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John Allee
John Allee
	Allee at the 2016 Satellite Awards in Los Angeles, December 2017.
Born	John Nye Allee; September 11, 1963 (age 60); Bronxville, New York, U.S.
Other names	Johnnye Allee
Occupation(s)	Actor, Songwriter
Years active	1979–present
Known for	Flesh and Bone
Spouse	Kathleen Ross-Allee (m. 1992)

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John Allee (born September 11, 1963) is an American actor, singer and songwriter, best known for playing the role of Pasha on the Golden Globe nominated Starz limited series Flesh and Bone (2015), and for his stage work in Los Angeles, CA.

Career[edit]

Acting[edit]

Allee started acting at an early age. In 1980, while still in high school, he appeared in Los Angeles in the West Coast premiere of Elizabeth Swados' Runaways.^[1]. The following year he created the role of Douglas Spaulding in Dandelion Wine,^[2] Ray Bradbury's own musical adaptation of his novel (Colony Theatre), and appeared in a featured "bit" alongside comedy legend Sid Caesar in the movie Grease 2. Soon after, he was cast as Teen Charlie Chaplin in Anthony Newley's pre-Broadway musical Chaplin (written with Stanley Ralph Ross), in which Newley played the silent film icon as an older man. Chaplin was directed by choreographer Michael Smuin and closed after its out of town try-out at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, having lost $4 million on the road.^[3]

Allee's work in the theatre also includes playing Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons,^[4] Banjo in The Man Who Came to Dinner,^[5] 33 Variations (winner of the 2018 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play in an Intimate Theatre and a 2018 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nominee for Best Production)^[6]^[7](all at Actors Co-op^[8]), Cloud 9 (winner of the 2017 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Production),^[9] Uncle Vanya^[10] starring Arye Gross, The Crucible,^[11] Peace in Our Time (winner of the 2012 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play in an Intimate Theatre),^[12] The Malcontent^[13] (all at Antaeus Theatre Company^[14]), the U.S. premiere of Miro Gavran's My Wife's Husband^[15] (Little Fish Theatre), Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors^[16] (Arizona Theatre Company), Lee Harvey Oswald in the West Coast premiere of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Assassins opposite Patrick Cassidy as John Wilkes Booth (Los Angeles Theatre Center), Alone Together starring Nancy Dussault (Pasadena Playhouse), Puck in Benjamin Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream directed two times by Gordon Davidson (Los Angeles Opera, (1988^[17] and again in 1992^[18]), and two other productions of the same directed by John Copley, conducted by John Mauceri, with Sylvia McNair as Tytania, Brian Asawa as Oberon, and Donald Adams as Bottom (San Francisco Opera^[19] and Houston Grand Opera), and One Thousand Cranes^[20] (Mark Taper Forum).

Allee appeared on television in the recurring role of Pasha on the Golden Globe Awards nominated Starz limited series Flesh and Bone (2015) from Breaking Bad writer and executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett.

Music[edit]

Allee is also a songwriter, recording artist, and composer of musical plays, including an adaptation of Kin Platt's The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear ^[21] and Poet's Garden^[22] (both written with Gary Matanky),^[23] the latter of which premiered in Los Angeles at The Matrix Theatre in 2001 under the direction of Michael Michetti.

Allee has performed in cabarets, clubs, and theatres and has had his music featured Off-Broadway, in regional theatre, and on national TV, including Candid Camera.

Recording under the "nom-de-pop," Johnnye Allee, he released his first CD in 2007, Unless it Isn't, a collection of folk-pop/roots-rock originals which American Songwriter magazine called "a stunning suite of songs."^[24] He released a follow-up album, Expect Delays, in 2016. A third album, Bardfly, was released in 2019, on which Allee adapted songs from the plays of William Shakespeare into a jazz vernacular.^[25] In July of 2023, following the release of his fourth studio album, Past Imperfect, he was the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show Jazz Inspired.

