NEW YORK — The Lena Horne Theatre was officially unveiled in New York City on Tuesday, becoming the first Broadway theater named after a Black woman. What was previously called the Brooks ...

Lena 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 the ...

and her legacy will be further secured when the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in the heart of Times Square is renamed the Lena Horne Theatre on Nov. 1. A block party and special performances will ...

Lena Horne made history this week as the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named in her honor. The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on West 47th Street, near Broadway in Manhattan’s Theater ...

In 1981, she starred on Broadway in Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music which played at the Nederlander Theatre and included among its lead producers James M. Nederlander.

“I am overjoyed that the Nederlander Organization is honoring Lena Horne’s powerful legacy by renaming a theatre in her honor,” McDonald said in a statement. “Representation is everythin ...

Per a press release provided to The Root, The Nederlander Organization has announced that on Nov. 1, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre will officially become the Lena Horne Theatre. A celebration on ...

NEW YORK-- Brooklyn's very own Lena Horne is now the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named after her. On Tuesday, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on West 47th Street was renamed the Lena ...

The Brooks Atkinson theater at 256 W. 47th Street now displays a glittering marquis with the name of Lena Horne, the late dancer, actress, singer and civil rights activist -- becoming the first ...

A theater on Broadway has been officially renamed in honor of the late actress and civil rights activist Lena Horne. Horne is the first Black woman to have a theater named in her honor.

The former Mansfield Theatre in New York City now bears Lena Horne's name. (Photo: Dia Dipasupil via Getty Images) As a female actor, singer and civil rights activist of the 20th century ...

Lena Horne is the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named in her honor. Located on 256 W. 47th Street in Manhattan, New York, the establishment now tributes Horne for her contributions ...