The Lights WILL Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
The Lights WILL Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
#1The Lights WILL Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 5:04pm
As a Tony Award nominee and constant theater supporter, she deserves to have this honor. I'm surprised and a little upset that there hasn't been an announcement about it yet.
Updated On: 9/9/14 at 05:04 PM
#2The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 6:04pmI'm sure it will be next week.
#2The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 6:24pmI disgree.
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#3The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 6:44pm
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#4The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 7:09pmThe fact that she was a Tony nominee is reason enough. Her support of Broadway is even more of a reason. She really helped The Great White Way.
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#6The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 8:05pmAs I have said, she truly LOVED the theater. I think recognizing her in this way would be appropriate and I really want this for her.
#7The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 8:21pmI'm with you. They should be dimmed.
#9The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 8:40pmI wholeheartedly agree.
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#10The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 8:44pm
Keeping it classy, right Clyde? I'm expressing my opinion, just as everyone does...whether it's solicited or not.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#11The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 8:56pm
There's nothing like Broadway at night, and I try to go to Mamma Mia! if possible, because I like to watch 15,000 Japanese tourists in the audience trying to sing "Waterloo." If you don't go to Broadway, you're a fool. On Broadway, off Broadway, above Broadway, below Broadway, go! Don't tell me there isn't something wonderful playing. If I'm home in New York at night, I'm either at a Broadway or an Off Broadway show. We're in the theater capital of the world, and if you don't get it, you're an idiot.
Come in a wheelchair, and they'll put you in an aisle. I know how to get around New York! A wheelchair will always get you a good seat. And the cast will come out to you to say hello if you're in a wheelchair. You don't have to go backstage. If you need a wheelchair, I usually just push a handicapped person out of one. And I love to hang around the Broadway area, because I offer the cops 50 bucks. If you offer a policeman 50 bucks, he will stop and frisk you.
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#12The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 9:01pmI am 100% on board with everyone, Joan DESERVES this honor.
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#13The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/5/14 at 9:08pmI can't believe this is even under discussion. She appeared as often as Robin Williams and countless others.
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#14The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 12:47amYeah, I'm also surprised that there hasn't been more news about this.
#15The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 12:52am
I completely agree she deserves it
And pattiluponefanatic people might respect your opinion more if you actually explained why you don't think she deserves the honour
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#16The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 12:55am100% I'm 28 and Joan River was one of my favorite performers. I'm sad her show never got to Broadway - the one chronicled in her documentary. But I've seen that doc about 15 times. I lover her and would love to see this happen.
#17The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:34amIf they hadn't done one for Robin Williams I might be singin' a different tune. But if Robin gets it, Joan should get it too. If the doesn't it will be due to snobbery, pure and simple.
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#18The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 6:16amI would have said Joan deserved it more than Robin Williams. (loved them both and am deeply saddened at losing them-however, she was a far more active participant in the community as a performer and representative of the theater.)
#19The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 6:57am
My initial reaction was that the lights shouldn't be dimmed, but I did a little research, and I've changed my mind. The closest parallel I could find was Kitty Carlisle, who received this recognition in 2007, with the following comment: "Kitty Carlisle Hart was a tireless champion of the arts in New York state and nationally and a vital member of the Broadway family. This great woman of the theatre — tireless in her lifelong crusade for the advancement of the arts in the public sphere — touched so many lives through her work. We will miss her."
I think Joan easily meets this criteria.
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#20The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 3:22pm
And if you look at her loving tribute to NY theater, you'll see even more reason to give her the honor of dimming the lights.
Also, this is a way for the public at large to pay respects in a way. She was a highly visible public figure (and a lovely, unpretentious lady at that). She'd have wanted this.
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#21The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 4:46pmshe was a ****ing tony nominee, what more of a qualifier do you need?
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#22The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 5:02pm
I doubt they do it for every single one. But, I think she just loved the theater so much and supported it every way she could it would seem highly remiss to not pay her this tribute. (The Tony nod works in her favor, too.)
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#23The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 5:04pmAbsolutely. She was a Tony nominee, theatre critic, and supporter of Broadway Cares. She was a champion for the broadway community.
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#24The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/6/14 at 6:20pmShe worked hard to bring an original show (Sally Marr) to Broadway. For that alone, they need to dim the lights.
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