Hinton Battle, a dancer, singer, actor and choreographer who urged audiences to “Ease on Down the Road” as the Scarecrow in Broadway’s “The Wiz,” and who later won three Tony Awards ...

By Richard Sandomir Hinton Battle, a dazzling dancer who won the first of his three Tony Awards in 1981 for his performance in the Duke Ellington musical revue “Sophisticated Ladies” after ...

Battle’s friend, actress and dancer Debbie Allen, paid tribute to the actor in an Instagram post Tuesday. “Today I honor Hinton Battle, my dear friend who left us to dance and sing in God’s ...

Hinton Battle, who won Tony Awards (featured actor in a musical) for his performances in “Miss Saigon,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” has died at 67. No cause of ...

So what do you say? Why don't we dance a while? KELLY: In a post on X, Stephanie Mills, who played Dorothy alongside Hinton Battle on Broadway, wrote, my dear Scarecrow, you've joined the heavenly ...

Hinton Battle has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows ... Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for The Tap Dance Kid, Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a ...

“Today I honor Hinton Battle, my dear friend who left us to dance and sing in God’s Ensemble last night,” Allen wrote wrote on Instagram. “He fought this battle to live and be creative ...

Bowing to demand, the lights of all 41 Broadway theaters will now be dimmed to honor the late actor-dancer Hinton Battle. Initially, the Broadway League announced that only nine venues would ...

A cause of death was not revealed. "Today I honor Hinton Battle, my dear friend who left us to dance and sing in God's Ensemble last night," the actress wrote on Instagram Jan. 30. "He fought this ...

“Today I honor Hinton Battle, my dear friend, who left us to dance and sing in God’s Ensemble last night,” Allen wrote on Instagram. “He fought this battle to live and be ...