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 on Sept. 26 in memory of James Earl Jones . Jones, who died Sept. 9 at the age of 93, was a two-time Tony Award winner as well as a recipient of the 2017 special Tony Award for lifetime achievement. The Cort Theatre was renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre in September 2022.

Broadway will dim its lights for the late James Earl Jones this Thursday, September 26, at at 6:45 pm/ET , the Broadway League announced today.

Broadway theatres will dim their lights to honor the memory of James Earl Jones, four-time nominated and two-time Tony Award®-winning actor and recipient of the 2017 Special Tony Award® for Lifetime Achievement,