Broadway to Dim its Lights Wednesday Night at 8PM In Memory Of Broadway Producer Ashton Springer
The Broadway community mourns the loss of producer Ashton Springer, who passed away last week on July 15 in Mamaroneck, N.Y. at the age of 82. Considered to be the first high-profile black producer on Broadway, Springer drew theatergoers black and white to productions such as Tony Award nominated Bubbling Brown Sugar (1976), Eubie! (1978) [...]