Broadway Marquees to Dim Lights in Memory of Lena Horne
by Broadway.com Staff • May 11, 2010
The marquees of Broadway theaters will be dimmed for one minute in memory of Lena Horne on May 11 at 7:00PM. Horne died on May 9 at age 92.
Horne’s career began at 16 as a dancer at the Cotton Club nightclub alongside Duke Ellington. In 1934, she made her Broadway debut in Dance With Your Gods, followed by Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939. She received a 1958 Tony nomination for the musical Jamaica and a special Tony in 1981 for her Broadway concert show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.
“Lena Horne was a national treasure who broke through racial barriers with the gift of her voice,” Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of the Broadway League, said in a statement. “Her contributions to Broadway were bright, and her legendary talent contributed significantly to the movie musical genre."
Horne’s career began at 16 as a dancer at the Cotton Club nightclub alongside Duke Ellington. In 1934, she made her Broadway debut in Dance With Your Gods, followed by Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939. She received a 1958 Tony nomination for the musical Jamaica and a special Tony in 1981 for her Broadway concert show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.