Goodman, Congo Square, and Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights all announce major changes at the top.
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Live at the Goodman offers three views on loss and reinvention
Plays by Adam Rapp, Adrienne Kennedy, and Ike Holter make a livestream connection with audiences.
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Stuart Gordon, legend of off-Loop theater and horror films, dies at 72
From Warp! to Re-Animator, Gordon told the stories he wanted to see his way.
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On a bountiful opera weekend, Chicago Opera Theater climbs a peak
Chicago Opera Theater’s Everest is stunning contemporary opera.
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The Winter’s Tale of our discontent
But at least “Exit, pursued by a bear” finally makes sense.
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Tired of solicitations from big nonprofits? We have just the solution for you!
With the Executive Pay Test, it’s easier than ever to decide which group deserves your hard-earned cash!
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David Cale shares his life story in We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time
But this Goodman production should best be understood as a reliving than a true memoir.
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Stacy Keach returns for another go at Hemingway and Pamplona
He’s fully recovered from the mild heart attack he suffered during last year’s world premiere.
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The Goodman’s new Enemy of the People gives us a hero we can’t believe in
This Thomas Stockmann is courageous, tenacious, and a little nuts: a man of our times.
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Reagan and Gorbachev meet cute atop a pile of nukes in Blind Date
Gaping conceptual hole aside, the Goodman Theatre staging is entertaining.
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Rauner rejects Emanuel’s massive Thompson Center offer, and other Chicago news
Also, Uber CEO Trevor Kalanick was forced to resign in a downtown Chicago hotel Tuesday.
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Goodman pulls the plug on Stacy Keach’s opening-night performance of Pamplona
The star of the solo show, based on Ernest Hemingway, was ill and struggling to perform when director Robert Falls made the decision to call it off.
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Robert Falls gives the Goodman’s Uncle Vanya all the clarity of his years
Chekhov’s masterwork gets a master staging.
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The Goodman savors human decency in Soups, Stews, and Casseroles: 1976
But ultimately Rebecca Gilman’s play confronts the banality of goodness.
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The Goodman’s 2666: Epic, eerie, and ultimately unfathomable
Roberto Bolaño’s sprawling novel becomes a phantasmagoric five-and-a-half-hour ride.