Barry Manilow's "Harmony" to close on February 4

[Ali Gator]

After just four months of performance, Barry Manilow's passion project "Harmony" has set a closing date of February 4.  Despite mostly good reviews since opening on November 13, the show never caught on in finding an audience at the Barrymore Theater. Last week, the show pulled in just 77% of ticket sales (with a moderate average price of $85), not enough to keep a musical of this size going. The show never saw the theater fill more than 80% of its capacity since November. When the show closes, it will play 92 performances. Despite its struggles at the box office, "Harmony" has gotten plenty of Tony buzz this season, especially for star Chip Zien. 

The Barry Manilow / Bruce Sussman project has been decades in the making.  The show tells the true story of 'The Comedian Harmonists' - a German vocal group which became an international sensation in the 1920s and 1930s, until the Nazis wiped away their history. At the peak of their career, the group sold millions of records, made dozens of films, and played hundreds of venues around the world.