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Mama Younger Just Got Younger! Diahann Carroll Out, LaTanya Richardson Jackson In for A Raisin in the Sun, Starring Denzel Washington by Broadway.com

Lena Younger just got younger before our eyes! 78-year-old screen icon Diahann Carroll has withdrawn from the upcoming Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun midway through rehearsals, with LaTanya Richardson Jackson now taking over the role of Lena Younger. Interestingly, 64-year-old Jackson is only five years older than leading man Denzel Washington, who will play her son, Walter Lee Younger. The Kenny Leon prod…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PM on February 9, 2014

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