The great stage, film and TV actor James Earl Jones will once again see his name up in lights: Broadway’s 110-year-old Cort Theater is being renamed in Jones’ honor.The Shubert Organization announced today that the venue will become the James Earl Jones Theatre “in recognition of Mr.
Jones’s lifetime of immense contributions to Broadway and the entire artistic community.”The Cort has been closed for extensive renovation and construction work during the Covid pandemic, with the work expected to be finished this summer.
The renamed James Earl Jones Theatre will include a newly built wing when it opens for productions following the construction work.
Shubert plans to hold a formal dedication ceremony at that time.In a statement, Jones said, “For me standing in this very building sixty-four years ago at the start of my Broadway career, it would have been inconceivable that my name would be on the building today.
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