John Lee News

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

The cast includes Jill Clayburgh (Bess), Richard Thomas (Jeffrey), Matthew Morrison (Thad), Susan Kelechi Watson (Juliet), James Yaegashi (Bill), Leslie Ayvazian (Elaine) and Ann Guilbert (Sadie).

The production opens Tuesday, October 18 on Broadway at the Biltmore Theatre. Previews begin Thursday, September 22.

The well-reviewed but ill-attended revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will end its run on September 4th

A new block of tickets for DOUBT, this year's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Best Play, goes on sale on Friday, July 22.

For the seventh time, Doubt has shattered Walter Kerr Theatre box office records, grossing $550,109 for the week of July 11-17

John Patrick Shanley, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of DOUBT, will join the production's Tony Award-winning stars Cherry Jones and Brían F. O'Byrne at 92 Street Y's Makor Center (35 West 67th Street) on Monday, July 11 at 7:30 PM.

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

DOUBT, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, has recouped its investment.

The revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? will run under a reduced-performance schedule beginning on July 4th

The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Doubt will mark its 100th performance at the Walter Kerr Theatre on June 25th

For the sixth time, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doubt has trumped its own house record at the Walter Kerr Theatre

Tony-winning Doubt star Cherry Jones is one of the profiled performers in Entertainment Weekly's Must List of 2005; the issue hits stands today, June, 17th

A last weeks notice has been posted in the New York Times for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, although a specific closing date has not yet been set

The Tony Award-winning play Doubt has shattered Walter Kerr Theatre box office records for a fifth time

Only the first of Elaine May's trio of one-acts manages to kick up its heals

The Carnegie Hall concert of South Pacific with Reba McIntyre and Brian Stokes Mitchell will air on 'Great Performances' next year

Click in for the complete list of 2005 Tony Award Winners. By the numbers, the Light in the Piazza led the pack followed by Doubt, and Spamalot (which won Best Musical).

Adrian Lukis will take on the role of CK Dexter Haven while Spacey is shooting a film with his performances to begin on June 20th

For the third consecutive week and the fourth time, John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Doubt has broken a house record at the Walter Kerr Theatre