Awards[edit]

Allee has received a variety of awards throughout his career for both acting and music, including the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble for Cloud 9, an Ovation Award nomination for Best Acting Ensemble for 33 Variations, Robby Award^[26] nominations for Best Actor in a Musical (Dandelion Wine), Best Ensemble Performance (Cloud 9), Best Supporting Actor in a Drama (33 Variations), and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (The Man Who Came to Dinner), the ASCAP/Sammy Cahn Award^[27] for excellence in lyric writing, a Back Stage Garland Award for Musical Score for Poet's Garden, and he was a finalist for the American Academy of Arts and Letters' Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre for The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear.^[28]

References[edit]

^ Drake, Sylvie (19 December 1980). "Energetic 'Runaways' Debuts". Calendar. Los Angeles Times.
^ Isenberg, Barbara (1982). California Theatre Annual: 1982. USA: Performing Arts Network, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 0-942230-02-7.
^ Freedman, Samuel G. (10 November 1983). "Why 'Chaplin' is Not Opening on Broadway". New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Grigware, Don (12 March 2018). "Actors Co-op Honors A Man for All Seasons". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Miller, Daryl H. (8 December 2017). "The 99-Seat Beat: 'Beauty and the Beast,' Kaufman and Hart and more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Foley, F. Kathleen (16 February 2017). "Actors Co-op's fine revival of Moisés Kaufman's '33 Variations'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Carras, Christi (19 March 2018). "'Hamilton,' 'Rotterdam' Tie for Top Award From L.A. Drama Critics". Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ Gelt, Jessica (30 January 2018). "Ovation Awards 2018: Wins for Actors Co-op's '33 Variations,' East West Players' 'Next to Normal'". Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ McNulty, Charles (16 March 2016). "'Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Kaan, Gil (19 October 2015). "A Solid UNCLE VANYA Showcases Some Incredible Talents". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Foley, F. Kathleen (21 May 2013). "'The Crucible' reinvigorated at Antaeus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Frankel, Tony (27 October 2011). "Los Angeles Theater Review: PEACE IN OUR TIME (Antaeus Company at Deaf West Theatre)". Stage and Cinema. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Foley, F. Kathleen (12 May 2011). "Antaeus Company's 'The Malcontent' at Deaf West Theatre". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ American Theatre Editors (30 September 2015). "Antaeus Theatre Company Announces 2016–17 Season The North Hollywood–based theatre's upcoming program focuses on themes of longing and desire". American Theatre Magazine. Theatre Communications Guild (TCG).
^ Farrell, John (4 March 2011). "Little Fish Theatre entertains 'My Husband's Wife'". Daily Breeze. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Willis, John (1998). Theatre World 1995-1996 Season (Volume 52 ed.). Applause. p. 162. ISBN 1-55783-322-2.
^ Bernheimer, Martin (18 February 1988). "Britten's Elusive 'Dream' Staged at Wiltern". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of cheeky ease as Puck.
^ Bernheimer, Martin (28 September 1992). "Britten's 'Dream' Comes True". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of ease and uttered his Puckish platitudes with cheek that never cloyed.
^ Bernheimer, Martin (1 December 1992). "San Francisco Delivers Literal, Pleasant 'Dream'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
^ Flocken, Corinne (9 June 1994). "BIRDS IN THE HAND : Origami Symbolizes Life After the Bomb in 'One Thousand Cranes'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. American audiences had their first look at "One Thousand Cranes" in 1986 when it was toured through the Mark Taper Forum's Improvisational Theatre Project (now called PLAY, or Performing for Los Angeles Youth). In 1988 and '89, the Taper took it to three international arts festivals, including the International Assn. of Theater for Children and Youth Festival in the then Soviet Union.
^ Shirley, Don (31 March 1996). "It's Off to Workshop They Go". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 'The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear,' with music by John Allee, who also co-wrote the lyrics and book with Gary Matanky, about a boy who turns inward following a divorce
^ Warfield, Polly (26 April 2001). "Poet's Garden". Backstage. Retrieved 16 March 2018. new musical by John Allee and Gary Matanky
^ Ehren, Christine (17 April 2001). "World Premiere Poet's Garden Musical Grows in L.A. April 17-June 3". Playbill. Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Kimpel, Dan (1 November 2007). "JOHNNYE ALLEE: Dramatic License". American Songwriter.
^ Mondello, Nicholas F. (31 October 2019). "John Allee: Bardfly". All About Jazz. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ "Robby Awards Honor Achievements in Stage". Los Angeles Times. 21 February 2000.
^ "The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award". ASCAP. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ Hitchcock, Laura (19 April 2001). "Poet's Garden". Curtain Up. Elyse Sommer. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

External links[edit]

Official website
John Allee at IMDb

[1] Drake, Sylvie (19 December 1980). "Energetic 'Runaways' Debuts". Calendar. Los Angeles Times.

