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Broadway’s The Miracle Worker to Close on April 4

Alison Pill and Abigail Breslin
in The Miracle Worker
(© Joan Marcus)
Alison Pill and Abigail Breslin
in The Miracle Worker
(© Joan Marcus)

The Broadway revival of William Gibson’s Tony Award-winning play The Miracle Worker at Broadway’s Circle in the Square Theater will close on Sunday, April 4 after 21 previews and 38 regular performances. The show is directed by Kate Whoriskey.

The work, which debuted on Broadway in 1959, tells the real-life story of Helen Keller, who was born blind and deaf, and Annie Sullivan, the teacher who taught Keller to communicate with the world.

The show stars Abigail Breslin, Alison Pill, Jennifer Morrison, Matthew Modine, Elizabeth Franz, Tobias Segal, Daniel Oreskes, Michael Cummings, Simone Joy Jones, Yvette Ganier, and Lance Chantiles-Wentz.

The production features scenic design by Derek McLane, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, original music and sound design by Rob Milburn and Michael Bodeen, hair design by Charles LaPointe, and physical coaching and movement by Lee Sher.