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Tonight atCompanythere was instead flat silence.
Then Marianne Elliott, the productions director, stepped onstage.
I really hope tonight will be a celebration of his joy.
The cast had been wrapping up a Friday matinee when the announcement came in.
The mood was somber, with lots of tears, she said.
There was no talk of going dark tonight, she said.
People want to keep his words alive, to do it for him.
A lot of the songs will have a resonance that we havent seen before.
And its true: This already-moving musical seemed tonight to get to the audience a little more than usual.
The latter one actually did stop the show for a standing ovation.
(Although one suspects that Patti LuPone might be able to do that on any given night.)