[2] Isenberg, Barbara (1982). California Theatre Annual: 1982. USA: Performing Arts Network, Inc. p. 136. ISBN 0-942230-02-7.

[3] Freedman, Samuel G. (10 November 1983). "Why 'Chaplin' is Not Opening on Broadway". New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[4] Grigware, Don (12 March 2018). "Actors Co-op Honors A Man for All Seasons". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[5] Miller, Daryl H. (8 December 2017). "The 99-Seat Beat: 'Beauty and the Beast,' Kaufman and Hart and more". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[6] Foley, F. Kathleen (16 February 2017). "Actors Co-op's fine revival of Moisés Kaufman's '33 Variations'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[7] Carras, Christi (19 March 2018). "'Hamilton,' 'Rotterdam' Tie for Top Award From L.A. Drama Critics". Variety Media, LLC. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[8] Gelt, Jessica (30 January 2018). "Ovation Awards 2018: Wins for Actors Co-op's '33 Variations,' East West Players' 'Next to Normal'". Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[9] McNulty, Charles (16 March 2016). "'Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[10] Kaan, Gil (19 October 2015). "A Solid UNCLE VANYA Showcases Some Incredible Talents". Broadway World. Wisdom Digital Media. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[11] Foley, F. Kathleen (21 May 2013). "'The Crucible' reinvigorated at Antaeus". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[12] Frankel, Tony (27 October 2011). "Los Angeles Theater Review: PEACE IN OUR TIME (Antaeus Company at Deaf West Theatre)". Stage and Cinema. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[13] Foley, F. Kathleen (12 May 2011). "Antaeus Company's 'The Malcontent' at Deaf West Theatre". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[14] American Theatre Editors (30 September 2015). "Antaeus Theatre Company Announces 2016–17 Season The North Hollywood–based theatre's upcoming program focuses on themes of longing and desire". American Theatre Magazine. Theatre Communications Guild (TCG).

[15] Farrell, John (4 March 2011). "Little Fish Theatre entertains 'My Husband's Wife'". Daily Breeze. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[16] Willis, John (1998). Theatre World 1995-1996 Season (Volume 52 ed.). Applause. p. 162. ISBN 1-55783-322-2.

[17] Bernheimer, Martin (18 February 1988). "Britten's Elusive 'Dream' Staged at Wiltern". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of cheeky ease as Puck.

[18] Bernheimer, Martin (28 September 1992). "Britten's 'Dream' Comes True". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of ease and uttered his Puckish platitudes with cheek that never cloyed.

[19] Bernheimer, Martin (1 December 1992). "San Francisco Delivers Literal, Pleasant 'Dream'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

[20] Flocken, Corinne (9 June 1994). "BIRDS IN THE HAND : Origami Symbolizes Life After the Bomb in 'One Thousand Cranes'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. American audiences had their first look at "One Thousand Cranes" in 1986 when it was toured through the Mark Taper Forum's Improvisational Theatre Project (now called PLAY, or Performing for Los Angeles Youth). In 1988 and '89, the Taper took it to three international arts festivals, including the International Assn. of Theater for Children and Youth Festival in the then Soviet Union.

[21] Shirley, Don (31 March 1996). "It's Off to Workshop They Go". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 March 2018. 'The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear,' with music by John Allee, who also co-wrote the lyrics and book with Gary Matanky, about a boy who turns inward following a divorce

[22] Warfield, Polly (26 April 2001). "Poet's Garden". Backstage. Retrieved 16 March 2018. new musical by John Allee and Gary Matanky

[23] Ehren, Christine (17 April 2001). "World Premiere Poet's Garden Musical Grows in L.A. April 17-June 3". Playbill. Playbill, Inc. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[24] Kimpel, Dan (1 November 2007). "JOHNNYE ALLEE: Dramatic License". American Songwriter.

[25] Mondello, Nicholas F. (31 October 2019). "John Allee: Bardfly". All About Jazz. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

[26] "Robby Awards Honor Achievements in Stage". Los Angeles Times. 21 February 2000.

[27] "The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award". ASCAP. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

[28] Hitchcock, Laura (19 April 2001). "Poet's Garden". Curtain Up. Elyse Sommer. Retrieved 16 March 2018.

