That was quick.
The Tupac Shakur-inspired Broadway play Holler If Ya Hear Me will close its doors after only 6 weeks.
“I was unable to sustain this production longer in order to give it time to bloom on Broadway,” said producer Eric L. Gold in a statement to Variety.
Starring rapper and artist Saul Williams, Holler if Ya Hear Me opened with mixed reviews and was not profitable out the gate.
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According the New York Times, the Kenny Leon-directed play never brought in more than $175,000 a week in gross revenues, becoming one of the worst-selling musicals of recent memory. Holler if Ya Hear Me is the first Broadway play to exclusively use 2Pac’s music as its soundtrack.
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