Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee are best known for two plays, Inherit the Wind ( performed in 1955) and The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1970), which together had more than three million copies in print by the end of the 1990s. Although their writing...

Llorens, Jerome Lawrence "Jerry" Was peacefully called home on Monday, July 17, 2006. He was born on April 16, 1936 in Melrose, LA to Manual Llorens and Hilda Ray, who preceded him in death. Jerry leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife...

[A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] Jerome Lawrence, who with Robert E. Lee formed one of the most successful and acclaimed writing partnerships in American theater, generating such works as "Inherit the Wind" and the musical "Mame," died at his home...

It takes two larger-than-life actors to make "Inherit the Wind" really crackle, and its latest Broadway revival has come up with quite a pair _ Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy.The play, a fictionalized retelling by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee of the "Scopes monkey...

City Center, that Moorish palace of entertainment on West 55th Street, is known for its "Encores!" series, concert versions of vintage American musicals. Three are presented each year during the second half of the Broadway theater season.Now the series is branching out with "Encores! Summer...