NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� A memorial tribute to Broadway star is planned next Monday in the theater where he starred in 鈥淚nto the Woods鈥� and will be livestreamed online to viewers in the U.S. and U.K.
Creel died Sept. 30 at the age of 48.
MCC Theater will host livestreaming access in the U.S. starting at 4 p.m. EST (9 p.m. GMT) and The Society of London Theatre at the same hour for U.K. viewers .
The event at the St. James Theatre will be open to the public. Interested fans were asked to email their name and contact information to: [email protected].
The memorial will not be available to view on-demand once it has concluded.
The following day 鈥� Tuesday, Dec. 3 鈥� all of Broadway's marquees will be dimmed at 6:45 p.m. EST in Creel's honor. That follows an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the Tony Award-winner's death.
Creel was a Broadway musical theater veteran who won a Tony Award for 鈥淗ello, Dolly!鈥� opposite and earned nominations for 鈥淗air鈥� and 鈥淭horoughly Modern Millie.鈥� He won an Olivier Award for 鈥淭he Book of Mormon.鈥�
Creel's death put the spotlight on the practice of dimming marquee lights after a notable theater figure has died. While giants in the field get all of Broadway theaters dark for a minute, lesser figures may only have partial dimming.
Creel's death prompted the Committee of Theatre Owners to decide that one theater from every theater owner would dim their lights. demanding all theaters participate was signed by over 23,000 people. Eventually, the decision that all 41 theaters would honor him was made.
Mark Kennedy, The Associated Press
