In 1981, Lena Horne took her nightclub performances and transformed it into a one-woman show on Broadway. The Lady And Her Music, as it was called, had Lena telling personal stories and performing ...

Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, Special Citation (New York Drama Critics Circle Awards) for Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music ...

notably 1981's Broadway smash Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music aren't just written off to prejudice and a troubled youth. Gavin documents critics' qualms and Horne's own doubts about her ...

And in 1981, she received a Special Tony Award for "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music." Julie Andrews: Actress talks 87th birthday, 'Mary Poppins' and whether she'll return to Broadway The ...

It means so much to me that my father was the producer of Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, and it is my privilege, honor, and duty to memorialize Lena for generations to come.” Related ...

and it recalls the time of her Broadway triumph from 1981 to 1982 in "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music." Her granddaughter, screenwriter Jenny Lumet, told the crowd outside the theater to follow ...

And in 1981, she received a Special Tony Award for “Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.” Lena Horne was a trailblazing performer and longtime civil rights activist whose film credits include ...

In 1980, James M. Nederlander booked Horne into the Nederlander Theatre for “Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music,” which earned her a special Tony Award and two Grammys for the cast recording ...

For the first time, Broadway will have a theater named for a Black woman. The Nederlander Organization announced Thursday that the Brooks Atkinson Theater will be named for actor and activist Lena ...

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 ...

Music is just a part of her story. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born on June 30 ... Released by United Artists in 1966, the album was produced by Ray Ellis (Billie Holiday's Lady in Satin) and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Horne, a renowned singer and activist, will be the first Black woman to have a theater named after her once the Brooks Atkinson is renamed.