Dame Gillian Lyne, choreographer of Cats and Phantom of the Opera has passed away

[kofler22]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 5:12pm

https://www.facebook.com/100000587512073/posts/2133598306669732/

Betty Buckley just posted it ob her Facebook page.

So sad.

[bwayboy22]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 5:17pm

Seems like she deleted her post. But it seems confirmation has been posted on her Twitter. 

https://twitter.com/Gillian_Lynne/status/1013530258065240064

[kofler22]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 5:52pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Director-and-Choreographer-Dame-Gillian-Lynne-Passes-Away-at-92-20180701

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 6:03pm

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 7:36pm

It gives me a small joy to know just a couple of weeks ago, she was able to attend the renaming the New London Theatre to the Gillian Lynne Theatre.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 7:44pm

Devastating.

[Sally Durant Plummer]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 8:10pm

Rest In Peace, Dame Gillian.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 8:16pm

92 years of age is hardly devastating. She lived a fabulous life and lived to see a theatre named after her.  An honor that happens posthumously.

Rest in piece, D.G.L.  

[sabrelady]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 8:58pm

Up , up to the Heavyside Layer...

[Cat Guy]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 9:10pm

CATSNYrevival said: "Devastating."

Yes. 

 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/1/18 at 10:23pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "92 years of age ishardly devastating. She lived a fabulous life and lived to see a theatre named after her. An honor that happens posthumously.

Rest in piece, D.G.L. "

Forgive me. I’m devastated.

[Armie3]

Posted: 7/2/18 at 7:52am

A great life and lady is now extinguished forever. That's devastating, 92 or not. Nobody can go on forever, but that does not make the loss any more real.

I always enoyed her appearances in the various documentaries she participated in, she seemed so nice and such good fun too. Her work will live on. Rest in peace.

[Lot666]

Posted: 7/2/18 at 8:50am

BrodyFosse123 said: "92 years of age is hardly devastating."

You don't get to tell other people how they should feel about this (or anything). Perhaps what you meant to suggest was that the news wasn't too surprising, given Ms. Lynne's age.

Updated On: 7/2/18 at 08:50 AM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/2/18 at 11:33am

Armie3 said: "A great life and lady is now extinguished forever. That's devastating, 92 or not. Nobody can go on forever, but that does not make the loss any more real.

I always enoyed her appearances in the various documentaries she participated in, she seemed so nice and such good fun too. Her work will live on. Rest in peace."

I’d love for that to be true. As it stands now the new tour of Cats will still be going out with some of Lyne’s original work and Andy Blankenbuehler’s stink on it.

[MCfan2]

Posted: 7/2/18 at 3:02pm

Sorry to hear this. R.I.P.

[Demitri2]

Posted: 7/2/18 at 9:12pm

A dear friend of mine was very close to Dame Lynne. In fact her picture was always on his bedside table. He told me some wonderful stories but there was one in particular that stood out. First off, he lost his hair in his late teens and wore a full toupee. He and Lynne were once on a roller coaster together and at one point she looked at him and gently said, "Dear, your hair is behind you."

[Loopin’theloop]

Posted: 7/3/18 at 8:53am

CATSNYrevival said: "Armie3 said: "A great life and lady is now extinguished forever. That's devastating, 92 or not. Nobody can go on forever, but that does not make the loss any more real.

I always enoyed her appearances in the various documentaries she participated in, she seemed so nice and such good fun too. Her work will live on. Rest in peace."

I’d love for that to be true. As it stands now the new tour of Cats will still be going out with some of Lyne’s original work andAndy Blankenbuehler’s stink on it."

His work is only there for a little while longer. It’s being removed entirely when his original contract runs out.

[Armie3]

Posted: 7/3/18 at 9:11am

Regardless, her work will survive in the memory of those who saw it, the work it inspired, and also the DVD!