Looped to close on 11 Apr 2010

Matthew Lombardo's comedy Looped, starring Valerie Harper as 'Tallulah Bankhead' has posted early closing notices and will play its final performance on 11 Apr 2010. The show had been booking through to 5 Sep 2010.

When it closes it will have played 27 previews and only 25 regular performances.

Looped opened at the Lyceum Theatre on 14 Mar 2010, following previews from 19 Feb 2010.

The show opened to mixed reviews: Harper is masterful (newyorktheatreguide.com); Enjoyably catty cliché (NY Times); Whisper-thin but enjoyable (NY Daily News); Pretty thin (Back Stage); Extremely funny (USA Today)

Looped tells the story of Tallulah Bankhead (Valerie Harper, the internationally celebrated actress, being called into a sound studio in 1965 to re-record (or "loop") one line of dialogue for what would be her last film -- the dreadful Die, Die My Darling.

Looped, directed by Les Waters, also featured Brian Hutchison (Danny) and Michael Mulheren.

The creative team for Looped includes set designer Adrian W. Jones, costume designer William Ivey Long, lighting designer Ken Billington and sound designer Michael Hooker/Peter Fitzgerald.

All About Me is produced on Broadway by Tony Cacciotti, Chase Mishkin, David Steiner and Leonard Soloway.

Four time Emmy winner Valerie Harper ("Rhoda," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show") stars 'Tallulah Bankhead' in Looped. She last appeared on Broadway when she starred in Charles Busch's 'The Tale of the Allergist's Wife.'

Harper originated the role of 'Tallulah' in the world premiere production of Looped at the Pasadena Playhouse and reprised the role at the Cuillo Centre and at Arena Stage.