‘Superior Donuts’ to end its run on Broadway

‘Superior Donuts’ to end its run on Broadway

NEW YORK — The comedy- drama “Superior Donuts” is closing up shop on Broadway. Producer Jeffrey Richards says the show will fold Jan. 3 after a three-month run.

The play stars Michael McKean as the owner of a rundown Chicago doughnut shop and Jon Michael Hill as his young employee who wants to jump-start the fading business. It premiered at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2008.

The show’s author, Tracy Letts, also wrote the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning “August: Osage County,” which ran for more than 600 performances on Broadway and is on a national tour.

Wyeth artworks come to auction block in NYC

NEW YORK — Three generations of Wyeth artworks are coming to the auction block in New York City. They include paintings by N.C. Wyeth, used to illustrate the classic novel “Robinson Crusoe.”

The 14 “Crusoe” works are expected to bring about $3.8 million. The Wilmington Institute Library in Delaware is selling them.

The Dec. 2 Christie’s sale also includes works by Wyeth’s late son, Andrew, and grandson, Jamie.

Andrew Wyeth’s 1960 “Above the Narrows” is being offered for the first time since 1961, when it was purchased by the late mutual fund pioneer Jack J. Dreyfus Jr.

It shows the artist’s son, Nicky, on a bluff in Maine. It could fetch $3 million to $5 million.

Today’s birthdays

Blues musician John Mayall is 76. Actress Diane Ladd is 74. Musician Chuck Mangione is 69. Country singer Jody Miller is 68. Comedian Garry Shandling is 60. Director Joel Coen is 55. Actor-comedian Howie Mandel is 54. Actress Cathy Moriarty is 49. Actor Andrew McCarthy is 47. Actor Don Cheadle is 45. Singer Jonathan Knight of New Kids on the Block is 41. Actor Larry Joe Campbell (“According to Jim”) is 39. Actress Gena Lee Nolin is 38. Actress Anna Faris (“Scary Movie”) is 33. Rapper The Game is 30. Actor Lucas Black (“Sling Blade”) is 27.