It was announced today that the Broadway League would NOT be dimming the lights to celebrate the late Joan Rivers. Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the league, stated:
“Under our criteria people need to have been very active recently in the theater, or else be synonymous with Broadway – people who made their careers here, or kept it up,” Ms. St. Martin said in an interview on Monday.
“We love Joan – she was very supportive of Broadway and came to a lot of show openings – but she hasn’t acted on Broadway in 20 years,” Ms. St. Martin added. “When you say Joan Rivers, you don’t think comedy, television and Broadway. You think comedy and television. It’s certainly nothing against her.”
There have been few proponents of Broadway and the American theatre than Ms. Rivers and the amount it would take to accomplish this just as a sign of respect and honor for Ms. Rivers should not be overlooked.
