'High' with Kathleen Turner to close

NEW YORK, April 21 (UPI) -- "High," starring Kathleen Turner, is to close this Sunday, the Broadway play's producers announced.

As of that date, it will have played 28 previews and eight regular performances at Manhattan's Booth Theatre.

The producers did not say in Wednesday's release why the show is closing, but Playbill.com said ticket sales have been slow for the play, which has drawn largely negative reviews despite its leading lady's strong performance.

Turner, a two-time Golden Globe winner, plays Sister Jamison Connelly in the new play written by Matthew Lombardo and directed by Rob Ruggiero.

The show officially opened this past Tuesday. It also features Stephen Kunken as Father Michael Delpapp and Evan Jonigkeit as Cody Randall.

It "explores the universal themes of truth, forgiveness, redemption and human fallibility. When Sister Jamison Connelly agrees to sponsor a 19-year-old drug user in an effort to help him combat his addiction, her own faith is ultimately tested. Struggling between the knowledge she possesses as a rehabilitation counselor and a woman of religious conviction, she begins to question her belief in miracles and whether people can find the courage to change," a synopsis of the play said.

Turner has starred in the recent stage productions of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "The Graduate." Her films include "Body Heat," "Romancing the Stone," "Prizzi's Honor" and "Peggy Sue Got Married."