The Little Dog Laughed posts early closing notices

The Broadway comedy The Little Dog Laughed, by Douglas Carter Beane, and starring Julie White (Diane), is to close early on 18 Feb 2007, the show had been booking to 1 Jul 2007. When the show closes it will have played 22 previews and 112 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." To read more of what the critics said click here.

Despite the excellent notices the show has struggled at the box office, with most weeks seeing the comedy playing to only 40 - 50% house capacity.

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 features Tom Everett Scott (Mitchell), Johnny Galecki (Alex) and Ari Graynor (Ellen).

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