LAST CHANCE: What's Closing This Week

By Adam Hetrick
27 Jul 2010

Here's Playbill.com's weekly "Last Chance" reminder to catch Broadway, Off-Broadway and world-premiere productions before they take a final bow.

Concluding July 31

  • Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway (On Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre). The Tony Award-nominated crooner and his band perform highlights from Connick's latest album, "Your Songs," and selections from his stage and recording career. For tickets visit Ticketmaster.

  • The Winter's Tale (At the Delacorte Theater in Central Park). Linda Emond and Ruben Santiago-Hudson star in the Shakespeare in the Park production of the Bard's tale of a king whose folly costs him all that he loves. Tony Award nominee Michael Greif directs the repertory production. For free ticket info visit ShakespeareinthePark.org.

    Concluding Aug. 1

  • The Merchant of Venice (At the Delacorte Theater in Central Park). Shakespeare in the Park's second repertory production stars Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino as moneylender Shylock in a cast that also features Lily Rabe as Portia. The production will transfer to Broadway this fall under the direction of Daniel Sullivan. For free ticket info visit ShakespeareinthePark.org.

  • The Grand Manner (Off-Broadway at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater). Playwright A.R. Gurney takes a look back at his younger self in his valentine to the American theatre that stars Bobby Steggert, Kate Burton, Boyd Gaines and Brenda Wehle. For tickets visit LCT.org.