Review: Goodman Theatre’s Life After Has None
I’ll keep this short – but it won’t be sweet. The Goodman Theatre’s production of Toronto playwright Britta Johnson’s freshman…
Review: In the Goodman’s Good Night, Oscar, No One Rests Easy
It’s 1958, and host Jack Paar has brought his Tonight Show to Los Angeles at the behest of NBC President…
Review: Art Comes to Life in The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci at Goodman Theatre
The Goodman Theatre’s remounting of Mary Zimmerman’s landmark and career-launching work The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci is as wondrous…
Review: Black Women’s Work Underpins Goodman Theatre’s Gem of the Ocean
Black history is continuously under attack, even during Black History Month. Some jurisdictions and politicians are busily banning books and…
Review: Hermanas Do It for Themselves in Goodman’s American Mariachi
The Destinos Latino Theater Festival is Chicago’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, and the Goodman Theatre’s offering is American Mariachi,…
Review: Goodman Theatre’s I Hate It Here Lets You Rage Against Your Own 2020 Machine
I Hate It Here: Stories From the End of the Old World is a play performed live and written as…
Review: Goodman’s Ohio State Murders Tells a Story of a Life Haunted by Echoes of Its Past
Author Suzanne Alexander’s life is haunted by her past. With Jacqueline Williams playing Suzanne in this 1992 Adrienne Kennedy play,…
Review: Goodman Begins Live Series With Thrilling Drama The Sound Inside
Bella likes her solitude. It’s a familiar feeling for some of us, as the pandemic revealed true differences between introverts…
Review: Did You Miss Smokefall the First Time? Catch Goodman’s 2013 Story of Love and Pain Streaming Now
Violet is pregnant with twin boys, due to arrive soon. She talks and sings to them constantly, introducing them to…
Review: Goodman Theatre Reprises Death of a Salesman, a Shattering Theatrical Experience–Thru 10/25
You may have seen Arthur Miller’s midcentury masterpiece, Death of a Salesman, many times. You may have seen some of…
Fall Theater Preview: It’s a Virtual World With Plenty of Creativity on Display
It’s fall and the time when Chicago theaters begin their new seasons. That’s the “old normal,” however, and nothing is…
Stateville Voices Presents Plays by Incarcerated Students in Northwestern’s Prison Ed Program
Plays written by incarcerated students are on view now in Stateville Voices: A Festival of Short Plays by the Northwestern…
