Gavin Creel has passed away — Page 6

The Eugene O'Neil will also be dimming their lights, per this post on "The Book of Mormon" social media pages.

https://www.facebook.com/TheBookOfMormonOnBroadway



Text of the image:

The Eugene O'Neill Theatre

will dim its marquee in remembrance of

GAVIN CREEL,

who starred in the Broadway, London, and

First National Tours of THE BOOK OF MORMON.

_____________________________________

The show's participation was inadvertently left

out of the Broadway League's announcement

today. We are devastated by the loss

of Gavin and will be participating in

the time-honored tradition of dimming

the lights in his memory when that occurs

at a future date to be determined.

Adam Feldman has started a petition to dim all the lights:

https://www.change.org/p/dim-all-broadway-lights-in-honor-of-gavin-creel

TaffyDavenport said: "Adam Feldman has started a petition to dim all the lights:

https://www.change.org/p/dim-all-broadway-lights-in-honor-of-gavin-creel"



And this is the sort of sh*t being posted in the comments for the petition (ironic that the guy's name is "Christian"!

christian

18 minutes ago

This man loved theatre and said community probably more than his own life. This is f*cking disgusting and the theatre owners should be ashamed. F*ck every single one of you. Dim your f*cking lights. No one gives a damn if Union electricians are “so expensive” DIM THE LIGHTS FOR THIS MAN WHO WAS THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES AND THE SUNSHINE THAT MADE THE THEATRE COMMUNITY SMILE‼️‼️



And THIS is why we can't have nice things.

I'm all for limiting to a single theatre (ideally wherever they had their first or last Broadway appearance) if people are going to scream about a voluntary light-dimming by the entities that own those venues. I suspect the "one from each landlord" business stems from each owner wanting to have a stake in this, but confining it to the theatres where that person actually worked would also be an elegant solution (which, in the case of Creel, would be 7 houses because he worked at the Marquis twice).

As I said above: If you have a problem with this, channel it into advocacy and electing progressive officials and fighting for queer and trans rights.

As I also said above, there must be a publicized standardization of this practice based on pedigree and fact –– and with involvement of the House Electricians and all of the Broadway unions & guilds. Can't just coast on vibes or the loudness of social media. That Michael McGrath doesn't get a dimming but Adrian Bailey does illustrates the blatant need for a concrete system. (To speak only of performers and not of offstage personnel who had an equal or greater impact on our industry.)

West End theatres that Gavin performed at will dim their lights.

"West End theatres to dim lights for Gavin Creel" by The Stage's Matthew Hemley - "The Society of London Theatre has confirmed to The Stage that the Adelphi, where Creel performed in Waitress, as well as the Prince of Wales, where he starred in The Book of Mormon, the Prince Edward - where he appeared in Mary Poppins - and the Gielgud, where he was part of Hair, will all dim their lights in his honour."

Updated On: 10/7/24 at 10:10 AM

Fans of Late Tony-Winner Gavin Creel, 48, Call Planned Broadway Tribute an ‘Insult to His Memory’



https://parade.com/news/fans-gavin-creel-call-planned-broadway-tribute-insult-memory-marquee-dimming

I don't know if everyone knew, but there is a recording of "She Loves Me" on Broadway HD. I started a free trial of it through my Amazon Prime account just to see Gavin in it. It was very bittersweet to see him.

Creel's public memorial celebration in two weeks will also be livestreamed, a very smart choice. Details to come later.

Updated On: 11/18/24 at 09:52 PM

It's so distressing to see the mourning for these people be tinged with controversy. Either dim the lights or not, halfway is crappy, imo.

A link to the digital playbill can be found here.

All this laughter is bittersweet, but heartening!

No, that beautiful montage stole the show…