Read Playbill's complete obituary for Mr. He is a true icon and an inspiration to so very many." "I know that Broadway fans worldwide recognize the incredible impact Mr. Poitier, who made his Broadway debut in 1946’s Lysistrata and earned a Tony Award nomination. Wimbledon is a large suburb in southwest London and is home to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, which runs every summer and sees an influx of visitors from all over the world. Martin, president of The Broadway League. Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights tomorrow night in honor of the late Sidney Poitier. A digital screen in the heart of affluent Wimbledon, in the high street, close to the station and Centre Court, the large shopping centre. "Although Sidney Poitier’s brilliance shone on Broadway stages as a performer and director in just a small number of productions, his presence on Broadway was both titanic and influential," said Charlotte St. Poitier returned to Broadway to direct Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights. In 1968, after becoming the first Black performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Lilies of the Field, Mr. He went on to create the role of Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking A Raisin in the Sun, earning a 1960 Tony nomination as Best Actor in a Play and subsequently reprising his work in the 1961 film adaptation. Poitier made his Broadway debut 75 years ago in an all-Black revival of Lysistrata. The Committee of Theatre Owners dims the lights of Broadway theatres in New York for one minute January 19 at 7:45 PM ET in memory of Sidney Poitier, the actor, director, and cultural icon who passed away January 6 at the age of 94.Īfter training with the American Negro Theatre, Mr. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Young Adult Fiction - 384 pages.