‘Oklahoma!’ end draws nearer

“Oklahoma!” is not OK.

The revival of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, which last week began advertising that it would close in the spring, will fold Feb. 23 instead.

Box-office receipts dropped dramatically in the last two weeks for the lavish, $10-million show that now stars Stephen R. Buntrock as Curly and features Patty Duke as Aunt Eller. The show grossed only $296,253 last week, filling less than 50% of the seats in the cavernous, 1,933-seat Gershwin Theatre.