New York theater named after stage and TV actor John Cullum


              FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo, John Cullum attends the premiere of "Adult World" during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.The American Theatre of Actors and The Araca Group said Friday that the off-Broadway repertory theater company’s largest venue on 54th Street will be renamed in Collum’s honor on Oct. 16. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this April 18, 2013 file photo, John Cullum attends the premiere of "Adult World" during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in New York.The American Theatre of Actors and The Araca Group said Friday that the off-Broadway repertory theater company’s largest venue on 54th Street will be renamed in Collum’s honor on Oct. 16. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) - Two-time Tony Award-winner John Cullum has gotten the ultimate stage honor - a theater named after him.

The American Theatre of Actors and The Araca Group says the off-Broadway repertory theater company's largest venue on 54th Street in Manhattan will be renamed in Collum's honor on Oct. 16.

The 85-year-old actor says he feels overwhelmed and adds it's a little spooky: "People who get theaters named after them are usually dead."

The renaming of the 140-seat Chernuchin Theater will take place, fittingly, following a performance of "Urinetown." The Chernuchin was the theater where "Urinetown," starring Cullum, began before later going to Broadway.

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