Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Broadway marquees to dim to honor Geoffrey Holder

FILE - In this March 10, 2005 file photo, Geoffrey Holder poses at the French Institute Alliance Francaise' "La Nuit des Etoiles" dinner in New York, honoring French actress Catherine Deneuve. Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, pitched 7-Up soda on TV and played a scary villain in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die," died Sunday of complications of pneumonia at Mount Sinai St. Luke' s Hospital in New York. He was 84. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway theaters plan to dim their marquee lights Friday night in memory of Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director who led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway.








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