New York theatre community pays tribute to Hoffman

The New York theater community mourned the sudden demise of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman with a dimming of Broadway's marquee lights and a candlelight vigil.
The vigil, took place on February 5, held outside the 90-seat home of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, where Hoffman had long been a member. And at 7:45 pm, Broadway's lights turned off for a minute, reported the New York Post.
"We come together tonight in a spirit of terrible mourning and incredible loss. But we also come together to celebrate a remarkable life," Jim Martin, a Jesuit priest and LAByrinth member, told the crowd of about 200 people who came to mourn the death.

"Courage was his forte, always. Phil set his bar on the highest rung, on a rung above the highest rung. He pushed himself relentlessly until finally his efforts virtually redefined the very endeavor we call acting. That's what he wanted. He wanted to rock the world," said playwright and actor Eric Bogosian, a longtime LAByrinth collaborator.
Hoffman joined the company in 1995, directing and starring in a number of productions.
A private funeral will be held tomorrow in New York City.