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GOODMAN THEATRE

170 N Dearborn St
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone
4/13 - 5/19/2024


As emancipated slaves flood north in search of employment and a chance to start over, Seth and Bertha Holly's boarding house in Pittsburgh, offers a ...

Female Troubles
6/25 - 8/4/2024


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Interview: Alexandra Silber On Taking On THE MUSIC MAN at Marriott Theatre


by Joshua Wright - April 12, 2024

xWe spoke with Alexandra Silber about starring in Marriott Theatre's production of MEREDITH WILLSON’S THE MUSIC MAN, the six-time Tony Award-winning musical comedy, directed and choreographed by Katie Spelman with Music Direction by Jeff Award Winner Ryan T. Nelson....

Photos: First Look at the Cast of THE MUSIC MAN at the Marriott Theatre


by Stephi Wild - April 12, 2024

Marriott Theatre is continuing its 2024 season with MEREDITH WILLSON’S THE MUSIC MAN. THE MUSIC MAN began previews April 10, opens Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30 pm and runs through June 2, 2024. Check out photos of the cast here!...

Video: Chuck Smith On JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE at the Goodman Theatre


by Joshua Wright - April 11, 2024

Watch as JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE director Chuck Smith discusses his favorite August Wilson memory, artistic inspiration and his famous bucket hat. ...

All-Iranian Cast of ENGLISH at Goodman Theatre to Begin Rehearsals


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 10, 2024

Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play English arrives at Goodman Theatre, with rehearsals for Iranian director Hamid Dehghani’s production beginning on April 16. Learn more about the performance and see how to purchase tickets....

Court Theatre Extends ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD


by Stephi Wild - April 09, 2024

Court Theatre has announced the extension of Tom Stoppard’s theatrical tour-de-force Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead due to overwhelming demand. ...

Photos: Court Theatre Presents ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD


by A.A. Cristi - April 05, 2024

Court Theatre presents Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Marilyn F. Vitale, running March 29 – April 21, 2024. See photos from the production....

Helen Hunt-Led BETRAYAL & More Set for Goodman Theatre 2024/25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 03, 2024

The Goodman Theatre has revealed its 2024/25 season! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Ghee, Hewitt & Boggess to Star in MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL at Goodman Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2024

Goodman Theatre has revealed the initial cast for Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

August Wilson's Work Returns to the Goodman; Annual Competition Winners Advance to Finals


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 22, 2024

Rehearsals for longtime August Wilson interpreter Chuck Smith’s new production of Joe Turner’s Come and Gone are underway with an all-Chicago cast. Learn more about the production....

Book Cellar To Host ROMEO AND JULIET KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE PRIZE Launch Event


by A.A. Cristi - March 19, 2024

Lincoln Square's Book Cellar Bookstore at 4736 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, hosts a reading and book signing of Romeo and Juliet Keep Their Eyes on the Prize at 7pm March 28th. Admission is free. ...

Past Shows

The Penelopiad
3/2 - 3/31/2024


Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Nightwood Theatre production THE PENELOPIAD By Margaret Atwood The iconic Margaret Atwood offers a daring revision of ...

Highway Patrol
1/20 - 2/18/2024

The Nacirema Society
9/16 - 10/15/2023


Pearl Cleage; dir: Eileen J. Morris. George W. Hawkins Mainstage:...

The Who's Tommy
6/13 - 6/30/2023


The Who's Tommy is a rock musical bursting with energy, based on the iconic 1969 rock opera album of the same name by The Who. ...

Clyde's
9/10 - 10/9/2022


Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a truck stop cafe. Even as the shop’s mischievous ...

Measure for Measure
4/26 - 5/9/2021


“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.” Shakespeare’s black comedy tingles with intrigue in this story of love, lust, and politics. A full ...

Smokefall
4/12 - 4/25/2021

Pedro Páramo
3/29 - 4/11/2021

How To Catch Creation
3/15 - 3/28/2021


Four artists and intellectuals in San Francisco struggle to nurture creative impulse and establish legacy—in both their professional and personal lives. When one discovers the ...

A Christmas Carol
12/1 - 12/31/2020


From tiny tots to young-at-heart seniors, for a lot of North Texans it just wouldn’t be the holidays without DTC’s festive production of the Dickens ...

A Christmas Carol - Radio Play
12/1 - 12/31/2020


WBEZ and Vocalo will broadcast Goodman Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol-An Audio Play in two special airings on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Directed ...

