Booty Eludes Pirate Queen

It’s official: The Pirate Queen, savaged by critics and largely ignored by ticketbuyers, will close June 17 as one of the costliest flops in Broadway history. “The lavish musical by the team who created Les Miserables and Miss Saigon will have played 85 performances when it calls it quits at the Hilton Theatre.” It cost $16 million to bring the production to New York.