J.J. Shubert News

Goodman Theatre is the proud recipient of an unprecedented $275,000 gift from the Shubert Foundation, marking the largest annual general operating support grant in the theater's 84-year history. The grant, which represents a $35,000 increase for the Goodman over last season, is part of a record $17.6 million funding that the Shubert Foundation announced for not-for-profit companies in 2009.

The Board of Directors of The Shubert Foundation, Inc. is pleased to announce that The Foundation has awarded $17,588,000 in general operating support to 448 not-for-profit organizations throughout the United States in May 2009.

Playwright Tricia Walsh-Smith and her husband Shubert president Philip J. Smith, recently held a holiday party in the stunning penthouse apartment of the late J.J. Shubert