Wheeler was the founder and artistic director of the Theatre Company of Boston from 1963 to 1975. He also served as resident director of the A.R.T. -- beginning in 1984 -- where he last staged Harold Pinter's No Man's Land in 2007.
The memorial will take place at 6 PM at A.R.T.'s Loeb Drama Center, where Wheeler's friends, colleagues and family are expected to speak. A reception in the lobby of the theatre will follow.
Jeremy Jordan and Eva Noblezada lead the cast of the book-to-stage adaptation.
The show dedicates its ongoing fundraising efforts to Diamond and the one million people in the United States living with Parkinson's disease.
The mid-April evening offered variations on gold, purple, and white.
Anne Kauffman is directing the Amy Herzog play, about a single mom raising an ill child, for Manhattan Theatre Club.
The committee also made eligibility rulings for The Notebook, Harmony, Water for Elephants, and more.
"This is your sign if you're a younger actor wanting to pursue this, that it's possible and you can do it and not to give up."
The album, featuring Broadway cast Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells, is due out in May.
Del Aguila recently went viral for posting a video of offstage antics.
Plus, the opening night attendees included Melissa McCarthy, Sara Bareilles, D'Arcy Carden, Meena Harris, Dylan Mulvaney, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.
Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!
