While Abigail Breslin films have always had a pretty decent draw in movie theaters (we're looking at you, "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Zombieland"), it seems as though that magic formula didn't translate so well to the stage. Variety announced yesterday that "The Miracle Worker," a Broadway play that Abigail had been headlining, will be putting an end to its run on April 4.
"The Miracle Worker" will have run for just barely one month by the time it heads off Broadway. The revival of the 1959 play about Hellen Keller and her teacher first began previewing in NYC on Feb. 12, but officially opened its doors on March 3.
Variety notes that the show got a "mixed bag of reviews — including a couple of tepid ones from prominent papers." The show's producers went so far as to issue a public appeal for people to come see their show. The ploy didn't work, and "The Miracle Worker" never made much more than $250,000 a week (the high point being during school vacation weeks).
For those of you doing the math, that means in the four weeks "Miracle Worker" will have run it will have made at most $1 million. And since Broadway performances usually cost between $2 million and $3 million to produce, it means a marked lost for the show's investors.
While Abigail's costar Alison Pill ("Milk") might soon becoming one of the next big thing's thanks to her upcoming film "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," it seems as though Abigail's star power is waning. The 13-year-old doesn't have any big films stacked up for 2010, and her cute girl persona is being quickly overshadowed by Chloe Moretz, who is sure to turn some heads in the upcoming "Kick-Ass."
We love ourselves some Abigail Breslin, and we're sure she'll have a comeback soon enough, but it does not look like 2010 is going to be her year.
Did you get a chance to see "Miracle Worker"? What did you think of it?
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