The Broadway run of "Gypsy" will end early...

Curtain down, dim the lights...

Broadwayworld.com reports that the current Broafway production of "Gypsy" starring Patti LuPone will close on January 11 - about six weeks earlier than originally planned.

The production has been set to run through March 1, 2009. at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44th Street).It will have played 332 performances and 27 previews by the time it closes and not only won a Tony for LuPone as "Rose," but also for Boyd Gaines as "Herbie" and Laura Benanti as "Gypsy."

Producer Roger Berlind said in a statement: "Though we originally announced that "Gupsy" would play its final performance on March 1, 2009, due to these uncertain financial times my partners and I have made the difficult decision to close instead on January 11, 2009."

Here is Patti LuPone's glorious performance on the Tony Awards telecast in June...

...and here is her Tony acceptance speech - the second Tony coming nearly 30 years after her first win for "Evita."