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Gavin Creel’s Beloved Al Hirschfeld Theatre Breaks Ranks To Join Broadway Light Dimming Tribute; Actors’ Equity Takes Stance On Growing Controversy


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Now Creel’s beloved Hirschfeld has broken ranks with the League’s official roster by adding its participation in the tribute, a move that comes after numerous social media posters and Creel fans pointed out the actor’s special fondness for the venue where director Diane Paulus staged the Hair revival in 2009 (following a very successful run in Shakespeare in the Park). Creel’s death from a rare and aggressive cancer at age 48 on September 30 immediately prompted a massive and continuing outpouring on social media of love and heartbreak from the Broadway community. Earlier last week, the League announced that select theaters would dim their lights on October 17 for the actor Adrian Bailey, who died September 22.

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