All of Broadway’s marquees will dim to honor Gavin Creel following an outcry by theater fans when only a partial dimming was proposed after the 48-year-old Tony Award-winner’s death last month.

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All Broadway theaters will dim their lights to honor late actor Gavin Creel, who died last month at the age of 48.

Only select Broadway theaters were going to dim their lights in memory of Creel, in a decision that was met with outrage by the community.

To honor the late Gavin Creel, a Tony winner and mainstay of Broadway for several decades, all theaters will now dim their lights in what has become a longstanding tradition for icons of the stage. The announcement came on Wednesday following a deafening outcry from the Broadway community over the decision to only dim about one-third of all theaters

After major backlash this week, the Broadway League’s Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights of all Broadway theaters in honor of Gavin Creel as well as Maggie Smith and Adrian Bailey. In a statement,

Beloved actor and singer Gavin Creel died September 30, aged just 48. He’d been battling an aggressive form of sarcoma after receiving a diagnosis in July. The Tony-winning, gay actor’s death was followed by an outpouring of grief by many in the Broadway community.