Brian MacDevitt News

The Color Purple, begins previews at the Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway at 53rd St.) on November 1st and will feature LaChanze as Celie, the central character in the musical's story of incest, pain, love and redemption.

The Color Purple star, Renee Elise Goldsberry, who is pregnant, will exit the show soon after its December 1st opening

Alan Ayckbourn's darkly comic farce gets a funny, if not exactly insightful, revival

The revival of Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular will open tonight, October 18th, at the Biltmore Theatre

The cast of The Color Purple will be seen on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the second week of November

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, starring young performers Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eliza Dushku, America Ferrera and others, will open off-Broadway on December 15th

When the curtain rises this season on The Color Purple, theatergoers will see Oprah Winfrey's name above the title as producer.

Sweet Charity star Christina Applegate responded to interview questions posed to her on the revival's website

Charles Busch will host the 2005 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, which celebrates off-off-Broadway theatre achievement, on September 19th

LaChanze has been announced as the star of the upcoming musical The Color Purple, which will begin previews at the Broadway Theatre on November 1st

Sweet Charity will return to its normal performance schedule beginning on August 30th

The MTC revival of Alan Ayckbourns' Absurd Person Singular will being rehearsals today, August 18th

Sweet Charity's Christina Applegate will be featured on two morning TV shows on August 18th; she will also answer interview questions on the show's website

Sixty-nine theatre artists representing 51 shows have been nominated for 2005 Henry Hewes Design Awards

Sam Robards has signed on as the sixth lead of Manhattan Theatre Club's production of Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular, which will open on October 18th

Confirmed by the star herself, Rosie O'Donnell will begin performances as Golde on September 20th.

Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, starring Jeff Goldblum and Billy Crudup, will shutter at the Booth Theatre on September 18th

The Actors' Fund of America will host two benefit performances of The Pillowman and Glengarry Glen Ross on August 7th and August 14th

On August 2, participants in the 'First Family Nights' saw Fiddler on the Roof and met Harvey Fierstein for a talkback.

David Leveaux' revival of Fiddler on the Roof will close on January 8th, 2006 after 817 performances