Broadway Dims Its Lights In Memory Of Patricia Neal 8/17

By: Aug. 16, 2010
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The Broadway community mourns the loss of Tony Award-winning actress Patricia Neal, who died on August 8th at the age of 84. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory on Tuesday, August 17th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.

Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League, commented, "Patricia Neal's natural talent provided immense joy to audiences over the span of many years, in many mediums. As the last surviving winner from the first Tony Awards ceremony, her presence at subsequent Tony telecasts represented Broadway's singular history. Our thoughts go out to her friends and family."

Ms. Neal made her Broadway debut as Regina Hubbard in Lillian Hellman's Another Part of the Forest, for which she received the 1947 Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play, and a 1947 Theatre World Award. After numerous appearances on screen she returned to Broadway and the work of Hellman, starring in a revival of The Children's Hour in 1952. In 1955 she starred on Broadway in A Roomful of Roses and played Kate Keller in The Miracle Worker in 1959.

She was also known for her movie roles in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), A Face in the Crowd (1957), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Ms. Neal was married to children's author Roald Dahl for 30 years. She is survived by her children Tessa, Ophelia, Theo and Lucy; a brother, Pete Neal; a sister, Margaret Ann VandenNoord; 10 grandchildren and step grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

THE BROADWAY LEAGUE, founded in 1930, is the national trade association for the Broadway industry. The League's 600-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in over 240 North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the theatre industry. Each year, League members bring Broadway to nearly 30 million people in New York and on tour across the U.S. and Canada. Visit www.BroadwayLeague.com. Follow on Twitter @TheBwayLeague or on www.Facebook.com/BroadwayLeague.

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