Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” , will close Sunday after a run of 9 performances. Lack of ticket sales are to blame. “Broadway Bound,” scheduled to be in previews Nov. 18 has been canceled. The play was already in rehearsals for an official opening Dec. 2.

Producers, Emanuel Azenberg and Ira Pittleman said in a statement: “A lot of nice people on stage and off will be out of work and a lot of good partners and investors will have lost a great deal of money. They all deserve better. It makes us sad.”

Brighton Beach Memoirs originally opened on March 27, 1983 at the Alvin Theatre and played for 1,299 performances. (During the run of Brighton Beach Memoirs, the Alvin Theatre was renamed The Neil Simon Theatre). Broadway Bound opened on December 4, 1986 at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it played for 756 performances.

Some of Broadway’s newest starts include:

Finian’s Rainbow at the St. James, opened October 29
Ragtime at the Neil Simon, opening November 15
In the Next Room at the Lyceum, opening November 19
Fela! at the Eugene O’Neill, opening November 23

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