'David Bowie Day' Declared in New York City by Mayor de Blasio

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio officially declared yesterday, January 20th as David Bowie Day in the Big Apple. According to Billboard, Acting Commissioner Luis Castro of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment presented the proclamation at the sold-out final performance of the New York Theater Workshop production of LAZARUS, the new original musical which was conceived and co-created by Bowie.

The rock legend passed away on Sunday January 10th following a battle with cancer.

In response to Wednesday's proclamation, MayorDe Blasio tweeted Bowie's "Space Oddity" lyrics "the stars look very different today"

New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW)'s presentation ofLAZARUS by the late David Bowie and Enda Walsh(Once, Tony Award), inspired by the novel The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis, and directed byIvo van Hove (Hedda Gabler, More Stately Mansions, Obie Awards), officially opened December 7, 2015 at New York Theatre Workshop (79 E. 4th Street New York, NY 10003).

The cast of LAZARUS included Golden Globe winner and six-time Emmy nominee Michael C. Hall(Hedwig and the Angry Inch, "Dexter") as Thomas Newton, Tony Award nominee Cristin Milioti(Once) as Elly, and Michael Esper (The Last Ship) as Valentine, as well as Krystina Alabado(American Idiot),Sophia Anne Caruso (The Nether), Nicholas Christopher (Whorl Inside A Loop), Lynn Craig (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Bobby Moreno (Year of the Rooster), Krista Pioppi (Spring Awakening Nat'l Tour), Charlie Pollock (The Wild Party), and Brynn Williams (Bye Bye Birdie).