Overview
- Producers Tom Hulce, Robert Ahrens and The Shubert Organization announced Tuesday that the revival will play its final performance at the Imperial Theatre on June 21, closing earlier than the previously extended schedule.
- The new closing date cancels Joanna “JoJo” Levesque’s planned June 23 debut as Florence Vassy and drew a public reaction from her saying rehearsals were to begin the day the announcement was posted.
- Box-office totals fell steadily after strong early sales, with recent weeks at roughly two thirds capacity and a dramatic single-week drop to about $585,803 when Lea Michele was absent in April.
- The production earned five 2026 Tony nominations but did not receive a Best Revival nod and saw Lea Michele and Aaron Tveit omitted from lead acting categories, an outcome producers and observers linked to the loss of momentum.
- At closing the revival will have played about 34 previews and roughly 241–250 regular performances, producers said they will not recoup their investment and a 2025 cast recording will preserve the production’s artistic gains.