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Broadway says goodbye to two limited run productions. Good Night, Oscar takes its final bow at the Belasco following 16 previews and 126 regular performances; and El Mago Pop will conclude its run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre following 5 previews and 13 regular performances.

Kyle Smith on “Good Night, Oscar” on Broadway.

In Doug Wright’s mostly unsatisfying dramedy, which opened Monday night at the Belasco Theatre, Sean Hayes takes on the role of Oscar Levant, the virtuoso piano player and humorist who became popular — and controversial — during the early days of TV. 

Hayes gives a spectacularly intense and unstinting performance, a Broadway tour-de-force wherein the honest work bespeaks of a beautiful homage to this phenomenally talented real-life character,

Sean Hayes stars on Broadway in 'Good Night, Oscar,' Doug Wright's dark comedy following pianist Levant as he's being treated for mental illness.

The new American play, Good Night, Oscar starring Sean Hayes opens on Broadway tonight, April 24, at the Belasco Theatre. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doug Wright and directed by Lisa Peterson, Good Night, Oscar's 20-week limited engagement will end on August 27. Read reviews for the production!

Read our review of Good Night, Oscar on Broadway starring Sean Hayes at New York Theatre Guide

An award-winning storyteller who is quickly making his mark as an actor, writer, producer, and director, Alex Wyse is currently starring opposite Sean Hayes in…

Oscar Levant was a virtuosic pianist, conflicted champion of George Gershwin, conductor, film actor, author, proudly uncensored comic and self-confessed victim of mental illness. Actor Sean Hayes is so riveting, and so real, in his portrayal that you might begin to wonder if Levant has been fully reincarnated.

Doug Wright’s GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, now in its world premiere production at Goodman Theatre, is an engaging play that brings the story of one infamous night in the life of Oscar Levant to the stage.