Until the Flood
11/15 - 11/20/2020


Based on extensive interviews following the 2014 shooting of Black teenager Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson, this tour-de-force one-woman production powerfully explores ...


In an unprecedented collaboration with Showtime and The Actors Fund, Goodman Theatre WILL present the stream of the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Arthur Miller's ...


Paulina, the reigning Queen Bee at Ghana's most exclusive boarding school, has her sights set on the Miss Universe pageant. But the mid-year arrival of ...

Molly Sweeney
3/7 - 4/12/2020


In MOLLY SWEENEY, Ireland's master storyteller Brian Friel (DANCING AT LUGHNASA, TRANSLATIONS, PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME!) has devised a riveting contemporary drama about the terrible ...

Roe
1/18 - 2/23/2020


Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that legalized abortion, is still fiercely debated over forty years later. In this incisive play, acclaimed writer Lisa ...


adapt: Tom Creamer from Charles Dickens; dir: Henry Wishcamper....

The Santaland Diaries
11/29 - 12/29/2019


David Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello Goodman Theatre...

Bernhardt/Hamlet
9/14 - 10/20/2019


Theresa Rebeck; dir: Donna Feore....

Dana H.
9/6 - 10/6/2019


Lucas Hnath; dir: Les Waters. World Premiere...

The Music Man
6/29 - 8/4/2019


Albert Theatre: book: Meredith Willson; lyrics: Meredith Willson; music: Meredith Willson; dir: Mary Zimmerman....

The Winter's Tale
5/4 - 6/9/2019


Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...

Sweat
3/9 - 4/14/2019


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

Twilight Bowl
2/8 - 3/10/2019


Owen Theatre: Rebecca Gilman; dir: Erica Weiss....


adapt: Tom Creamer; dir: Henry Wishcamper....

Support Group for Men
6/23 - 7/29/2018


Albert Theatre: Ellen Fairey ; dir: Kimberly Senior....

An Enemy of the People
3/10 - 4/15/2018


Play by Arthur Miller Adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Kyle Fabel The strongest one is the one who stands alone. When ...

The Wolves
2/9 - 3/11/2018


by Sarah DeLappe Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team ...

Blind Date
1/20 - 2/25/2018


There’s nothing like the thrill of a first date...anything can happen! In the brand new play Blind Date, you’ll experience all the excitement and awkwardness ...

Yasmina's Necklace
10/20 - 11/19/2017


Rohina Malik; dir: Ann Filmer....

A View from the Bridge
9/9 - 10/15/2017


Set in 1950s Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone harbors a subconscious and jealous affection for his niece, Catherine, whom he is raising with his wife. When ...

Ah, Wilderness!
6/17 - 7/23/2017


Eugene O'Neill; dir: Robert Falls....

Lady in Denmark
5/19 - 6/18/2017


Dael Orlandersmith; dir: Chay Yew. World Premiere...

Objects in the Mirror
4/29 - 6/4/2017


Charles Smith; dir: Chuck Smith. World Premiere...

King of Yees
3/31 - 4/30/2017


Lauren Yee; dir: Joshua Kahan Brody. Owen Theatre:...

Destiny of Desire
3/11 - 4/16/2017


Karen Zacar??as; dir: Jose Luis Valenzuela....

Uncle Vanya
2/11 - 3/12/2017


Sonya and her uncle Vanya have devoted their lives to managing the family farm in isolation, but when her celebrated, ailing father and his charismatic ...

Gloria
1/14 - 2/19/2017


Style. Status. Success. A group of twentysomething editorial assistants are pursuing it all at one of New York’s most esteemed cultural magazines. When a seemingly ...


adapt: Tom Creamer; book: Charles Dickens; dir: Henry Wishcamper....


adapt: Tom Creamer; book: Charles Dickens; dir: Henry Wishcamper....

Twist Your Dickens
12/1 - 12/31/2016


Twist Your Dickens
12/1 - 12/31/2016


The Magic Play
10/21 - 11/20/2016


Andrew Hinderaker; dir: Halena Kays. World Premiere...

The Magic Play
10/21 - 11/20/2016


Andrew Hinderaker; dir: Halena Kays. World Premiere...

Wonderful Town
9/10 - 10/16/2016


book: Jerome Chodorov, Joseph A. Fields; lyrics: Betty Comden, Adolph Green; music: Leonard Bernstein; dir: Mary Zimmerman.  ...

War Paint
War Paint
6/28 - 8/7/2016


They were the brand name on every woman's lips. Goodman Theatre announces the world premiere of War Paint, a new musical that charts the ascent ...


