Broadway Theaters Will Dim Their Lights to Honor the Late Pulitzer & Tony-Winning Playwright Edward Albee

Broadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of Edward Albee, the legendary three-time Pulitzer and Tony-winning playwright who died at the age of 88 on September 16. Marquees will go dark on September 21 at 7:45 PM for exactly one minute.

One of the most accomplished playwrights of his generation, Albee penned over 30 plays; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, which was a titanic achievement that went on to become an iconic film, won a Tony Award as did his later work The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Meanwhile, A Delicate Balance, Seascape and Three Tall Women were all awarded Pulitzer Prizes.

Albee was a member of the Dramatist Guild Council and president of the Edward F. Albee Foundation. He was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1980 and in 1996 received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. In 2005, he was awarded a special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement.