Goodman Theatre News

Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Saturday January 21, to the general public for William Shatner's Broadway show SHATNER'S WORLD: WE JUST LIVE IN IT at www.telecharge.com. Producers also announced the show's creative team and student ticket policy.

Rehearsals are underway for the world premiere of Danai Gurira's The Convert at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ, January 13 through February 12, 2012 (press opening: January 20). Directed by Emily Mann, The Convert is produced in association with Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles) and The Goodman Theatre (Chicago). The cast features Pascale Armand, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Zainab Jah, Kevin Mambo, LeRoy McClain, Warner Joseph Miller, and Harold Surratt.

South Bend Civic Theatre opens its 2012 season on a high note with the Midwest premiere of Blue, directed by special guest Ron OJ Parson, running January 20th - February 6th. Written by Charles Randolph-Wright with original music by Grammy winner Nona Hendryx, Blue tells the story of the well-to-do Clark family in all their dysfunctional glory. A clan whose success is built on a thriving funeral home business, the Clark family is a bundle of contradictions: diligent hard-working Samuel maintaining the family business; his mother Tillie, as downhome and brutally honest as they come; his sons, Sam and Reuben, trying to find their own way out of the mess; and ruling the roost is his wife Peggy, whose aspirations for class and style push the family bonds to the breaking point. Her only refuge in the turmoil is the music of her idol Blue Williams, who haunts the play with his voice and presence, turning music into memory and who holds the key to the problems of the family.

Edward Gero and Patrick Andrews star in Red at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, produced in association with Goodman Theatre.

Next Theatre Company is set to present the United States premiere of Craig Higginson's The Girl in the Yellow Dress, directed by Joanie Schultz, January 19 - February 26, 2012, at The Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes Street.

Next Theatre Company is set to present the United States premiere of Craig Higginson's The Girl in the Yellow Dress, directed by Joanie Schultz, January 19 - February 26, 2012, at The Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes Street.

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Goodman Theatre's cast of Race by David Mamet took a break from rehearsal yesterday morning to join more than 200 volunteers from City Year Chicago and One Good Deed Chicago in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Together with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, actors Geoffrey Owens and Tamberla Perry, along with Director Chuck Smith and Executive Director Roche Schulfer, painted a classroom at the North Lawndale YMCA (3449 W. Arthington).

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, will present two free performances in collaboration with Goodman Theatre and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announced today casting for its 25th Anniversary Season production of The Feast: an intimate Tempest, an original CST commission and artistic collaboration with Redmoon.

CHINGLISH, the new comedy which was named by TIME Magazine as the #1 new American play of 2011, will play its final performance on Sunday, January 29, 2012. It will have played 128 performances.

Casa 0101 Theater in association with CoActive Content will present a new co-production of "The King of the Desert," written by Stacey Martino, performed by Rene Rivera, and helmed by Sal Romeo, all Lifetime Members of The Actors Studio.

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, will present two free performances in collaboration with Goodman Theatre and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble. Rivendell Artistic Director Tara Mallen directs this translation by Bryan Doerries, produced by Phyllis Kaufman.

The new year kicks off in Millennium Park with a preview of TUTA Theatre Chicago's production of Fulton Street Sessions at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion from January 12-14, 2012.

Lookingglass Theatre Company will present Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting, written by Ed Schmidt and directed by ensemble member J. Nicole Brooks.

Theater of War Productions, a social impact company that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, will present two free performances in collaboration with Goodman Theatre and Rivendell Theatre Ensemble.

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announces the cast and creative team for the "hysterically funny" (New York Post) new musical The Toxic Avenger.

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, will present Black Pearl Sings! by Frank Higgins, directed by Steve Scott.