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The Lights WILL Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
#175The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:01pm
"This whole thing has turned what was a beautiful remembrance into exactly what the league didn't want - an ugly, crass contest over who is more deserving of the honor."
I would imagine this is all making Joan very, very happy. Sirius/XM played an interview w/Seth Rudetsky this morning, and in the interview Joan commented how she would never expect any honor like Kennedy Center, etc. I think this "snub" by the League, and the push from her fans would please her very much.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#176The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:02pmI think wherever she is, she's loving every single second of this and is putting it into her act right now.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#177The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:06pm
Joan's death hit me very hard. I have been emotional and down in the dumps ever since finding out. This was like a slap in the face. I can only imagine how it's made Melissa feel.
The Broadway League is VERY rude on the phone, FYI. But I've called!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
ILuv2shop531
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#178The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:09pm
We did it!
http://broadwayleague.com/
“Joan Rivers loved Broadway and we loved her. Due to the outpouring of love and respect for Joan Rivers from our community and from her friends and fans worldwide, the marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory tonight, at exactly 6:45pm for one minute.”
Charlotte St. Martin
Executive Director
The Broadway League
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#179The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:10pm
The Broadway League was terrible yesterday when I called. The woman who answered was very rude.
iluvtheatertrash-I feel the same. And she wasn't sick-she was in perfectly good health. I think if she'd been sick or something I'd get it. But she wasn't-it was sudden.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#180The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:13pm
VERY rude, indeed. I should've asked for her name. She was also rude to a few friends who called.
I'm so glad they made the right decision. Sadly, it took them far too long to do so and they still look just plain awful. But I'm thrilled to be able to stand on 45th tonight and see Joan's face glowing....
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#181The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:13pm
“Joan Rivers loved Broadway and we loved her. Due to the outpouring of love and respect for Joan Rivers from our community and from her friends and fans worldwide, the marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory tonight, at exactly 6:45pm for one minute.”
We don't want it now. You're only doing it in a grudging manner. I bet you'll only hold it for 58 seconds.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#182The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:14pmHey-sometimes when a community comes together they can accomplish something!!! See all of you on 45th!!!!
#184The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:16pmI'm really fvcking proud of all of us. I'm glad this thread and that petition and everyone else who spoke out actually accomplished this. It feels really wonderful to be able to give something back to someone who has, I feel, given me so much my entire life.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#185The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:17pm
YOU might not want it, Gotham. But WE do. Whatever it took to make it happen, I'm thrilled.
If anyone wants to meet up on 45th, share an ugly cry and then go have a cocktail with me to salute to Joan, please let me know!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#186The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:20pmThey were forced to back down, and I'm thrilled.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#187The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:24pm
"YOU might not want it, Gotham."
My response was Joan Rivers style sarcasm.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Updated On: 9/9/14 at 01:24 PM
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#188The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:25pm
Sarcasm is hard on the web sometimes. :P
So happy that I teared up... Definitely going to have quite the ugly cry at 6:45 tonight.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#189The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:27pm
"Sarcasm is hard on the web sometimes."
Yes it is. I should have included a /s tag.
I'm very happy Joan is getting the nod she deserves. It's not easy to write and star in two Broadway shows.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#190The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:31pm
Bravo to all who signed the petition, called the League and left messages comments for them.
We are ALL Joan Rangers now.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#191The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:33pmTime to forgive the League and move on. If Joan's death taught us anything, it's that life is too short. And any day can be our last.
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#192The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:35pmSometimes you can change the world with enough passion. I'm thrilled, and I'm sure Joan has loved every minute of this. The honor is not just for Joan, but for everyone who helped with this decision.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#193The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 1:51pm
Patrick Healy at the NY Times seems to say that other than the thousands of people signing petition and posting online, the turning point was a handwritten letter from costume designer William Ivey Long (who is also the current chair of the American Theatre Wing) to executives at the Shubert Organization.
NY TIMES: Broadway Theaters Will Dim Lights for Joan Rivers After All
#195The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:02pm
That was the only right thing to do.
I bet that the great Ms. Rivers would've loved that even after her death she would create such controversy.
F#@ck the establishment that never gave Ms. Rivers the respect she deserved. People loved her and that what counts. She certainly got the last laugh.
I'm so sad that she's gone.
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#196The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:09pm
dreaming and I will be outside the Music Box on 45th.
If anyone would like to join us after, we're going to have a drink and toast to Joan. We've never met, but so what? Joan would love it!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
iluvtheatertrash
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
#197The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:14pmOr at least, I'll be going for a cocktail! Not sure if dreaming can come. But if anyone wants to toast Joan with me, come say hi! I'll be wearing a blue and white tee-shirt with a red hoodie vest!
"I know now that theatre saved my life." - Susan Stroman
#198The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:14pm
I am absolutely THRILLED that the proverbial tide has turned! I have to applaud each and every one who took the time out to make this happen! She most definitely deserved this honor. BRAVO!!
Updated On: 9/9/14 at 02:14 PM
#199The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:27pmI will be there at 6:45pm tonight to honor Joan. I'm glad she will get the respect and tribute she rightfully deserves.
#200The Lights NEED To Be Dimmed For Joan Rivers
Posted: 9/9/14 at 2:44pmI happy to be part of a community that can admit they were wrong and make things right.
"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
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