Review: “The Winter’s Tale” at Goodman Theatre
Will Allan (Clown) with Amanda Drinkall Mopsa), Xavier Bleuel (Florizel), Chloe Baldwin (Perdita), Cher Alvarez (Nell), Martin Zebari (Shepherd), Susaan Jamshidi (Dorcas) and Christopher Sheard (Shepherd) | Photo Credit: Liz Lauren By Conor McShane The works of William Shakespeare are woven so heavily into the fabric of English-speaking culture that...
Review: WE’RE ONLY ALIVE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME at Goodman Theatre
How well do we know our parents? How well do we try to know them? And how well could we possibly know them even if we tried our best?
Falls Takes over as Director on David Cale’s Season-Opening Solo Show at Goodman
Cale’s solo piece is a musical memoir, featuring original songs he has written with arrangements and underscoring composed by Matthew Dean Marsh.
Review: PAMPLONA at Goodman Theatre
The era of writing the tragic creative male hero as an aspirational and sympathetic figure is over. Keach presents a broken and bitter Hemingway on the far side of his prime, years of broken marriages and broken promises weighing heavily on his heart.
WATCH: Goodman Makes Production of “2666” Available for Free Streaming
Photo: Henry Godinez (Oscar Amalfitano) in the Goodman’s “2666” | Liz Lauren The Goodman Theater’s “2666,” the 2016 production of Chilean author and poet Roberto Bolaño’s novel, co-adapted and co-directed by Robert Falls and Seth Bockley, is now streaming online free of charge at goodmantheatre.org/Watch2666. Live streaming productions present many challenges due to...
Review: AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE at Goodman Theatre
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE is a play of potent and polarizing ideas.
Goodman’s UNCLE VANYA Embodies the “Russian Soul”
Pictured: Marton Csokas and Kristen Bush. Photo by Liz Lauren. [Editor’s note: Our reviewer, Tonika Todorova, broke a clearly defined PerformInk rule, as she will mention. Reviewers are asked to disclose any conflicts of interest to editors in advance and to decline to review shows that they may have a bias...
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.