Robert Falls has been the artistic director of Goodman Theatre since 1986. From 1977 to 1985, he was the artistic director of Wisdom Bridge Theatre. Most recently, Mr. Falls directed Brian Dennehy, Carla Gugino and Pablo Schreiber in Desire Under the Elms on Broadway and, prior to that, for the Goodman's A Global Exploration: Eugene O'Neill in the 21st Century. In June his critically acclaimed 2006 Goodman production of King Lear was revived at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC. Last season, Falls directed the Broadway revival of American Buffalo, Hughie for Long Wharf Theatre and Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Shining City for the Goodman and Huntington Theatre Company. Other recent productions include the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio, the world premiere of Richard Nelson's Frank's Home for the Goodman and Playwrights Horizons, the Tony-nominated American premiere of Shining City on Broadway, A Life in the Theatre for the Goodman and the London revival of Death of a Salesman. His production of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida for Walt Disney Theatricals ran on Broadway for four years, and toured nationally and abroad. Two of his most highly acclaimed Broadway productions, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night (first staged at the Goodman) were honored with seven Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. Previous Goodman credits include the world premieres of Arthur Miller's Finishing the Picture, Rebecca Gilman's Blue Surge and Dollhouse, Eric Bogosian's Griller, Louis Rosen and Thom Bishop's Book of the Night, Steve Tesich's The Speed of Darkness and On the Open Road and John Logan's Riverview: A Melodrama with Music; the American premiere of
Alan Ayckbourn's House and Garden; the Midwest premieres of Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero and Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?; as well as Galileo, The Iceman Cometh, A Touch of the Poet, Three Sisters, The Night of the Iguana, Landscape of the Body, The Misanthrope, Pal Joey and The Tempest. Elsewhere, Mr. Falls has directed Blue Surge at Joseph Papp Public Theater, Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Young Man from Atlanta on Broadway (Tony-nominated transfer from the Goodman), the world premiere of Eric Bogosian's subUrbia at Lincoln Center Theater (Obie Award for Best Director), The Rose Tattoo for Circle in the Square (Tony-nominated), The Iceman Cometh at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, On the Open Road at Joseph Papp Public Theater, The Night of the Iguana at Roundabout Theatre and The Food Chain at Westside Theatre, as well as productions for the Guthrie Theater, Remains Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera and the Grande Théâtre de Genève. Honors received by Mr. Falls include: Human Spirit Award (Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis), Governor's Award for Outstanding Contri butions by an Individual Artist (Illinois Arts Council), "Chicagoan of the Year" (Chicago magazine), Artistic Leadership Award (League of Chicago Theatres), election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (Lake Forest College), Special Jeff Award for Outstanding Contributions to Theatre and Chicago Illini of the Year Award (University of Illinois).
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Productions Directed by Robert Falls