Broadway Honors Late Stars in June 9 Marquee Dimming
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- Mary Beth Hurt, Jennifer Harmon, and Sondra Lee will be honored in a group marquee dimming on June 9.
- The group marquee dimming is set for Tuesday, June 9, at 6:45 p.m./ET across all 41 Broadway theaters.
- John Herrera, Allan Gruet, Robert Fox, David Gersten, and Jeffrey Lane are also among the honorees for the June 9 dimming.
- The Broadway in Memoriam Committee established the quarterly group dimming tradition last year to honor late Broadway figures.
- The quarterly group dimming occurs on the second Tuesday of September, December, March, and June.
- Individual dimmings are scheduled separately on a case‑by‑case basis.
Why it matters: The ceremony gives surviving families and colleagues a public platform to celebrate the legacies of these late artists and professionals, while reinforcing Broadway’s commitment to preserving its cultural history; it also signals to the broader theater world that contributions across performance, production, and publicity are equally valued.
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