People to Watch: Megan Mullally
As the ‘Will and Grace’ star makes a theatrical return in the wild new musical ‘Iceboy!,’ she chats about her love for comedy, Chicago, and making people cry.
All Stories About Goodman Theatre
This Month in Theatre History
Our March edition highlights new-play milestones from 1916 through 2016.
The Not-So-Brief, Wondrous Adaptation Process of ‘Oscar Wao’
How did a playwright bring the Pulitzer-winning, generation-defining novel to the stage? By finding himself in the story.
2025 Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards Announced
The 16 Edgerton Award recipients will receive extra development after their world premiere productions.
Questions and Anniversaries
This month in Chicago, a rundown of theatre companies’ anniversaries, a lament for Victory Gardens, and a celebration of disability representation.
Resilience and Delicacy
This month, Gabriela reflects on what theatre can illuminate about the ‘quiet art of survival,’ and two busy artists share self-care practices and visions for 2025.
SWANA Theatre Deserves Better Futures
As the conversation around authentic representation continues to evolve, we need to implement identity-conscious practices in telling our stories too.
They Will Survive: Theatres That Are Beating the Odds
Attendance and funding may be down at many U.S. theatres, but the variety of creative responses to crisis and precarity is ever increasing.
‘Tommy,’ Can You Hear Me? I’m Not Gonna Take It
From its casting to its staging, the acclaimed new Broadway revival of the iconic rock musical misses opportunities to engage with, and subvert, harmful tropes around Deafness and disability.
Jennifer Morrison Realizes a Childhood Dream
The film and television actor talks returning to Chicago, acting training, and tackling Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Penelopiad’ at the Goodman.
