The run is over for the award-winning play 'August: Osage County,' the latest critically acclaimed production to end its run on Broadway.
Currently starring Tony Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad, the Tracy Letts' family drama will shutter its doors at the Music Box Theatre on June 28.
The three-hour-plus show, which follows a dysfunctional Oklahoma family, played 648 performances and 18 previews since opening in 2007.
On May 26, Rashad took over for Estelle Parsons in the role of the matriarch, Violet Weston. But the addition of 'The Cosby Show' actress wasn't enough to significantly improve ticket sales. According to Variety, although 'August' recouped its $2.5 million capitalization in about six months, just last week, actors performed in front of an audience that was at 60 percent capacity.
So what's next for Rashad?
BV Newswire previously reported that the Jenny Craig spokeswoman will resume her role as Big Mama in the Debbie Allen-helmed London production of 'A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.'
The all-black ensemble, which includes James Earl Jones, Sanaa Lathan and Adrian Lester, will begin previews at the Novello Theatre on Nov. 21.
As for 'August: Osage County,' it's not all over. An 18-city national tour will commence at the Denver Center for Performing Arts on July 24, with Parsons returning as Violet.
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By: Dom on 6/21/2009 1:17PM
Phylicia Rashad is a great actress and she will be back to work in the real near future. I love her in anything she does...You GOOOOOO Girl!
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By: Loatha on 6/21/2009 11:02PM
Phylicia Rashad is such a wonderful actress. She will land on her feet sooner than later. I just love her as an actress.
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By: NatWood on 6/26/2009 5:36PM
Best of Luck as she seeks new projects. She is indeed a GREAT actress. Don't watch as the door closes, keep on your eye on the ones that open!!!!!
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By: Jessica on 6/24/2009 9:26AM
Awwwwww,
thats too bad for her, but with here reprutation she will definitely find more work. Recession sucks!!!
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By: Don on 6/24/2009 9:39AM
I was so moved by her wonderful personality during
the Cosby run , that my wife and I named our daughter after her. What a perfect role model for
any young lady.
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By: Geneva Hill on 6/24/2009 10:14AM
Phylicia Rashad is such a wonderful actress. She will land on her feet sooner than later. I just love her as an actress.
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By: verna watkins on 6/24/2009 12:23PM
phyilica, TO GOD BE THE GLORY.You have do your job well and u can do all thing through christ who strenght you.so still look forward never backward be blessed phyilica.
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By: myticca on 6/24/2009 2:05PM
OMG THA BEST ACTRESS EVER. KEEP DOIN YOUR THING. I LIKE SERIOUSLY HAVE SEEN EVERY EPOSOID OF THE COSBY SHOW. MAN ILOVE EVERY THING YOU DO. ILL PRAY FOR YOU.. ITS JST A RECESSION THATS ALL.
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By: Jack Jones on 6/24/2009 2:09PM
Phylicia Rashad I have always loved and admired in every thing she done. For those of us who know and understand strong black women, she will be entertaining us again shortly. Just look how beautiful she is in that picture.
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By: Autumn on 6/25/2009 1:31AM
Man! I was looking forward to seeing her in that play. They were suppose to come to Seattle....darn.
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