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A Broadway musical based on the music of The Beatles is due to close almost four months earlier than planned, due to poor ticket sales.
Let It Be opened in New York's St James' Theatre on 24 July, 2013 to positive reviews, with the New York Times hailing it 'by far the best Beatles show yet'. However, the show is now due to close on 1 September, 2013. It was originally due to run until 29 December.
So far, the show which features over 40 Beatles' classics has played to only 50,000 theatre-goersand grossed somewhere between $2 million and $2.4 million (£1.3 million - £1.6 million) - a fraction of what it has acheived elsewhere.
The same show is still running successfully in London's West End, while producers are hoping to take the show on a tour of the US in 2014 and 2015.
Watch a trailer for the Let It Be musical below:
Last week, it emerged that The Beatles turned over an £43.5 million fortune in 2012. The figure is even £2 million higher than last year according to the band's business, Apple Corps Limited.
Living Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, as well has George Harrison and John Lennon's widows Olivia Harrison and Yoko Ono will receive £5.1 million each in dividends, promotional activities and name and likeness payments.
Speaking to The Sun newspaper, a source said: "The Beatles have been the most famous band in the world since the 60s and it keeps on paying. The obsession with the Fab Four has never stopped, even half a century after they started. So the money just keeps rolling in.''
Below: unseen Beatles Magical Mystery Tour shots
