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Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?

Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?

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#1Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:19am

Does anybody know if the Broadway lights were dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly? I truly hope that they were because he deserved at least that. He had a Tony award, appeared in several Broadway shows, and was a director as well. So talented...I hope they appreciated him. If the lights were not dimmed for him, I wonder if it is too late since he passed away over a week ago.

Updated On: 6/4/07 at 08:19 AM

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#2re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 11:17am

Nobody knows whether they dimmed the lights?

ghostlight2
#2re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 12:28pm

Don't know for sure, but I believe that they did not, which if true, is a shame. Wonder how the decision gets made?

I do know that the dimming does not always happen immmediately after death, so maybe it could still happen.

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#3re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 12:31pm

Thanks for your response, ghostlight2. That is a shame. I also wonder who makes that decision.

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#4re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 12:34pm

Start a petition.


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folkyboy
#5re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 12:40pm

don't rest until the lights of broadway are black!

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#6re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 1:17pm

LOL, I just thought it would be nice if they gave Mr. Reilly the respect that is due to him.

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#7re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:15pm

Well, he was a Tony winner, but most people don't remember him for his theatre performances. We do of course, but not everyone else. He's better known for Match Game and all that. I wouldn't expect this sort of tribute, though it'd be nice.

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#8re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/4/07 at 4:30pm

Heard an interview with him last week where here called Carol Channing a c*nt.

Almost pee'd my stretch pants.


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MimiJudith
#9re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/6/07 at 8:05am

He was very funny. What a shame that he is not remembered as a Broadway star.

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Shakespearean
#10re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/6/07 at 8:18am

He was very funny. What a shame that he is not remembered as a Broadway star.

We remember, so in some way he's still with us.

kjklo
#11re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/6/07 at 10:57am

He's not remembered as a Broadway star because he wasn't one. He was a character actor who appeared in a handful of sixties musicals (and a couple of later things). If they start dimming the lights on Broadway for everyone who ever appeared there it would rapidly become completely meaningless.

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MimiJudith
#12re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/7/07 at 8:14am

He certainly was a Broadway star. He originated several roles:

1. Bud Frump in "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
2. Cornelius Hackl in "Hello, Dolly!"
3. Mr. Henkel in "Bye Bye Birdie"

And he also won a Tony Award and was nominated for several others, including for his directing.

If that doesn't make a Broadway star, I don't know what does.

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#14re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/10/07 at 3:37pm

That doesn't make you a star. Nathan Lane is a star of the theatre known for his theatre work and has played countless leading roles on Broadway. A lead and two featured roles isn't that big a deal.


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TapTapTapioca
#15re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/10/07 at 3:51pm

He was also in:
God's Favorite
Skyscraper
Charlotte

He directed:
The Gin Game
The Nerd
Break A Leg
The Belle of Amherst

I think that makes him a star.


I shave me Xanadu every morning!

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MimiJudith
#16re: Broadway lights dimmed for Charles Nelson Reilly?
Posted: 6/11/07 at 7:56am

Thank you, TapTap. Totally agree.


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