Joy Behar‘s stage comedy My First Ex-Husband will play its final Off Broadway performance May 18, producers announced today, with a national tour set to begin this summer.
The play, which features a rotating cast that has included Behar, Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh, Adrienne C. Moore, Susan Lucci and others, opened in January at the new MMAC Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Behar recently announced that she will return to the comedy for three upcoming performances including an April 30 matinee that will costar her View fellow panelist Whoopi Goldberg. (Goldberg will also appear on May 7 and May 14.
The current cast, performing through April 20, features Veanne Cox, Jackie Hoffman, Carolyn McCormick, and Andrea Navedo. Beginning April 23, the final New York cast will be Marilu Henner, Marsha Mason, Julia Sweeney and Fat Ham‘s Benja K. Thomas.
Casting, dates and venues have not been announced for the national tour.
The play’s official synopsis: “With razor-sharp wit and no filters, the show explores the messy, hilarious truths of love, sex, and relationships. Whether you’re happily coupled, cautiously committed, or thinking about changing the locks, these stories are your stories — only funnier.”
Directed by Randal Myler (Love, Janis) and produced by Rose Caiola and Cyrena Esposito, My First Ex-Husband runs 90 minutes with no intermission.
