But what Mr. Jacobs — a television and film producer whose previous plays include "Cheaters," which had a brief run on Broadway in 1978 — appears to aspire to is one of those perennial sentimental stories of timid, wounded souls who must be shaken from their protective shells to embrace life, love and the future.
"The Monday After the Miracle," a sequel to "The Miracle Worker" had a brief run on Broadway in 1982.
The scandal, which led to a brief run on the bank last year, threatened to damage the entire economy and scared off the foreign aid that keeps the government running.
(During his brief run on the show, he also famously confronted Don Ohlmeyer, of NBC, about his "poor sportsmanship" in programming a rerun of the "ER" pilot opposite them for one night).
The show came on the heels of the poorly received revival of "On the Town," also produced by the Public and directed by Mr. Wolfe, which lost some $6 million during a brief run on Broadway in late 1998.
Adler also wrote the lyrics and music for Kwamina, a musical set in Africa, which earned him further Tony nominations but only had a brief run on Broadway in 1961, in a production starring his wife, Sally Anne Howes.
PAGE 1 "The Exiles," a film about American Indians living on the edge of downtown Los Angeles in th2 1950s, received plenty of buzz during its brief run on the festival circuit before it faded from view.
Their next, "One-Man Show," which had a brief run on Broadway in 1945, was set in the world of art dealers and was about the relationship between a father and daughter.
Those craving a tale well told were better off sampling the latest from the diverse performance collective known as Slung Low, whose "Last Seen" finished a brief run on Sunday as part of the Almeida Theatre Festival this summer.
The show closed after a brief run on Broadway in 2000 and was complicated by Mr. Wolfe's clashes with the commercial producer Scott Rudin and the volatile behavior of the actor Mandy Patinkin.
