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Broadway to dim lights in memory of Brian Friel

by Guardian Stage

The theatre marquees will go dark for one minute on 8 December to mark the death of the Tony-winning author of Dancing at LughnasaBroadway theatres will dim their lights next month in memory of Brian Friel. The Irish playwright's early drama Philadelphia, Here I Come! was first staged on the Great White Way almost 50 years ago, and he won a Tony award in 1992 for Dancing at Lughnasa. He died on 2 October, aged 86.The…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 6:46am on November 17, 2015