Select Broadway theaters will dim their lights for the late Gavin Creel at a date and time being coordinated with his family, the Broadway League said today. Creel’s death from a rare and aggressive cancer at age 48 on September 30 has prompted a massive and continuing outpouring on social media of love and heartbreak

Broadway theaters will dim their lights in memory of actor Gavin Creel, who died on September 30, aged 48, after a brief battle with cancer.

To honor the memory of beloved Broadway actor Gavin Creel, Broadway theatres will dim their lights. Learn more about the life and career of Creel.

Among the more poignant remembrances pouring onto social media comes from Casey Likes, the star of Broadway's Almost Famous and Back to the Future.

Tony Award-winning Broadway star Gavin Creel passed away on September 30 at the age of 48. The celebrated stage actor-singer died due to a rare and aggressive form of cancer known as sarcoma. Creel’s publicist told The Associated Press that the actor died at his home in New York City after a two-month battle with

A petition has been launched calling for the lights of every Broadway theater to be dimmed in honor of Tony and Olivier award winning performer Gavin creel, who passed away this week. Learn more about the petition.