David Mamet, Kathie Lee Gifford suffer losses

(AP) David Mamet's new play The Anarchist and Katie Lee Gifford's Scandalous will both end their Broadway runs much earlier than their creators wanted.

Producers said Tuesday night that Mamet's play starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger portraying an inmate and warden respectively will close Dec. 16 after just 23 previews and 17 performances.

Producers of Scandalous, a musical about the life of preacher Aimee Semple McPherson, said it will quit even earlier, after the matinee on Dec. 9 following 60 shows. Both shows got dreadful reviews and struggled at the box office.

Those two shows join The Producers, a play set in the porn industry, with quick exits in the past few months on Broadway. The Producers opened and closed in November after just 23 previews and seven regular performances.