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+Allee started acting at an early age. In 1980, while still in high school, he appeared in Los Angeles in the West Coast premiere of [[Elizabeth Swados]]' ''Runaways.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Drake|first1=Sylvie|title=Energetic 'Runaways' Debuts|department=Calendar|work=Los Angeles Times|date=19 December 1980}}</ref>''. The following year he created the role of Douglas Spaulding in ''Dandelion Wine'',<ref>{{cite book|last1=Isenberg|first1=Barbara|title=California Theatre Annual: 1982|date=1982|publisher=Performing Arts Network, Inc.|location=USA|isbn=0-942230-02-7|page=136}}</ref> [[Ray Bradbury]]'s own musical adaptation of his novel (Colony Theatre), and appeared in a featured "bit" alongside comedy legend [[Sid Caesar]] in the movie ''[[Grease 2]]''. Soon after, he was cast as Teen Charlie Chaplin in [[Anthony Newley]]'s pre-Broadway musical [[Los Angeles Civic Light Opera|Chaplin]] (written with [[Stanley Ralph Ross]]), in which Newley played the silent film icon as an older man. ''Chaplin'' was directed by choreographer [[Michael Smuin]] and closed after its out of town try-out at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]], having lost $4 million on the road.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Freedman|first1=Samuel G.|title=Why 'Chaplin' is Not Opening on Broadway|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/10/theater/why-chaplin-is-not-opening-on-broadway.html|website=New York Times|access-date=16 March 2018|date=10 November 1983}}</ref>
-Allee's work in the theatre also includes playing Thomas Cromwell in ''[[A Man for All Seasons]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grigware|first1=Don|title=Actors Co-op Honors A Man for All Seasons|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-Actors-Co-op-Honors-A-MAN-FOR-ALL-SEASONS-20180312|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=12 March 2018}}</ref>, Banjo in ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Daryl H.|title=The 99-Seat Beat: 'Beauty and the Beast,' Kaufman and Hart and more|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-99-seat-beat-beauty-beast-20171208-htmlstory.html|website=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=8 December 2017}}</ref>, ''[[33 Variations]]'' (winner of the 2018 [[Ovation Awards|Ovation Award]] for Best Production of a Play in an Intimate Theatre and a 2018 [[Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award]] nominee for Best Production)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Foley|first1=F. Kathleen|title=Actors Co-op's fine revival of Moisés Kaufman’s '33 Variations'|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-33-variations-review-20170216-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=16 February 2017}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|last1=Carras|first1=Christi|title=‘Hamilton,’ ‘Rotterdam’ Tie for Top Award From L.A. Drama Critics|url=http://variety.com/2018/legit/awards/hamilton-rotterdam-tie-top-los-angeles-drama-award-1202730406/|accessdate=21 March 2018|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=19 March 2018}}</ref>(all at Actors Co-op<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gelt|first1=Jessica|title=Ovation Awards 2018: Wins for Actors Co-op's '33 Variations,' East West Players' 'Next to Normal'|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-sm-ovation-awards-2018-story.html|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=30 January 2018}}</ref>), ''[[Cloud 9 (play)|Cloud 9]]'' (winner of the 2017 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Production) <ref>{{cite news|last1=McNulty|first1=Charles|title='Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-cloud-nine-play-review-20160317-column.html|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=16 March 2016}}</ref>, ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaan|first1=Gil|title=A Solid UNCLE VANYA Showcases Some Incredible Talents|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-A-Solid-UNCLE-VANYA-Showcases-Some-Incredible-Talents-20151019|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=19 October 2015}}</ref> starring [[Arye Gross]], ''[[The Crucible]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Foley|first1=F. Kathleen|title='The Crucible' reinvigorated at Antaeus|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/21/entertainment/la-et-cm-crucible-review-20130521|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=21 May 2013}}</ref>, ''[[Peace in Our Time (play)|Peace in Our Time]]'' (winner of the 2012 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play in an Intimate Theatre) <ref>{{cite web|last1=Frankel|first1=Tony|title=Los Angeles Theater Review: PEACE IN OUR TIME (Antaeus Company at Deaf West Theatre)|url=http://www.stageandcinema.com/2011/10/27/peace-antaeus-stubbs/|website=Stage and Cinema|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=27 October 2011}}</ref>, ''[[The Malcontent]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Foley|first1=F. Kathleen|title=Antaeus Company's 'The Malcontent' at Deaf West Theatre|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/05/theater-review-the-malcontent-at-deaf-west.html|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=12 May 2011}}</ref> (all at Antaeus Theatre Company<ref>{{cite web|last1=American Theatre Editors|title=Antaeus Theatre Company Announces 2016–17 Season The North Hollywood–based theatre’s upcoming program focuses on themes of longing and desire.