John Lee News

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

Richard Greenberg's new comedy may remind you of a certain Brady Bunch fantasy

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

Eileen Atkins, a four-time Tony Award® nominee, will star as Sister Aloysius in DOUBT, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Doug Hughes.

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

The AP reports that Lane, who slammed his finger in a door requiring 14 stitches, will perform in the show, without bandages.

Former Presidential candidate, and current Senator John Kerry visited the first preview of The Odd Couple with his wife Teresa Heinz Kerry last night and we're happy to bring you an exclusive backstage photo.

DOUBT made it onto Variety's Top 10 list for the fourth week in a row, for the week of September 26 - October 2, 2005. The production grossed $517,702, playing to 93.8% capacity at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street).

The New York Post has reported that tickets to The Odd Couple starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick are no longer available.

Doubt's Tony Award-winner Cherry Jones will be interviewed on the Joan Hamburg Show on radio on September 30th

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

DOUBT made it onto Variety's Top 10 list for the first time, for the week of September 5-11, 2005. The production was the 8th highest grossing production on Broadway, a rare feat for a new play.

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

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

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

Cherry Jones, Brían F. O'Byrne, Heather Goldenhersh and Adriane Lenox, the award-winning original cast of DOUBT, have extended their contracts in the Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize-winning play through Sunday, January 8, 2006.

Tony Award-winning Doubt star Adriane Lenox will show up at Border's Columbus Circle on August 11th for a question and answer session and a script signing

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

Tickets for the bonanza October revival of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple are currently on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster