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Broadway Theaters to Dim Lights in Memory of James Earl Jones
Broadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of James Earl Jones, the two-time Tony Award winning actor who died on Sept. 9.
Broadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of James Earl Jones, the four-time nominated and two-time Tony Award winning actor who died on Sept. 9 at the age of 93. Though he may have been best known as the voice of “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader and Mufasa in “The Lion King,” Jones had a prolific career on Broadway that spanned almost seven decades. Jones began his Broadway career in 1957 as an understudy in “The Egghead.” A decade later, he won a Tony for “The Great White Hope.” Jones went on to star in classics like August Wilson’s “Fences,” “The Iceman Cometh,” “Of Mice and Men,” “Othello,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and “Driving Miss Daisy.” He performed on Broadway most recently in 2016’s “The Gin Game” with Cicely Tyson, who died in 2021 at age 96.
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