The producers of Doubt announced today that Adriane Lenox, who won a 2005 Tony Award for her performance as Mrs. Muller, will recreate her award-winning performance in the first three cities on tour: Los Angeles (Ahmanson Theatre, September 22 – October 29), San Diego (Civic Theatre, October 31 – November 5) and San Francisco (November 7 – December 3).
Lenox will appear alongside
Cherry Jones, who also won a Tony Award for her performance in the play.
Chris McGarry (
Doubt Broadway standby,
Salome), as Father Flynn, and
Lisa Joyce (
Red Light Winter), as Sister James, round out the cast.
Lenox received the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Lucille Lortel
Award for her portrayal of Mrs. Muller in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt.
She has appeared on Broadway in Ain't
Misbehavin'; Dreamgirls; How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying; and Kiss Me, Kate, among others. She also won Obie and Audelco Awards for multiple-character performance in Dinah Was. Off-Broadway, she has been seen in
Miss Evers Boys, Cavedweller, Spunk, Susan Lori Parks' The America Play
and The Venus Hottentot, Beehive, and others. TV appearances include
"Law & Order" (original and "SVU") and "Third Watch." She has worked
regionally at such theatres as Arena Stage, receiving the Helen Hayes
Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for their
production of On the Town, as well as at Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, the Mark Taper
Forum, The Long Wharf Theatre, and The ALLIANCE THEATRE.
Doubt, by
John Patrick Shanley, is the winner of the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play, and the 2005 Pulitzer Prize, as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lortel and Obie Awards as Best Play.
The national tour is directed by
Doug Hughes, who won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Direction. "Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964,
Doubt is the story of a strong-minded woman faced with a difficult decision. Should she voice concerns about one of her male colleagues…even if she's not entirely certain of the truth?," state press notes.
Set design is by
John Lee Beatty, costume design is by
Catherine Zuber, lighting design is by
Pat Collins, and original music and sound design is by
David Van Tieghem. The tour will be produced by
Carole Shorenstein Hays, MTC Productions Inc. (
Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director;
Barry Grove, Executive Producer),
Roger Berlind and
Scott Rudin.
Doubt launches its 24-city national tour at the
Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles on September 22, 2006. The tour is being booked by
The Road Company.
Visit
www.DoubtTheTour.com for more information.