Interactive PLAY ‘N 90 Returns to Goodman Theatre

Interactive PLAY ‘N 90 Returns to Goodman Theatre

Goodman Theatre announces the return of PLAY ‘N 90 an interactive series in which families with children aged 5-12 fashion a theatrical creation in just 90 minutes.

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LuPone. Ebersole. WAR PAINT.

LuPone. Ebersole. WAR PAINT.

WAR PAINT is a master class in acting taught by Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole. It’s also damn good reminder that women can not only carry a show, but they can slather it in face cream and wrap it up in a pretty pink bow, all while bringing down the house just for walking on stage.

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Goodman Playwrights Unit Free Staged Readings July 21-31

Goodman Playwrights Unit Free Staged Readings July 21-31

Goodman Theatre’s first all-female Playwrights Unit presents “Women Rule The Stage,” a weekend of free staged readings devised by Kristiana Rae Colón, Sandra Delgado, Jenni Lamb and Calamity West. Over the past year, members worked with the Goodman’s artistic team to develop and discuss their plays-in-progress. The diverse line-up ranges...

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LEARNING CURVE Sells Out in Record Time and Extends

LEARNING CURVE Sells Out in Record Time and Extends

Albany Park Theater Project and Third Rail Projects, in partnership with Goodman Theatre, are extending the world-premiere immersive theater production, LEARNING CURVE.

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THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S WINDOW is Life Purging its Imperfections

THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S WINDOW is Life Purging its Imperfections

Men with big dreams, women fighting for visibility and love at the same time, while ignorance and bigotry divide people; though this sounds like the ingredients to contemporary mayhem, its roots are found in a play set in the 1960s.

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Goodman to Open Doors of Alice Rapoport Center May 18th.

Goodman to Open Doors of Alice Rapoport Center May 18th.

The Goodman Theatre will officially open the Alice Rapoport Center for Education and Engagement May 18th in conjunction with the Goodman-curated Citywide Celebration of Chicago native playwright Lorraine Hansberry

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Goodman Announces Tony Award-Winning Design Team for WAR PAINT

Goodman Announces Tony Award-Winning Design Team for WAR PAINT

The Goodman has made further moves to aim its sights on a Broadway run for the upcoming WAR PAINT, starring Patti Lupone and Christine Ebersole. Six-time Tony Award winner Catherine Zuber (Light in the Piazza, South Pacific) will design the costumes for the musical centered on cosmetics titans Helena Rubinstein...

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CARLYLE Is a Refreshing, Provocative, and Immediate Theatrical Experience

CARLYLE Is a Refreshing, Provocative, and Immediate Theatrical Experience

True theatrical immediacy can be hard to come by. Plays take time to write, produce, and rehearse – it can be a challenge to keep them fresh and resonant, especially when they tackle major social and political issues.

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Tim Rhoze: 25 Years on Chicago Stages

Tim Rhoze: 25 Years on Chicago Stages

Tim Edward Rhoze began his theatrical career in Michigan. “My dad was involved in theater in Detroit, and he would take me to rehearsals with him. He would have me help him memorize his character’s lines – we bonded in that way – that was really cool.

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Production Stage Manager Joseph Drummond Retires After 42 Seasons at Goodman

Production Stage Manager Joseph Drummond Retires After 42 Seasons at Goodman

Joseph Drummond is hanging up his stopwatch after completing his 42nd season at the Goodman Theatre with the closing of 2666.

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