'Sweet Charity' to close in Boston

BOSTON, March 26 (UPI) -- A revival of the musical "Sweet Charity," about a prostitute with a heart of gold, will not make it to Broadway, instead closing in Boston, producers said.

The $7.5 million production will have its final performance Sunday night at the Colonial Theater, according to producer Barry Weissler.

He told the New York Post the out-of-town closing was due to poor ticket sales in Boston and in New York, where the show booked less than $2 million - a low figure for a major Broadway musical.

I had "little choice other than to make the painful, but fiscally responsible, decision to close the production in Boston," said Weissler.

The original Bob Fosse 1966 musical -- with a script written by Neil Simon -- featured songs such as "Big Spender," "If They Could See Me Now" and "Where Am I Going?" and was a hit.

This show's star, Christina Applegate, broke her foot during a March 11 Chicago performance. While she has undergone intensive therapy and had been scheduled to perform in the Broadway opening, Weissler feared Applegate would not make the opening.

Charlotte D'Amboise has performed the lead role in Boston.