|website=American Theatre Magazine|publisher=Theatre Communications Guild (TCG)|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=30 September 2015}}</ref>), the U.S. premiere of [[Miro Gavran]]'s ''My Wife's Husband''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Farrell|first1=John|title=Little Fish Theatre entertains ‘My Husband’s Wife’|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2011/03/04/little-fish-theatre-entertains-my-husbands-wife/|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Daily Breeze|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> (Little Fish Theatre), Seymour in ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|title=Theatre World 1995-1996 Season|date=1998|publisher=Applause|isbn=1-55783-322-2|pages=162|edition=Volume 52|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref>'' ([[Arizona Theatre Company]]), [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] in the West Coast premiere of [[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[John Weidman]]'s ''Assassins'' opposite [[Patrick Cassidy (actor)|Patrick Cassidy]] as [[John Wilkes Booth]] ([[Los Angeles Theatre Center]]), ''Alone Together'' starring [[Nancy Dussault]] ([[Pasadena Playhouse]]), [[Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] in [[Benjamin Britten]]'s opera ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' directed two times by [[Gordon Davidson (director)|Gordon Davidson]] ([[Los Angeles Opera]], (1988<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bernheimer|first1=Martin|title=Britten's Elusive 'Dream' Staged at Wiltern|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-18/entertainment/ca-43309_1_wiltern|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=18 February 1988|quote=John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of cheeky ease as Puck.}}</ref> and again in 1992<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bernheimer|first1=Martin|title=Britten's 'Dream' Comes True|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-28/entertainment/ca-51_1_music-center-opera|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=28 September 1992|quote=John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of ease and uttered his Puckish platitudes with cheek that never cloyed.}}</ref>), and two other productions of the same directed by [[John Copley (producer)|John Copley]], conducted by [[John Mauceri]], with [[Sylvia McNair]] as Tytania, [[Brian Asawa]] as Oberon, and [[Donald Adams]] as Bottom ([[San Francisco Opera]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bernheimer|first1=Martin|title=San Francisco Delivers Literal, Pleasant 'Dream'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-01/entertainment/ca-1309_1_san-francisco-opera|accessdate=21 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=1 December 1992}}</ref> and [[Houston Grand Opera]]), and ''One Thousand Cranes''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Flocken|first1=Corinne|title=BIRDS IN THE HAND : Origami Symbolizes Life After the Bomb in 'One Thousand Cranes'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-09/news/ol-2351_1_thousand-cranes|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=9 June 1994|quote=American audiences had their first look at "One Thousand Cranes" in 1986 when it was toured through the Mark Taper Forum's Improvisational Theatre Project (now called PLAY, or Performing for Los Angeles Youth). In 1988 and '89, the Taper took it to three international arts festivals, including the International Assn. of Theater for Children and Youth Festival in the then Soviet Union.}}</ref> ([[Mark Taper Forum]]).
+Allee's work in the theatre also includes playing Thomas Cromwell in ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Grigware|first1=Don|title=Actors Co-op Honors A Man for All Seasons|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-Actors-Co-op-Honors-A-MAN-FOR-ALL-SEASONS-20180312|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|access-date=16 March 2018|date=12 March 2018}}</ref> Banjo in ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Daryl H.|title=The 99-Seat Beat: 'Beauty and the Beast,' Kaufman and Hart and more|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-99-seat-beat-beauty-beast-20171208-htmlstory.