(AP) Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights Thursday night for one minute in memory of actor James Earl Jones, who died 9 Sep aged 93. The namesake of Broadway’s James Earl Jones Theatre and the 2017 recipient of the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, Jones was best known for voicing Darth Vader in the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, but had his start in theater, first understudying in the play ‘The Egghead’ in 1957, and earning Tony Awards for ‘The Great White Hope’ and ‘Fences’
Thursday night Broadway theaters will dim their lights in memory of James Earl Jones
FILE - James Earl Jones arrives at the Tony Awards on June 12, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
