Broadway theaters decide to dim lights in memory of Ron Silver

Broadway theaters decide to dim lights in memory of Ron Silver

Broadway theaters took the decision to dim their lights on Wednesday in remembrance of actor Ron Silver who has died on Sunday after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer.

Theater marquees will be dimmed for one minute at 8 p.m., the traditional starting time for evening performances of Broadway shows.

Silver grabbed a 1988 best-actor Tony Award for performance in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and appeared in such plays namely "Hurlyburly" by David Rabe and the comedy "Social Security."

From years 1991 to 2000, he was president of Actors' Equity Association.