New York, July 02: Broadway dimmed its lights on Tuesday in tribute to stage and screen legend Katharine Hepburn, who died on Sunday at age 96. The 23 Broadway theaters aimed to darken their marquees in a silent tribute to the actress at 8 p.m., just before most shows were due to raise their curtains.
The choreography of the tribute was fumbled as some theaters failed to turn off their lights, but outside the Shubert Theater on 44th Street, crowds of theatergoers were joined by passers-by, who stopped to gaze at the marquees.

"It's a lovely tribute," said Monty Arnold of New York, before entering the Shubert to see "Gypsy."

"She deserves it."
Tributes to the beloved actress spread across much of the city.
Up on 76th Street, where "Tea at Five," a one-person show about Hepburn starring Kate Mulgrew, plays at the Promenade Theater, Mulgrew was expected to ask the audience to join a moment of silence after her curtain-call.
"I had it on my list of things I wanted to see," said New Yorker Margo Lemberger, who made a point of going to "Tea at Five," on Tuesday. "She was something else. A first of a kind."
Ann Cody came down from Stamford, Connecticut, to see the Hepburn show with her grown daughters, Erin Cody and Beth Ann Cody-Rieck.

"My daughters and I have always loved Katharine Hepburn," she said. "We felt this was special, especially tonight."
Hepburn first appeared on the Broadway stage in 1928 in "These Days," which ran for just eight performances. She appeared in 11 shows during her storied career, including a star turn in "The Philadelphia Story," in 1939-1940.
She was twice nominated for Tony Awards; in 1970 as best actress in a musical for "Coco" and in 1982 as best actress in a play for "The West Side Waltz."
The auburn-haired beauty who personified an intelligent, fiercely independent spirit made her biggest mark in Hollywood, where she won a record four Oscars for best actress.
After the Shubert's lights came back on, the crowd gathered across the street from the theater burst into applause.
"She was probably the most graceful lady that was ever around," said one woman, wiping a tear as she hurried off down the street.
Bureau Report