John Patrick Shanley News

On November 7th, Primary Stages held its 21st Anniversary Gala honoring Tony Award-winning Choreographer and Director, Susan Stroman at Tavern On The Green. On hand for the festivities were Nathan Lane, Charles Grodin, Karen Ziemba, Boyd Gaines and many more.

Ron Eldard will star as Father Flynn in DOUBT, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play by John Patrick Shanley, directed by Doug Hughes.

Ethan Hawke, Cynthia Nixon, Rosie Perez, Billy Porter and Anika Noni Rose will perform at a November 3rd benefit performance for the Public Theater

November 3 marks one year from the first performance of DOUBT at Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage I at NY City Center, where it originally opened Off-Broadway. On November 4, DOUBT will celebrate its 250th performance on Broadway

Primary Stages has announced that Tony Award winning Director/Choreographer Susan Stroman is to be honored at Primary Stages 21st Season Anniversary Gala at Tavern on the Green on Monday, November 7 at 6:30pm.

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.

From November 4th through 12th, Sue Costello will perform in her one-woman show The Evolution of a Sexy Mutha FuKah!! at the Zipper Theatre

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).

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Elliot Fox, Managing Director) has announced that Tony Award wining Director/Choreographer Susan Stroman is to be honored at Primary Stages 21st Season Anniversary Gala at Tavern on the Green on Monday, November 7 at 6:30pm.

On Monday, September 26th, LAByrinth Theater presented the Third Annual LAByrinth Theater Company Benefit featuring Celebrity Charades.

LAByrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz and Executive Director Steve Asher) presents the first developmental production of the 2005-06 season, MASSACRE (Sing to Your Children) by José Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries), directed by Kate Whoriskey. MASSACRE (Sing to Your Children) will begin performances on Wednesday, October 5th at the Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street) for 15 performances only through Sunday, October 23rd.

LAByrinth Theater Company's third annual benefit will feature Celebrity Charades with stars such as Bebe Neuwirth and Philip Seymour Hoffman tonight, September 26th

DOUBT will mark its 200th performance on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre tomorrow evening, September 21. DOUBT began performances on March 9, 2005 and opened on March 31, 2005.

LAByrinth Theater Company's Board of Directors and Co-Artistic Directors Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz present the Third Annual LAByrinth Theater Company Benefit featuring Celebrity Charades on Monday, September 26th.

LAByrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz and Executive Director Steve Asher) have announced the 2005-06 season, which will include two plays by José Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries).

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.

The Manhattan Theatre Club is the recipient of three Artios Award nominations, for its casting of Doubt, Reckless and Sight Unseen

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).

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.

John Patrick Shanley's new play Defiance has been added to Manhattan Theatre Club's 2005-2006 season roster; it will open on February 28th