Rebecca Gilman; dir: Robert Falls....


Lorraine Hansberry; dir: Anne Kauffman....

Carlyle
4/2 - 5/1/2016


Thomas Bradshaw; dir: Benjamin Kamine....

The Matchmaker
3/5 - 4/10/2016


Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in 19th-century Yonkers, NY, decides to take a wife and employs a matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi. Dolly subsequently becomes involved ...

2666
2/6 - 3/13/2016


adapt: Seth Bockley, Robert Falls from Roberto Bolano; dir: Seth Bockley, Robert Falls....

Another Word for Beauty
1/16 - 2/21/2016


José Rivera; dir: Steve Cosson....

38th Annual A Christmas Carol
11/14 - 12/27/2015


adapt: Tom Creamer from Charles Dickens; music: Andrew Hansen; dir: Henry Wishcamper....


Peter Gwinn, Bobby Mort....

Disgraced
9/12 - 10/18/2015


Ayad Akhtar; dir: Kimberly Senior....

Feathers and Teeth
9/19 - 10/18/2015


Charise Castro Smith; dir: Henry Godinez....


Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia share a home in Bucks County, PA, where they bicker and complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their ...

stop. reset.
5/23 - 6/21/2015


Regina Taylor; dir: Regina Taylor....

The Little Foxes
5/2 - 6/7/2015


Around the year 1900, a prosperous Southern family conflict centers around money and involving murder, theft and betrayal. Directed by David Swartz....

Upstairs Concierge
3/28 - 4/26/2015


Kristoffer Diaz; dir: KJ Sanchez....

Two Trains Running
3/7 - 4/12/2015


August Wilson; dir: Chuck Smith....

Rapture, Blister, Burn
1/17 - 2/22/2015


Gina Gionfriddo; dir: Kimberly Senior....

Albert Theatre:
6/27 - 8/3/2014


Brigadoon Alan Jay Lerner; lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner; music: Frederick Loewe....

Venus in Fur
3/8 - 4/13/2014


Thomas, a beleaguered playwright/director, is desperate to find an actress to play Vanda, the female lead in his adaptation of the classic sadomasochistic tale Venus ...

Buzzer
2/8 - 3/9/2014


Owen Theatre: Tracey Scott Wilson; dir: Jessica Thebus....

Luna Gale
1/18 - 2/23/2014


Albert Theatre: Rebecca Gilman; dir: Robert Falls....

Smokefall
10/5 - 11/3/2013


Owen Theatre: Noah Haidle; dir: Anne Kauffman....

Pullman Porter Blues
9/14 - 10/20/2013


Pullman Porter Blues A world-premiere co-production with Seattle Repertory Theatre By Cheryl L. West Directed by Lisa Peterson In the Kreeger Theater November 23, 2012 ...

The Jungle Book
6/21 - 7/28/2013


Don't miss one of The Magik Theatre's first shows to tour nationally in over 50 sold out venues around the US! Adapted faithfully from Rudyard ...

By the Way, Meet Vera Stark
4/27 - 6/2/2013


Albert Theater: - Lynn Nottage; dir: Chuck Smith....

The Happiest Song Plays Last
4/13 - 5/12/2013


On a movie set in Jordan, a veteran relives his trauma while filming a war-themed blockbuster. In a humble kitchen in North Philadelphia, a woman ...

Teddy Ferrara
2/2 - 3/3/2013


Owen Theater: - Christopher Shinn; dir: Evan Cabnet....

Other Desert Cities
1/12 - 2/17/2013


Albert Theater: - Jon Robin Baitz; dir: Henry Wishcamper....

Crowns
6/16 - 7/22/2012

The Iceman Cometh
4/22 - 6/10/2012


In The Iceman Cometh, Harry Hope's saloon is home to a ragtag band of drunks and dreamers who celebrate the arrival of Hickey, the charismatic ...

Fish Men
4/7 - 5/6/2012


In Fish Men, a group of chess hustlers engage each other in spirited matches on a hot summer day in Washington Square Park, hoping to ...

Camino Real
3/10 - 4/15/2012


Camino Real is Tennessee Williams' dream play that borrows heavily from Strindberg's A Dream Play and The Great Highway. Peopled with characters from literature and ...

The Convert
2/25 - 3/25/2012

Race
1/14 - 2/19/2012

A Christmas Carol
11/18 - 12/31/2011

New Plays Festival
10/13 - 11/20/2011

Red
9/17 - 10/23/2011

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