Playbill - The Public Theater generated most of the notable news this week, beginning with its June 28 opening of Macbeth in Central Park, starring the nonprofit's Shakespeare poster boy, Liev Schreiber as the Scottish usurper, and Jennifer Ehle, as his never-satisfied wife. The critics, as always, loved Schreiber, but were less enamored with director Moises Kaufman's stately, pictorial production.

Playbill - Director Moises Kaufman's new staging of Macbeth, starring Liev Schreiber and Jennifer Ehle as the ambitious Scots, will strut and fret its hour upon the Delacorte Theater's stage June 28, when the Central Park offering officially opens.

Playbill - Billy Crudup, Richard Easton, Jennifer Ehle, Josh Hamilton, David Harbour, Ethan Hawke, Martha Plimpton and the previously reported Br'an F. O'Byrne will star in the fall 2006 U.S. debut of Tom Stoppard's ambitious three-part play known as The Coast of Utopia, Lincoln Center Theater confirmed.

Playbill - The Central Park production of Macbeth, starring Liev Schreiber and Jennifer Ehle, has delayed its first preview by one day to June 14.

Reuters - Jennifer Ehle has replaced Samantha Morton in the crime drama "Pride and Glory," which stars Edward Norton and Colin Farrell