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  • Review “Swing State” (Goodman Theatre): Delivering Human Imperfection Perfectly!

    Saturday, October 22, 2022 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre presents SWING STATE. Playwright Rebecca Gillman pens an intriguing tale of pandemic wreckage. Gillman sets her story in rural Wisconsin in 2021. The show opens in palpable silence as Mary Beth Fisher (Peg) cracks eggs into a bowl. She methodically beats in the flour. The ordinariness of her actions are momentarily interrupted by the ...

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  • EXTENDED “Clyde’s” (Goodman Theatre): Unique, Razor-sharp, Feel Good Comedy! Order up!

    Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre, in association with Center Theatre Group, presents The Second Stage Theater Production of CLYDE’S.   Playwright Lynn Nottage has penned a helluva comedy! Four ex-cons have struggled to find work after their incarceration. They each have landed a job at Clyde’s, a diner on the Interstate. The owner, Clyde, is an ex-felon and a ...

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  • Review “Life After” (Goodman Theatre): Inventive and Vivid Storytelling

    Sunday, June 26, 2022 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    GoodmanTheatre presents the Chicago premiere of the musical LIFE AFTER.   Today is her birthday! And Alice (played by an outstanding Samantha Williams) plans to crush the school debate and then celebrate with friends. When her dad (played by a charismatic Paul Alexander Nolan) shows up unexpectedly to take her to dinner, they quarrel. She storms ...

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  • Review “Good Night, Oscar” (Goodman Theatre): Hayes is Extraordinary!

    Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre presents the World Premiere of GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR.  It’s 1958. The Jack Parr Show is broadcasting from LA for Sweeps Week. Since ratings are everything, Jack has booked his friend Oscar Levant. Oscar is known for his piano virtuosity and his unfiltered humor. Oscar’s quick, self-deprecating and unscripted wit is the perfect draw for ...

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  • Review “Christmas Carol” (Goodman Theatre): Merriment to Lift Our Spirits!

    Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre presents CHRISTMAS CAROL. Larry Yando celebrates his 14th stint as Scrooge in Goodman’s 44th production of the Dickens’ holiday show. Yando owns this iconic miser role… in an almost unsettling way. He makes it impossible to hate the deplorable penny-pincher. His cruelty has biting humor. His curmudgeon stance has playful charm. Even before his ...

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  • Review “American Mariachi” (Goodman Theatre): It’s All About The Music!

    Sunday, October 3, 2021 Goodman Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre, in conjunction with Dallas Theater Center, presents AMERICAN MARIACHI. The mere mention of the word ‘Mariachi’ cues up a familiar, upbeat tune in my head. It conjures up images of strolling musicians bringing colorful tradition to otherwise indistinguishable Mexican restaurants. The performers, however momentarily at a table, become the focal point of the evening’s ...

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  • Review SCHOOL GIRLS (Goodman Theatre): Fun Transition Back to Theatre!

    Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre presents SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY. Playwright Joselyn Bioh’s story is a tribute to the best and worst parts of being a girl in high school. The ladies bond and giggle over boys, clothes and makeover parties. They also confront the clique pressures of trying to fit in, being cool and ...

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  • Review “Bernhardt/Hamlet” (Goodman Theatre): Not the Divine Sarah I Anticipated

    Thursday, October 3, 2019 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre presents BERNHARDT/HAMLET. It is 1899. Legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt is producing “Hamlet” and casting herself in the lead. Playwright Theresa Rebeck imagines the complications of this moment in theatre history. Bernhardt is 55, struggling financially and forcing her married lover to adapt Shakespeare’s play. The real life story intrigues. A turn-of-the-century woman refusing to ...

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  • Review “The Music Man” (Goodman Theatre): Fun!

    Tuesday, July 16, 2019 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Goodman Theatre presents THE MUSIC MAN. I was giddy about this one. I grew up watching the screen version of this musical starring Robert Preston and Shirley Jones. I know all the songs by heart! Meredith Wilson’s score is distinct and infectious. The iconic “(Ya got) Trouble” and “Seventy-Six Trombones” mingle along with heart-felt ballads, plucky ...

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  • Review “Sweat” (Goodman Theatre): Don’t Sweat It

    Wednesday, April 3, 2019 Goodman Theatre, The Fourth Walsh Permalink 0

    Reviewed by Jay Worthington Goodman Theatre presents SWEAT. The play Sweat, playing now at the Goodman, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2017. The play portrays a meeting between a parole officer and two ex-convicts, and three women who were childhood friends and had worked in the same factory.  The action takes place in a fictional bar ...

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