The Banana Monologues to close on 04 Aug 2013

The Off-Broadway comedy The Banana Monologues has posted early closing notices and will play its final performance on 04 Aug 2013.

The show opened at Theatrer Row's Acorn Theatre on 24 Jun 2013, following previews from 13 Jun 2013, and was originally scheduled to play through to 30 Aug 2013.

Frank Scheck of the New York Post wrote in his review, "The humor too often ventures into adolescent territory. ... this show's vulgar, single-minded take fulfills every woman's worst stereotype."

The 90-minute relationship comedy is written by John Brennan, Mary Cimino, and Jason C. Cooper, and directed by Debra Whitfield.

The Banana Monologues is a comedy inspired by a true love story about a man, a woman, and his 'banana,' Sergeant Johnson. When the layers of the relationship are peeled back, Gus Weiderman tries to split from his girlfriend Alexis (a way out-of-his league woman), but the sergeant stands firm. How does a man deal with the universal issue of the way guys think?

The Banana Monologues began at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. For the next following years it played at festivals throughout the US and Canada, and has been nominated for "Best Show" and "Best Actor", and won for "Best Sound Design".