By Jennifer R Jones | Posted on April 13, 2013 3:03 PM
Hands On A Hardbody, Starring Keith Carradine, Hunter Foster, And Keala Settle, Fails To Captivate Audiences And Closes Early On Broadway.
"Hands On A Hardbody" Can't Survive Spring Season
The first major casualty of the new Spring shows, Hands on a Hardbody closes at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre today. The new Broadway musical concludes after having played 28 preview performances and just 28 regular performances.
Inspired by a 1997 documentary that captured a real-life competition in which small town Texans competed for a brand new pickup truck by seeing who could keep their hands on it the longest, Hands on a Hardbody had music by Amanda Green and Trey Anastasio, lyrics by Amanda Green, and a book by Doug Wright.
The Talented Cast
The cast of the Broadway production of Hands on a Hardbody featured Keith Carradine (previously seen on Broadway in The Will Rogers Follies), Hunter Foster (Little Shop of Horrors, Urinetown), and Keala Settle.
