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Lena Horne Becomes The First Black Woman to Have a Broadway Theater Named In Her Honor
The Today Show via AOL· 2 years agoLena Horne made history this week as the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named in her...
Lena Horne Was a ‘Political Fighter’ After Becoming ‘Unhappy’ in Hollywood: Inside Her Struggle
Closer Weekly via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLena Horne knew how to make an entrance. For her debut on L.A.’s Sunset Strip in January 1942, she...
Lena Horne Theatre renaming taking place on Broadway
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoBroadways’ Brooks Atkinson Theatre will be officially renamed the Lena Horne Theatre next month. The Nederlander Organization announced that this The...
Vanessa Williams Recalls Bursting 'into Tears' When She Met Lena Horne: 'She Meant That Much'
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agogetty (2) Vanessa Williams and the theater community came together to honor late Broadway luminary...
Lena Horne Theatre to be unveiled on Broadway on Nov. 1
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLena Horne will make Black history again on Broadway this fall. The trailblazing stage, screen and music star will become the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named for her when ...
NYC Mayor Adams, New York State Governor Hochul attend Lena Horne Theatre renaming on Broadway
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoNew York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams were on hand at the Lena Horne...
Singer and actress Lena Horne becomes first Black woman to have Broadway theater named in her honor
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA popular Broadway theater has been renamed after one of the most prolific entertainers in American...
'Nepo Babies' Story Reminds Twitter That Lena Horne's Great-Grandson Is Jake Cannavale
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew York Magazine broke the internet after dropping its end-of-the-year cover story, which explored...
Academy Museum ‘Black Cinema’ Exhibition Presents a More Inclusive Hollywood History
WWD via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbout midway through the Academy Museum exhibition “Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971,” which...
Marva Hicks Dies: Singer-Actor Appeared In Broadway’s ‘The Lion King’, ‘Motown The Musical’
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMarva Hicks, the singer and actor who made her Broadway debut in 1981’s Lena Horne: The Lady and Her...