Vale Marvin Hamlisch

The lights of Broadway will dim at 8 pm on Wednesday August 8th, in honour of composer Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, the score for The Sting adapted from the rags of Scott Joplin) who died on Monday aged 68. He was accepted into the Juillard School at the age of 7  and won a Pulitzer Prize, three Oscars, four Emmys and four Grammys!

Kiss today goodbye.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/arts/music/marvin-hamlisch-composer-dies-at-68.html?_r=1&ref=arts

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/07/us/us-marvin-hamlisch-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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