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Broadway Sets Sept. 9 Group Marquee Dimming to Honor George Wendt, Richard Greenberg, Cleo Laine, More

The quarterly program formalizes Broadway’s tributes through group ceremonies run by a new committee.

Overview

  • All 41 Broadway marquees will dim simultaneously on Tuesday, September 9 at 6:45 PM ET for one minute.
  • The cohort to be honored includes George Wendt, Beth Newburger, Edie Cowan, Mark Brokaw, Paul Libin, Richard Greenberg, Cleo Laine, Jack Batman, and Lloyd Williams.
  • The ceremony marks the second event in the new quarterly group-dimming schedule following the inaugural June observance.
  • Producer Paul Libin will also receive a separate full-theatre memorial at a later date to be announced.
  • Submissions for future ceremonies are open at BroadwayInMemoriam.org, with the next deadline on November 11 as part of a standardized process introduced after disputes over individual dimmings.