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Established in 1922, by a gift of $250,000 from William and Erna Goodman to the Art Institute of Chicago for the purpose of building a theater off Grant Park to memorialize their son, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Moved in 2000 to its current home, opening with August Wilson's play "King Hedley II." Currently programs the work of local, national and international artists, and is noted for the work of its artistic director Robert Falls. (Including "Death of a Salesman" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night," both of which went on to Tony-winning presentations in New York.) Also known for its annual holiday production of Dicken's "A Christmas Carol," since 1977. Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St.; 31...
Established in 1922, by a gift of $250,000 from William and Erna Goodman to the Art Institute of Chicago for the purpose of building a theater off Grant Park to memorialize their son, Kenneth Sawyer Goodman. Moved in 2000 to its current home, opening with August Wilson's play "King Hedley II." Currently programs the work of local, national and international artists, and is noted for the work of its artistic director Robert Falls. (Including "Death of a Salesman" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night," both of which went on to Tony-winning presentations in New York.) Also known for its annual holiday production of Dicken's "A Christmas Carol," since 1977. Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn St.; 312-443-3800.
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South Coast Repertory lines up Guirgis, Hwang for new season
The new 2012-13 season at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa is scheduled to feature recent comedies by Stephen Adly Guirgis and David Henry Hwang, as well as a world-premiere work by playwright Noah Haidle. The season is also to feature plays by Sarah...
Tags: David Henry Hwang, Comedy (genre), Entertainment, Chris Rock, Arts and Culture
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Nathan Lane, Brian Dennehy in 'Iceman Cometh': What did critics think?
A revival of Eugene O'Neill's great American drama "The Iceman Cometh," about the dangers and delusions of addiction, opened Thursday in Chicago's Goodman Theatre. The play, written in in 1939, was first produced on Broadway in 1946 and had a more recent...
Tags: Broadway Theater, Chicago Sun-Times, Eugene O'Neill, Entertainment Events, Nathan Lane
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Theater review: 'The Convert' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Danai Gurira’s new play, “The Convert,” set in the 1890s in what would later become Zimbabwe, tells the story of a young African woman, Jekesai (the stunning, graceful Pascale Armand), who converts to Catholicism to escape an arranged...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Zimbabwe, Christianity, Arts and Culture, Roman Catholicism
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HBO bows out of 'Ruined' screen adaptation
Culture MonsterHBO has bowed out of "Ruined," a planned screen adaptation of the acclaimed play by Lynn Nottage. The drama, set in a brothel in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, had been a project between HBO Films and Harpo Films, Oprah Winfrey's production... -
Emily Mann a natural to direct 'Streetcar' and 'The Convert'
NEW YORK — New Yorker drama critic John Lahr set off a social media firestorm in December with a blog comment that called for a moratorium on those "infernal all-black productions of Tennessee Williams plays unless we can have their equal in folly:...
Tags: Debbie Allen, August Wilson, Athol Fugard, Blair Underwood, Key West
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Theater review: 'The Jacksonian' at Geffen Playhouse
Culture MonsterBeth Henley's new play, "The Jacksonian" has its world premiere in a Geffen Playhouse production, directed by Robert Falls, that features Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman.... -
PASSINGS: Dick Kniss, Kazimierz Smolen, Miguel Nazar Haro, Dimitra Arliss, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Dick Kniss
Bass player with Peter, Paul and Mary
Dick Kniss, 74, who played stand-up bass with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," died Wednesday of pulmonary disease at a hospital near his...Tags: Sting, Woody Herman, The Sting (movie), Roman Catholicism, John Denver
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Cornerstone Theater member among Fox Foundation honorees
Culture MonsterOne of the founding members of L.A.'s Cornerstone Theater is being honored by the Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group as part of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships. Peter Howard, who helped found Cornerstone and has performed in... -
David Henry Hwang confronts the language barrier in 'Chinglish'
Culture MonsterDavid Henry Hwang talks about his new play, "Chinglish," which opens Oct. 27 on Broadway... -
Ed Harris, Amy Madigan to star in Geffen Playhouse's 'Jacksonian'
Culture MonsterEd Harris, Amy Madigan to star in `Jacksonian' at Geffen Playhouse... -
Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Clybourne Park' paired with 'Raisin in the Sun' by Center Theatre Group
Culture Monster"Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris' drama that won the Pulitzer Prize this year, will make its Los Angeles debut at the Mark Taper Forum in the spring of 2012. Center Theatre Group said it will pair the production with a separate...... -
Nathan Lane to make his Eugene O'Neill debut in Chicago
Culture MonsterNthan Lane and Brian Dennehy will star in a production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" at Chicago's Goodman Theater....
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