Alliance Theatre News

Understudy Kenita R. Miller will go on for star LaChanze in tonight's final press performance of The Color Purple

Patti LaBelle and Jill Scott have been drafted to record a song, 'What About Love?' from The Color Purple.

Urban Stage's production of Marion Bridge has extended its run through November 27th

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

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

The Color Purple, and its star LaChanze, have been nominated for the 2005 Suzi Bass Awards, which honor Atlanta theatre achievement

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

New York Musical Theatre Festival presents NO BOUNDARIES beginning September 15th at Theatre at St. Clements.

Starring Gabriel Byrne (Cornelius Melody) with Dearbhla Molloy (Nora Melody), Emily Bergl (Sara Melody), John Horton (Nicholas Gadsby), Byron Jennings (Jamie Cregan), Kathryn Meisle (Deborah), Randall Newsome (Paddy O'Dowd), Ciaran O'Reilly (Dan Roche) and Daniel Stewart Sherman (Mickey Maloy).

Jeff Bowen's and Hunter Bell's [title of show] will be performed at Ars Nova from September 11th through September 27th

The marquee for The Color Purple, which will begin previews on October 25th and open on December 1st, has been put up at the Broadway Theatre

Anika's currently playing one of Charity's colleagues, and you may see her on another Broadway stage later this year in 'The Color Purple.'

The Associated Press reports that the musical will open later this year at the Broadway Theatre. Casting is currently underway.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is proud to present Gabriel Byrne as 'Cornelius Melody' in a new Broadway production of Eugene O'Neill's drama A Touch of the Poet, directed by Doug Hughes at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street).

The musical adaptation of The Color Purple, which is aiming for a fall Broadway slot, will workshop in New York this summer

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Kate Burton as 'Constance Middleton', Michael Cumpsty as 'John Middleton', John Dossett as 'Bernard Kersal' and Lynn Redgrave as 'Mrs. Culver' in the new Broadway production of W. Somerset Maugham social comedy The Constant Wife, directed by Mark Brokaw at the American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street).

DOUBT, the critically acclaimed new play by John Patrick Shanley, begins previews tonight on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The production, directed by Doug Hughes, opens Thursday, March 31st.

The Manhattan Theatre Club production of DOUBT, the critically acclaimed new play by John Patrick Shanley, will open on Broadway on Thursday, March 31st at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue). The production, directed by Doug Hughes, will begin previews on Wednesday, March 9th.