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=16 March 2018|date=8 December 2017}}</ref> ''[[33 Variations]]'' (winner of the 2018 [[Ovation Awards|Ovation Award]] for Best Production of a Play in an Intimate Theatre and a 2018 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award nominee for Best Production)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Foley|first1=F. Kathleen|title=Actors Co-op's fine revival of Moisés Kaufman's '33 Variations'|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-33-variations-review-20170216-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=16 March 2018|date=16 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Carras|first1=Christi|title='Hamilton,' 'Rotterdam' Tie for Top Award From L.A. Drama Critics|url=https://variety.com/2018/legit/awards/hamilton-rotterdam-tie-top-los-angeles-drama-award-1202730406/|access-date=21 March 2018|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|date=19 March 2018}}</ref>(all at Actors Co-op<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gelt|first1=Jessica|title=Ovation Awards 2018: Wins for Actors Co-op's '33 Variations,' East West Players' 'Next to Normal'|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-sm-ovation-awards-2018-story.html|access-date=16 March 2018|date=30 January 2018}}</ref>), ''[[Cloud 9 (play)|Cloud 9]]'' (winner of the 2017 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Production),<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNulty|first1=Charles|title='Cloud 9' is a time-tripping feminist classic nimbly done by Antaeus Theatre Company|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-cloud-nine-play-review-20160317-column.html|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 March 2016}}</ref> ''[[Uncle Vanya]]''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaan|first1=Gil|title=A Solid UNCLE VANYA Showcases Some Incredible Talents|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/BWW-Review-A-Solid-UNCLE-VANYA-Showcases-Some-Incredible-Talents-20151019|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|access-date=16 March 2018|date=19 October 2015}}</ref> starring [[Arye Gross]], ''[[The Crucible]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last1=Foley|first1=F. Kathleen|title='The Crucible' reinvigorated at Antaeus|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/21/entertainment/la-et-cm-crucible-review-20130521|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=21 May 2013}}</ref> ''[[Peace in Our Time (play)|Peace in Our Time]]'' (winner of the 2012 Ovation Award for Best Production of a Play in an Intimate Theatre),<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frankel|first1=Tony|title=Los Angeles Theater Review: PEACE IN OUR TIME (Antaeus Company at Deaf West Theatre)|url=http://www.stageandcinema.com/2011/10/27/peace-antaeus-stubbs/|website=Stage and Cinema|access-date=16 March 2018|date=27 October 2011}}</ref> ''[[The Malcontent]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Foley|first1=F. Kathleen|title=Antaeus Company's 'The Malcontent' at Deaf West Theatre|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/05/theater-review-the-malcontent-at-deaf-west.html|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=12 May 2011}}</ref> (all at Antaeus Theatre Company<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=((American Theatre Editors))|title=Antaeus Theatre Company Announces 2016–17 Season The North Hollywood–based theatre's upcoming program focuses on themes of longing and desire.|magazine=American Theatre Magazine|publisher=Theatre Communications Guild (TCG)|date=30 September 2015}}</ref>), the U.S. premiere of [[Miro Gavran]]'s ''My Wife's Husband''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Farrell|first1=John|title=Little Fish Theatre entertains 'My Husband's Wife'|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2011/03/04/little-fish-theatre-entertains-my-husbands-wife/|access-date=16 March 2018|publisher=Daily Breeze|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> (Little Fish Theatre), Seymour in ''[[Little Shop of Horrors (musical)|Little Shop of Horrors]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|title=Theatre World 1995-1996 Season|date=1998|publisher=Applause|isbn=1-55783-322-2|pages=162|edition=Volume 52}}</ref>'' ([[Arizona Theatre Company]]), [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] in the West Coast premiere of [[Stephen Sondheim]] and [[John Weidman]]'s ''Assassins'' opposite [[Patrick Cassidy (actor)|Patrick Cassidy]] as [[John Wilkes Booth]] ([[Los Angeles Theatre Center]]), ''Alone Together'' starring [[Nancy Dussault]] ([[Pasadena Playhouse]]), [[Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] in [[Benjamin Britten]]'s opera ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' directed two times by [[Gordon Davidson (director)|Gordon Davidson]] ([[Los Angeles Opera]], (1988<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bernheimer|first1=Martin|title=Britten's Elusive 'Dream' Staged at Wiltern|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-18/entertainment/ca-43309_1_wiltern|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=18 February 1988|quote=John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of cheeky ease as Puck.}}</ref> and again in 1992<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bernheimer|first1=Martin|title=Britten's 'Dream' Comes True|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-09-28/entertainment/ca-51_1_music-center-opera|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=28 September 1992|quote=John Allee flew through the air with the greatest of ease and uttered his Puckish platitudes with cheek that never cloyed.