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Lena Horne to Become the First Black Woman With a Broadway Theater Named After Her
14.06.2022 - 21:23 / etonline.com
Broadway is about to make history. On Thursday, the Nederlander Organization announced it will rename the Brooks Atkinson Theatre after legendary performer Lena Horne, who died in 2010 at 92.
The move marks the first time a Broadway theater has been named after a Black woman.The Brooks Atkinson is one of the Nederlander Organization's nine Broadway theaters and is currently home to the Tony-winningBuilt in 1926, the venue was renamed for the late, longtime theater critic Atkinson in 1960.Per , the name change follows an agreement reached between Black Theater United — a collection of Black theater leaders with founding members including Billy Porter and Vanessa Williams — and Broadway's three major landlords last year. The agreement called for each landlord to have «at least one» of their theaters named after a Black artist, among other actions that seek to reassert their collective commitment to diversity and anti-racism. The Shubert Organization previously announced that its Cort Theatre would be renamed for James Earl Jones, while Jujamcyn Theaters has a venue named for the late, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson.Horne was an acclaimed singer and celebrated actress.
She earned four GRAMMY Awards — including a lifetime achievement award in 1989 — as well as a Tony Award in 1981 for, among countless other accolades.Apart from her many accomplishments in show business, Horne was also a passionate civil rights activist and a dedicated proponent of the civil rights movement across the nation.In a statement, Horne's daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley, and the Horne family reflected on the connection between Atkinson and the actress. «On February 13, 1939, Brooks Atkinson wrote a review of the musical for the. His
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Lena Horne to Get Broadway Theater Renamed for Her
passed away in May 2010.This will mark the first time a Broadway theater has been named for a Black woman. The theater, which opened in 1926 as the Mansfield, in 1961 became the first venue named for a theater critic, the longtime New York Times reviewer Brooks Atkinson.