Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
#1Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 11:20am
Did this actually happen? My friends and I saw Cabaret Friday evening (Aug 15th) and literally waited outside studio54 from 7:42pm-7:50pm and never saw dimming of lights outside. We asked the bouncer and he didn't know anything about it and when we asked if they dimmed the lights for Robin Williams a few days earlier he doesn't remember any dimming of lights for him either.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-to-Dim-Lights-Tomorrow-in-Honor-of-Stage-Screen-Star-Lauren-Bacall-20140814#.U_DHkPldVp0
So did anyone see any dimming of lights for the legendary Lauren Bacall this past Friday evening? Studio54 definitely didn't dim their lights. I'm guessing it's optional?
#2Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 1:57pmI've read a few times that that theater doesn't dim their lights.
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Mr Roxy
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#2Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 1:59pmThat does entail a lot of work so I can understand it he said sarcastically.
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dramamama611
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#3Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 3:11pmHow can it not be optional?
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#4Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 3:36pm
You're right, it is optional, and not all theaters participate. As Roxy said, it's complicated and involves a lot more than flicking a single switch on and off.
Updated On: 8/17/14 at 03:36 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 3:39pm
What is the sense of it than?
Maybe because they are farther uptown they feel no one will notice it.
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Mr Roxy
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#7Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:30pm
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I was being facetious with my earlier remark.
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#8Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 6:32pmYup, Studio 54 was where I decided to catch Elaine's dimming, since it was close to NY City Center where I was going, and nothing happened. And there was a small crowd gathered waiting...
bigbelterbaby
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#9Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 7:02pm
that's strange because when they dimmed the lights for Elaine Stritch a few weeks ago there was a video that went viral of someone who recorded it and the lights on the whole street went off for a good minute or so while a picture of Elaine was on the screen, and people were clapping, it was lovely.
Robin and Lauren surely deserved the same treatment.
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Mr Roxy
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#10Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 7:19pmStritch was watching to make sure they did.
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#11Dimming lights for Lauren Bacall
Posted: 8/17/14 at 7:22pmStudio 54 doesn't have a screen.
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