Clinton-produced play solely reached 81% capability throughout eight performances that week.
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A musical that Hillary Clinton helped produce, known as “Suffs”, is ending its 2024 Broadway run. (WireImage / Getty Pictures)
Competing with “Romeo & Juliet,” “Sweeney Todd” and “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” “Suffs” positioned within the backside 23% of all 35 reveals on Broadway for the week of Might 5.
By the tip of its Broadway run, “Suffs” can have clocked 24 previews and 301 performances – barely decrease present counts than the typical Broadway musical.Â
The final “Suffs” efficiency on Broadway will happen on Jan. 5. The musical will then go on a nationwide tour starting in Seattle in September 2025, the Instances reported.
Hillary Clinton speaks onstage throughout The 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Middle on June 16, 2024 in New York Metropolis. (Theo Wargo/Getty Pictures for Tony Awards Productions)
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The musical was additionally produced by Malala Yousafzai along with the previous First Girl. In July, a gaggle of radical protesters interrupted a “Suffs” efficiency and known as the musical “a betrayal of the following technology of feminists.”
“We REJECT this rehashed white feminism,” the group’s web site learn. “This motion is delivered to you by an autonomous group of radical, anti-racist, queer feminists.”
Regardless of its comparatively quick run for a Broadway musical, “Suffs” acquired optimistic evaluations by critics and received the Tony Awards for Greatest E-book and Greatest Rating in June. Clinton had referenced her 2016 defeat whereas introducing a efficiency on the awards present.
“Now, I’ve stood on quite a lot of phases, however that is very particular,” Clinton mentioned earlier than introducing the performers.Â
Shaina Taub and the solid of “Suffs” performs onstage throughout The 77th Annual Tony Awards at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Middle on June 16, 2024, in New York Metropolis. (Theo Wargo/Getty Pictures for Tony Awards Productions)
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“And I do know slightly bit about how onerous it’s to make change,” she added, referencing Trump’s presidential win. “It’s nearly not possible to consider what a problem [women’s suffrage) was, but now it’s an election year, and we need to be reminded about how important it is to vote.”
Fox News Digital’s Alexander Hall, Gabriel Hays and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