}}</ref>), and two other productions of the same directed by [[John Copley (producer)|John Copley]], conducted by [[John Mauceri]], with [[Sylvia McNair]] as Tytania, [[Brian Asawa]] as Oberon, and [[Donald Adams]] as Bottom ([[San Francisco Opera]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bernheimer|first1=Martin|title=San Francisco Delivers Literal, Pleasant 'Dream'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-01/entertainment/ca-1309_1_san-francisco-opera|access-date=21 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1 December 1992}}</ref> and [[Houston Grand Opera]]), and ''One Thousand Cranes''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Flocken|first1=Corinne|title=BIRDS IN THE HAND : Origami Symbolizes Life After the Bomb in 'One Thousand Cranes'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1994-06-09/news/ol-2351_1_thousand-cranes|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=9 June 1994|quote=American audiences had their first look at "One Thousand Cranes" in 1986 when it was toured through the Mark Taper Forum's Improvisational Theatre Project (now called PLAY, or Performing for Los Angeles Youth). In 1988 and '89, the Taper took it to three international arts festivals, including the International Assn. of Theater for Children and Youth Festival in the then Soviet Union.}}</ref> ([[Mark Taper Forum]]).
-Allee appeared on television in the recurring role of Pasha on the [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] nominated [[Starz]] limited series [[Flesh and Bone (miniseries)|Flesh and Bone]] (2015) from [[Breaking Bad]] writer and executive producer [[Moira Walley-Beckett]].
+Allee appeared on television in the recurring role of Pasha on the Golden Globe Awards nominated Starz limited series ''Flesh and Bone'' (2015) from [[Breaking Bad]] writer and executive producer [[Moira Walley-Beckett]].
 ===Music===
-Allee is also a songwriter, recording artist, and composer of musical plays, including an adaptation of [[Kin Platt]]'s ''The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear'' <ref>{{cite news|last1=Shirley|first1=Don|title=It's Off to Workshop They Go|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-03-31/entertainment/ca-53167_1_workshop-director|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=31 March 1996|quote="'The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear,' with music by John Allee, who also co-wrote the lyrics and book with Gary Matanky, about a boy who turns inward following a divorce"}}</ref> and ''Poet's Garden''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Warfield|first1=Polly|title=Poet's Garden|url=https://www.backstage.com/news/poets-garden/|accessdate=16 March 2018|publisher=Backstage|date=26 April 2001|quote=new musical by John Allee and Gary Matanky}}</ref> (both written with Gary Matanky)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ehren|first1=Christine|title=World Premiere Poet's Garden Musical Grows in L.A. April 17-June 3|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/world-premiere-poets-garden-musical-grows-in-la-april-17-june-3-com-96088|website=Playbill|publisher=Playbill, Inc.|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=17 April 2001}}</ref>, the latter of which premiered in Los Angeles at The Matrix Theatre in 2001 under the direction of Michael Michetti.
+Allee is also a songwriter, recording artist, and composer of musical plays, including an adaptation of [[Kin Platt]]'s ''The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear'' <ref>{{cite news|last1=Shirley|first1=Don|title=It's Off to Workshop They Go|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-03-31/entertainment/ca-53167_1_workshop-director|access-date=16 March 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=31 March 1996|quote="'The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear,' with music by John Allee, who also co-wrote the lyrics and book with Gary Matanky, about a boy who turns inward following a divorce"}}</ref> and ''Poet's Garden''<ref>{{cite news|last1=Warfield|first1=Polly|title=Poet's Garden|url=https://www.backstage.com/news/poets-garden/|access-date=16 March 2018|publisher=Backstage|date=26 April 2001|quote=new musical by John Allee and Gary Matanky}}</ref> (both written with Gary Matanky),<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ehren|first1=Christine|title=World Premiere Poet's Garden Musical Grows in L.A. April 17-June 3|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/world-premiere-poets-garden-musical-grows-in-la-april-17-june-3-com-96088|website=Playbill|publisher=Playbill, Inc.|access-date=16 March 2018|date=17 April 2001}}</ref> the latter of which premiered in Los Angeles at The Matrix Theatre in 2001 under the direction of Michael Michetti.
-Allee has performed in cabarets, clubs, and theatres and has had his music featured Off-Broadway, in regional theatre, and on national TV, including [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/462116/Candid-Camera-Eat-Eat-Eat-/ Candid Camera].
