And Joan Rivers, who starred in Fun City and as a replacement in B'way Bound. (I saw her in both, for what it's worth, the former in DC before it bombed in NYC). And then rather more successfully, creatively if not commercially, as Sally Marr, for which she received a Tony nomination.
But there was controversy:
"After a minor firestorm from social media, the Broadway League has overturned its decision not to dim Broadway’s lights in honor of Joan Rivers. The League will now oversee the darkening of the theater district’s marquees tonight, in memory of the comedienne.
“Due to the outpouring of love and respect for Joan Rivers from our community and from her friends and fans worldwide, the marquees of Broadway theaters in New York will be dimmed in her memory tonight, at exactly 6:45 p.m. for one minute,” said the Broadway League’s exec director, Charlotte St. Martin, in a statement.
Dimming the lights for departed members of the Broadway community is a longstanding tradition in the industry. The Street most recently dimmed marquees for Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall, both Rialto alums." |
