John Cullum Signs On as Audra McDonald's Father in 110 in the Shade

Two-time Tony Award winner John Cullum has joined the cast of the Roundabout Theater Company's spring revival of 110 in the Shade. He will play H.C. Curry, father to leading lady Audra McDonald, in the show, which starts performances at Studio 54 on April 13, 2007.

Cullum can currently be seen on Broadway in the canine role of Old Max in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. He won Tony Awards for his performances in Shenandoah in 1975 and On the Twentieth Century in 1978. He was also Tony-nominated for his work in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever in 1966 and most recently for his performance as Caldwell B. Cladwell in Urinetown. His other theatrical credits include Boys in Autumn, Hamlet, 1776, All My Sons, Show Boat, Old Money, Mr. Peters' Connections, Rose's Dilemma, Wilder, Sin: A Cardinal Deposed, The Dresser, Purlie at Encores! and The Other Side.

In the middle of a heat wave in 1930's Texas, when everyone is longing for rain, or a breeze, Lizzie Curry McDonald is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit, intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she can't find true love. Even the town sheriff, for whom she harbors a secret yen, won't take a chance. However, when a charismatic rainmaker named Starbuck Steve Kazee enters the town and her family's life, Lizzie's world is turned upside down.

The limited engagement of 110 in the Shade, directed by Lonny Price, is set to open on May 9, 2007 and close on July 15, 2007.