The newly restored Cort Theatre on Broadway has been renamed after James Earl Jones, becoming the second Broadway theater named after a Black artist. Jones, 91, did not attend Monday's ceremony.
has been renamed after James Earl Jones, becoming the second theater on the Great White Way named after a Black artist.
"It means everything. You can't think of an artist that has served America more," director Kenny Leon told The Associated Press ahead of the ceremony. "It's like it seems like a small act, but it's a huge action. It's something we can look up and see that's tangible." Leon was joined at the ceremony by Suzan-Lori Parks, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Danielle Brooks, Corey Hawkins, Phylicia Rashad and Woody King, Jr.
It has undergone a $47 million restoration and expansion that includes the building of a 35-foot wide and 100-foot deep adjacent space to the theater that allows for bars and lounges on every level, new bathrooms for men and women, and elevators, all in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A new mural that employs digital tiles connects the floors.
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