The lights on Broadway will be dimmed tonight for Paul Newman...

Paul Newman may have been one of the world's biggest movie stars for five decades, he also appeared in five Broadway shows including "Our Town in 2003, a production for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for best actor in a play.

His other credits include a five-month run in "Baby Want a Kiss" in 1964, a 10-month run as Chance Wayne in the 1959-60 production of "Sweet Bird of Youth" (he would also play the role in the film version), a six-month run in the 1955 production of "The Desperate Hours."

He made his Broadway debut in "Picnic" that co-starred a young actress by the name if Joanne Woodward.

Theaters will dim their lights for a minute at 8 p.m.