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\u201cHarmony<\/a>,\u201d Barry Manilow\u2019s long-in-the-works<\/a> musical about an early-20th-century German sextet that ran afoul of the Nazi regime, will end an abbreviated Broadway run on Feb. 4.<\/p>\n Manilow and his longtime collaborator Bruce Sussman have been working on the show for more than a quarter-century, inspired by a documentary film about the Comedian Harmonists, an ensemble that included some Jewish members, which was unacceptable to the Nazis.<\/p>\n The musical, directed by Warren Carlyle, opened on Nov. 13<\/a>; at the time of its closing it is expected to have played 24 previews and 96 regular performances. It was capitalized for up to $15 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission; that money has not been recouped.<\/p>\n Manilow wrote the music for the show; Sussman wrote the book and the lyrics. Over the years, the show had productions in San Diego, Atlanta and Los Angeles, and then in 2022 there was a successful Off Broadway production<\/a> at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan\u2019s Battery Park neighborhood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Broadway production features Chip Zien portraying a surviving member of the group, reflecting back from 1988 to its history in the late 1920s and early \u201930s. Ken Davenport, Sandi Moran and Garry Kief are the lead producers; they announced the closing Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n The show opened to mixed reviews<\/a>, and has been running at a time when overall Broadway attendance has not yet rebounded to prepandemic levels. Last week, \u201cHarmony\u201d grossed $534,769, which is not enough to sustain a musical of its size; its houses, at the Barrymore Theater, were just 77 percent occupied, according to data released by the Broadway League.<\/p>\n Many shows are struggling, and industry leaders are worried about this spring, when there is a sizable crop of musicals and plays planning to open, while production costs are high and audience numbers remain lower than they once were. Another musical, \u201cShucked,\u201d closed on Sunday after a 10-month run, and last year\u2019s Tony-winning musical, \u201cKimberly Akimbo,\u201d has announced that it will end its run in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n