Goodman Theatre News

CHINGLISH will play at the Longacre Theatre making its Broadway premiere following its world premiere production at Goodman Theatre in Chicago this summer. The show began performances on October 11 and opened tonight, October 27. What did the critics thing? Find out now!

David Cale returns to Kansas City Rep with his new one-actor play The History of Kisses, which opens Friday, October 28, at the Rep's downtown theatre Copaken Stage, and runs through November 27.

CoActive Content, Stacey Martino, Founder/Artistic Director, and American Latino Theatre Company, David Llauger-Meiselman, Artistic Director, will present a new co-production of the critically acclaimed play, 'The King of the Desert,' written by Stacey Martino, performed by René Rivera, and helmed by award-winning director, Sal Romeo, all Studio Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.

Emmy® Award-winning actress, comedienne and singer Megan Mullally makes her Rrrazz Room debut with her band Supreme Music Program October 28-30. Best known for her Emmy-winning performances as Karen Walker on NBC's hit show Will and Grace, Rrazz Room audiences will discove that this multi-talented star is also an incredibly gifted singer who can perform everything from country to rock to Broadway showstoppers.

Emmy® Award-winning actress, comedienne and singer Megan Mullally makes her Rrrazz Room debut with her band Supreme Music Program October 28-30.

Goodman Theatre Resident Director Chuck Smith announces his cast for the Chicago premiere of Race, David Mamet's 'intellectually salacious' (Chicago Tribune) portrait of prejudice and social injustice within the judicial system (January 14 - February 19, 2012). The ensemble cast includes Patrick Clear (King Lear, The Clean House) as Charles; Marc Grapey (Vigils; Dead Man's Cell Phone at Steppenwolf Theatre Company) as Jack; Geoffrey Owens (Opus at Two River Theater Company, Julius Caesar at Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, DC) as Henry and Tamberla Perry (In the Next Room or the vibrator play at Victory Gardens Theater, Eclipsed at Northlight Theatre) as Susan. Tickets for Race ($25 - $79) go on sale December 2. Mayer Brown is the Corporate Sponsor Partner for Race and WBEZ 91.5 FM is the Media Partner.

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Goodman Theatre has announced that it will host Chicago-based actress Sandra Delgado this season as a 2011 Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellow, awarded by The William & Eva Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group (TCG).

Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, presents THE SOUND OF MUSIC, the Tony Award and Academy Award-winning musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, previewing October 20, opening October 27 and running through December 23.

The New Ohio Theatre presents an industry reading of the new play Schooled, written by Lisa Lewis and directed by Oliver Butler, starring Michael Cerveris, Phoebe Strole, James Kautz and Mara Davi, with dramaturgy by Matthew Schneider. The reading will take place on Tuesday, November 15 at 8pm at the New Ohio Theatre, located at 154 Christopher Street, between Greenwich and Washington Streets in New York City.

Asolo Repertory Theatre is set to present My Fair Lady as Asolo Rep's 53rd season opener. The performance runs in the Mertz Theatre from November 18, 2011 through December 23, 2011.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company continues its 2011-2012 Season with the return of Ethan McSweeny (The Merchant of Venice, The Persians, Ion, Major Barbara) directing Shakespeare's romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing.

The Lark Play Development Center in collaboration with Mexico's National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) is pleased to announce the 2011 U.S./México Playwright Exchange Program. For the sixth year the Lark will host playwrights from México and pair them with U.S. playwrights, actors, and directors for a ten day cultural exploration which establishes ongoing channels of communication between artists in both countries. This year's partners include Borderlands Theater (Arizona), Repertorio Español (New York), and the Mexican Cultural Institute.

The Laguna Playhouse has named Michael Barker as Associate Managing Director, a recent addition to the leadership team of the venerable institution. Mr. Barker joined the playhouse staff in July after serving as Managing Director for The Antaeus Company in North Hollywood. He holds an MFA in theater management from Yale School of Drama and an MBA from Yale School of Management.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play awards granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S. The awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 theaters extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, is pleased to announce the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play awards granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S. The awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 theaters extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run.

Long Wharf Theatre, under the director of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Interim Managing Director Joshua Borenstein, presents the Tony Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' on the Mainstage from Oct. 26 through Nov. 20.

Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, has just announced the second round of 2011 Edgerton Foundation New American Play awards granted to TCG member theaters across the U.S. The awards, totaling $762,000, allow 22 theaters extra time in the development and rehearsal of new plays with the entire creative team, helping to extend the life of the play after its first run.

David Cale returns to Kansas City Rep with his new one-actor play The History of Kisses, which opens Friday, October 28, at the Rep's downtown theatre Copaken Stage, and runs through November 27.