Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre Will Dim Its Lights in Memory of Adam Epstein | Playbill

Broadway News Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre Will Dim Its Lights in Memory of Adam Epstein

Tony winner Epstein produced Broadway shows including Hairspray, The Crucible, The Wedding Singer, and more.

August Wilson Theatre

Broadway’s August Wilson Theatre will dim its lights October 10 at 7:30 PM in memory of the late Tony-winning producer Adam Epstein. Epstein—a producer on shows like Hairspray, The Crucible, The Wedding Singer, and more, passed away August 13 after battling a brain tumor.

On Broadway, Epstein's producing credits also included The Life, A View From the Bridge, Amadeus, and Cry-Baby. Those productions earned a total of 46 Tony nominations and 12 Tony Awards, including one for Epstein as producer of the 2003 Tony-winning Best Musical Hairspray—which later enjoyed life as a feature film, a live TV broadcast, and innumerable productions domestically and around the world.

Epstein also received Tony nominations as producer of Best Musical nominees Cry-Baby and The Wedding Singer and for Best Revival of a Play nominees Amadeus and The Crucible.

At the time of Epstein’s death, the family requested that donations be made to support Dr. Timothy Cloughesy’s Glioblastoma Multiforme research fund.

 
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