Adam Brace, the British playwright and director who was set to make his Broadway debut this summer with longtime collaborator Alex Edelman, died Saturday following a short illness.
He was 43. The news comes less than a month after the announcement that Brace and Obie Award-winning writer and performer Edelman would bring the award-winning solo show Just For Us to Broadway.
The limited engagement – Edelman’s first appearance on Broadway – is scheduled to begin previews at the Hudson Theatre on Thursday, June 22, with an opening night set for Monday, June 26.
The show will run through Saturday, August 19. Just For Us had previously been staged to considerable acclaim Off Broadway and in London, Edinburgh, Boston and other cities. “He was my closest collaborator for more than a decade, but more importantly, he was one of my closest friends,” Edelman said in a statement posted on Twitter. “I don’t feel ready to acknowledge the magnitude of this loss, but I already feel it.” Edelman went on to write that Brace directed all three of his solo shows including Just For Us. “Adam’s laugh was distinctive and deep and my favorite sound,” Edelman wrote. “I sought it out again and again.” Brace worked as the Associate Director of London’s Soho Theatre since 2016.
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