'Priscilla: Queen of the Desert' to close

"Priscilla: Queen of the Desert" is to end its Broadway run next month, producers of the Australia-set musical announced Wednesday. The closing is set for June 24, following 23 previews and 526 regular performances. "Priscilla" had its world premiere in Sydney in 2006 and was a hit in Melbourne, New Zealand, London and Toronto in advance of its Broadway debut in March 2011. A U.S. national tour of "Priscilla" will begin in Minneapolis at The Orpheum Theatre Jan. 8, 2013. The Broadway production stars Will Swenson, Tony Sheldon and Nick Adams as "the trio of friends on a heart-warming, uplifting road trip of a lifetime who hop aboard a battered old bus searching for love and friendship in the middle of the Australian outback and end up finding more than they could ever have dreamed," a synopsis said. Read more: http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Music/2012/05/16/Priscilla-Queen-of-the-Desert-to-close/UPI-62091337218069/#ixzz1v672WYxn