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June 18, 2008 / 1:12 PM

'Cry-Baby' set to close on Broadway

Actors Paulo Szot, Best Actor Musical "South Pacific", Patti Lupone, Best Actress Musical "Gypsy", Deanna Dunagan,Best Actress Play "August Osage County" and Mark Rylance, Best Actor Play "Boeing Boeing" (l to r) show their Tony Awards at the 2008 Tony Award ceremonies held at New York's Radio City Music Hall on June 15, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)

Actors Paulo Szot, Best Actor Musical "South Pacific", Patti Lupone, Best Actress Musical "Gypsy", Deanna Dunagan,Best Actress Play "August Osage County" and Mark Rylance, Best Actor Play "Boeing Boeing" (l to r) show their Tony Awards at the 2008 Tony Award ceremonies held at New York's Radio City Music Hall on June 15, 2008. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen) | License Photo

NEW YORK, June 18 (UPI) -- The 1950s-set stage musical "Cry-Baby" reportedly is slated to close on Broadway later this month.

Playbill.com said "Cry-Baby," a Tony Award nominee based on a movie by "Hairspray" filmmaker John Waters, is to play its final performance June 22.

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It will have played 45 previews and 68 regular performances by the time it closes.

A national tour is expected to begin in the fall of 2009, Playbill.com said.

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