Black Theatre United has announced its new Executive Leadership Committee which includes President LaChanze, Vice President Michael McElroy, Secretary Lisa Dawn Cave, Treasurer Norm Lewis and Compliance Officer Tamara Tunie.
Actress-singer Lena Horne is shown in New York City in 1957. (AP Photo/Photofest/WNET) Lena Horne is officially the first Black woman to have a Broadway theater named after her. This week, the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on West 47th Street was renamed the Lena Horne Theatre, according to CBS News. Her granddaughter, screenwriter Jenny Lumet, honored her, saying,. Read more »