+Allee has performed in cabarets, clubs, and theatres and has had his music featured Off-Broadway, in regional theatre, and on national TV, including ''[[Candid Camera]]''.
-Recording under the "nom-de-pop," Johnnye Allee, he released his first CD in 2007, ''[https://www.allmusic.com/album/unless-it-isnt-mw0001573900 Unless it Isn't]'', a collection of folk-pop/roots-rock originals which American Songwriter magazine called "a stunning suite of songs."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kimpel|first1=Dan|title=JOHNNYE ALLEE: Dramatic License|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2007/11/johnnye-allee-dramatic-license/|publisher=American Songwriter|date=1 November 2007}}</ref> He released a follow up album, ''[http://muzoik.com/release/album/john-allee-expect-delays Expect Delays]'', in 2016.
+Recording under the "nom-de-pop," Johnnye Allee, he released his first CD in 2007, ''Unless it Isn't'', a collection of folk-pop/roots-rock originals which American Songwriter magazine called "a stunning suite of songs."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kimpel|first1=Dan|title=JOHNNYE ALLEE: Dramatic License|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2007/11/johnnye-allee-dramatic-license/|publisher=American Songwriter|date=1 November 2007}}</ref> He released a follow-up album, ''Expect Delays'', in 2016. A third album, ''Bardfly'', was released in 2019, on which Allee adapted songs from the plays of William Shakespeare into a jazz vernacular.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mondello |first1=Nicholas F. |title=John Allee: Bardfly |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/bardfly-john-allee-knees-up |website=All About Jazz |date=31 October 2019 |access-date=8 November 2020}}</ref> In July of 2023, following the release of his fourth studio album, ''Past Imperfect'', he was the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show  ''[[Jazz Inspired]]''.
 ==Awards==
-Allee has received a variety of awards throughout his career for both acting and music, including the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble for ''Cloud 9'', an Ovation Award nomination for Best Acting Ensemble for ''33 Variations'', Robby Award<ref>{{cite news|last1=Editor|title=Robby Awards Honor Achievements in Stage|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/21/entertainment/ca-1003|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=21 February 2000}}</ref> nominations for Best Actor in a Musical (''Dandelion Wine''), Best Ensemble Performance (''Cloud 9''), Best Supporting Actor in a Drama (''33 Variations''), and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (''The Man Who Came to Dinner''), the ASCAP/Sammy Cahn Award<ref>{{cite web|title=The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award|url=https://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/foundation/awards/cahn|website=ASCAP|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref> for excellence in lyric writing, a [[Back Stage Garland Award]] for Musical Score for ''Poet's Garden'', and he was a finalist for the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]' Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre for ''The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hitchcock|first1=Laura|title=Poet's Garden|url=http://www.curtainup.com/poetsgarden.html|website=Curtain Up|publisher=Elyse Sommer|accessdate=16 March 2018|date=19 April 2001}}</ref>.
+Allee has received a variety of awards throughout his career for both acting and music, including the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble for ''Cloud 9'', an Ovation Award nomination for Best Acting Ensemble for ''33 Variations'', Robby Award<ref>{{cite news|title=Robby Awards Honor Achievements in Stage|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/21/entertainment/ca-1003|work=Los Angeles Times|date=21 February 2000}}</ref> nominations for Best Actor in a Musical (''Dandelion Wine''), Best Ensemble Performance (''Cloud 9''), Best Supporting Actor in a Drama (''33 Variations''), and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (''The Man Who Came to Dinner''), the ASCAP/Sammy Cahn Award<ref>{{cite web|title=The ASCAP Foundation Sammy Cahn Award|url=https://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/foundation/awards/cahn|website=ASCAP|access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> for excellence in lyric writing, a [[Back Stage Garland Award]] for Musical Score for ''Poet's Garden'', and he was a finalist for the [[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]' Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theatre for ''The Boy Who Could Make Himself Disappear.''<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hitchcock|first1=Laura|title=Poet's Garden|url=http://www.curtainup.com/poetsgarden.html|website=Curtain Up|publisher=Elyse Sommer|access-date=16 March 2018|date=19 April 2001}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
 * {{official website|http://www.johnallee.com/}}
 * {{IMDb name|3535692}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Allee, John}}
+[[Category:American male singer-songwriters]]
+[[Category:1963 births]]
+[[Category:Living people]]