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[email protected] 212 695 7400 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE PARSONS DANCE AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF HOWELL BINKLEY ANNOUNCE “ HOWELL BINKLEY: A CELEBRATION OF LIGHT AND LOVE ” A VIDEO TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF HOWELL BINKLEY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020 AT 8:00 PM ET New York, NY (October 13, 2020) Parsons Dance and Friends and Family of Howell Binkley are pleased to announce that Howell Binkley: A Celebration of Light and Love, a video tribute in memory of lighting designer Howell Binkley, created by Suspension Productions, will be available for viewing on howellbinkley.com beginning Sunday, October 25 at 8:00 PM ET. The 60-minute tribute, honoring Binkley’s award-winning career, beginning in 1978 until his death on August 14, 2020, features dance and Broadway luminaries discussing his impact on their lives and on their professional communities. Binkley designed the lighting for fifty-two Broadway shows. He received 9 Tony Award nominations and won 2 Tony Awards. His immense success in theatrical lighting is explored throughout A Celebration of Light and Love by those who worked with him and cherished his friendship. Among these are Broadway and West End producers Cameron Macintosh, Jeffrey Seller, and Richard Winkler; directors Thomas Kail and Des McAnuff; choreographers David Parsons and Sergio Trujillo; actors Ariana DeBose, Chita Rivera and Paul Nolan; and creators Bob Gaudio and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Joining them and others in remembrances of this remarkably talented man are his former assistants, his family, and his friends. Binkley began his career with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, where he met choreographer David Parsons, then a dancer with the company.