‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ Will Close on Sunday

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Cory Michael Smith and Emilia Clarke in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

The new Broadway play “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” will close on Sunday after 17 preview performances and 38 regular performances, the producers announced on Monday. The play, adapted by the Tony Award winner Richard Greenberg (“Take Me Out”) from the Truman Capote novella, opened on March 20 to largely negative reviews.

The production stars Emilia Clarke (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) as Holly Golightly and Cory Michael Smith (“Cockfight Play”) as the narrator Fred. Ticket sales held fairly steady in the first days after the bad reviews, but they started to dip recently - especially as several other new plays and musicals began performances on Broadway.

The play was directed by Sean Mathias and produced by Colin Ingram, Donovan Mannato, Geoffrey Thomas and Dominic Ianno. The $4 million production nearly collapsed during rehearsals this winter after an investor pulled out, but the money was replaced. The show will close at a loss.

Another of Mr. Greenberg’s plays, “The Assembled Parties,” opens on Broadway Wednesday at the Manhattan Theater Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theater.