 After closing on Broadway , the show went on a national tour for two years . It played for five months in Chicago alone , visited twenty states and two Canadian cities , covered 15 @,@ 000 miles ( 24 @,@ 000 km ) and played to nearly two million people . The touring company had a four @-@ week run at New York City Center in January 1949 . Following the City Center run , the show was moved back to the Majestic Theatre in the hopes of filling the theatre until South Pacific opened in early April . However , ticket sales were mediocre , and the show closed almost a month early . 
