'Betty Blue Eyes' will close

Musical Betty Blue Eyes will shutter working in london the following month. "Betty Blue Eyes," the brand new West Finish tuner from Brit mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh, will shutter the following month following a disappointing run of six several weeks. Musical received glowing notices if this opened up in April, but based on Mackintosh, the development never quite aroused the interest of auds. "We've been consistently playing to simply 50 plusPercent, however it just is not enough to pay for the expense,Inch he stated inside a statement. Tuner was the very first new musical to become created by Mackintosh ("The Phantom from the Opera," "L'ensemble des Miserables") since his 2001 outing "The Ghouls of Eastwick." Capitalized at about $6.4 million, "Betty" is dependant on the 1984 screen comedy "A Personal Function." With music by George Stiles, lyrics by Anthony Drewe and book by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, the tuner focuses on the occupants of the suburbs in northern England in 1947 as well as their local celebration of the impending royal wedding. "Betty Blue Eyes" is placed to shutter Sept. 24 in the Novello Theater. About the approaching slate for Mackintosh is really a new staging of "Phantom" which will bow in a U.K. regional theater the coming year. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com