‘Curious Incident’ closing, ‘Chicago’ has 20th anniversary

THE SHOW “Curious Incident . . . ”

THE DEAL The stage adaptation of Mark Haddon’s 2003 young adult novel, “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time,” which opened on Broadway in October 2014, will close on Sept. 4 at the Barrymore Theatre after a run of exactly 800 performances. The production won five Tony Awards, including best play, and a number of other honors. In a news release, the producers noted that “Curious Incident” will have sustained the longest run of any play on Broadway in more than a decade.

THE SHOW “Chicago”

THE DEAL To mark the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Broadway revival of “Chicago,” which will occur this November, its producers have announced a series of initiatives including a new advertising campaign that pays tribute to the production’s success in 34 countries, updated costume designs for the Broadway production, a free concert in Central Park on Aug. 31 and an exhibit at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

WHO Tommy Tune

THE DEAL Director-choreographer-performer Tommy Tune, whose Broadway career has been stalled for more than 25 years since he staged smash hits like “Nine,” “Grand Hotel” and “The Will Rogers Follies,” is apparently ready to present a new musical, according to a news release that also announced that Tune has signed with Paradigm Talent for future representation. “I don’t think there’s any question that we want — and need — a new Tommy Tune musical on Broadway,” Paradigm exec Jack Tantleff said in a statement. Deadline.com reports that Tune is currently working on an adaptation of a well-known novel and film.

WHO John Douglas Thompson

THE DEAL John Douglas Thompson, who starred in a rare production of Christopher Marlowe’s “Tamburlaine the Great” last season at Theatre for a New Audience, will return to the Brooklyn-based classical theater company next month to appear in both Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” and Strindberg’s “The Father.” In a statement, artistic director Jeffrey Horowitz noted that Ibsen and Strindberg (both major late 19th century European playwrights) were “great rivals” and that “The Father” was written in response to “A Doll’s House.”