The Broadway community will honor stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury Saturday evening by dimming the lights of the Great White Way.
According to The Broadway League, the Committee of Theatre Owners will dim the lights on the row of theaters in Manhattan for exactly one minute at 7:45 p.m.
“Angela Lansbury was without a doubt one of Broadway’s most endearing leading actresses and her influence in the world of musical theatre will forever live on,” Charlotte St. Martin, president of The Broadway League, said in a statement.
“It is impossible to think of Broadway and not be reminded of Ms. Lansbury and some of her most iconic roles — from ‘Mame’ and ‘Gypsy’ to ‘Sweeney Todd’ — just to name a few. We think of her as Broadway royalty and a member of our family, while recognizing that Hollywood thinks of her the same way. We’re just proud she’s ours too! Along with her legendary career and outstanding talent, it will be her grace, charisma, and kindness that we will fondly remember of the great Angela Lansbury.”
Lansbury, who first performed on Broadway in 1957’s “Hotel Paradiso,” died early Tuesday morning at the age of 96, just five days before her 97th birthday.
During her career, she appeared in a host of Broadway shows, but her widest fame began in 1984 when she began starring as Jessica Fletcher on CBS’ “Murder, She Wrote.”
She is survived by her three children, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury.