Broadway to Dim Lights in Memory of Lanford Wilson March 30

The marquees of Broadway theaters in New York will be dimmed in memory of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson on Wednesday, March 30, at exactly 8pm for one minute.

Wilson passed away on March 24 at the age of 73. He won the Pulitzer for Talley’s Folly, one play in a trilogy which also includes Talley and Son and Fifth of July. The play was later presented on Broadway in 1981 and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Play. Wilson’s other Tony nominations were for Talley’s Folly and Angels Fall.

For TheaterMania’s full obituary on Lanford Wilson, click here.