The Little Dog Laughed plays final performance on Broadway

Douglas Carter Beane's comedy The Little Dog Laughed, starring Julie White (Diane), played its final performance today (18 Feb 2007) on Broadway. The show played 22 previews and 112 regular performances.

The Little Dog Laughed opened at the Cort Theatre on 13 Nov 2006, following previews from the 26 Oct 2006.

The show opened to excellent notices. The New York Times said of Julie White's performance that "it is the perfect wattage for filling a Broadway house with incandescent light."; The New York Daily News exclaimed "Shout hallelujah for Douglas Carter Beane's satiric fable." and the New York Post wrote "A simple, fun evening, full of gay wit and wisdom." The New York Theatre guide wrote of Julie White's turn "Long may she reign as the Killer Queen of Agents, all the way to the Tonys."

The Little Dog Laughed: A screen idol hiding in the closet, an ambitious male prostitute and his na�ve girlfriend, and a brash, driven Hollywood agent who can spin anyone and anything. Maybe. Now, darling, do not repeat a word of this, but what I heard is that...

The cast for The Little Dog Laughed, directed by Scott Ellis, also featured Tom Everett Scott (Mitchell), Johnny Galecki (Alex) and Ari Graynor (Ellen).

Set design by Allen Moyer, with costumes by Jeff Mahshie and lighting by Donald Holder.

The comedy originally opened off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre. The show enjoyed a four-week, sold-out extension, closing on 26 Feb 2006 to make way for Second Stage�s subsequent production.

The Little Dog Laughed was produced on Broadway by Roy Gabay and Susan Dietz in association with Second Stage Theatre.