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4 WORLD PREMIERES, A LEGENDARY LEONARD BERNSTEIN MUSICAL, THE CREATIVE GENIUS OF MARY ZIMMERMAN AND SARAH RUHL, ROBERT FALLS’ REIMAGINED MASTERWORK , REGINA TAYLOR’S INTIMATE PORTRAYAL, DAVID HENRY HWANG'S INTERCONTINENTAL COMEDY, THOMAS BRADSHAW’S OUTRAGEOUS SATIRE…and so much more!
Candide
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Book Adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics by Richard Wilbur
Additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche, Lillian Hellman,
Dorothy Parker and Leonard Bernstein
Directed by Mary Zimmerman
September 17 - October 24, 2010
In the Albert Theatre
Tony Award and MacArthur "Genius" Grant-winning director Mary Zimmerman's breathtaking new production of Candide is the theatrical event of the season. Featuring the music of legend Leonard Bernstein with contributions from the greatest lyricists of the twentieth century—from Stephen Sondheim to Dorothy Parker—this outrageous musical satire tells the story of the naïve Candide, who is banished for romancing the Baron's daughter only to be plagued by a series of absurd hardships that challenge his optimistic outlook of life and love. Candide will leave you spellbound.
Rain
By Regina Taylor
January 15 - February 20, 2011
In the Albert Theatre
A World Premiere
Intimate and timeless, Regina Taylor's Rain is a moving exploration of family loyalty and betrayal. Fiercely independent Iris has made a successful life for herself as a journalist in New York City, but when her marriage fails, she begins to unravel. In search of solace, Iris returns to her mother's house in Texas, but her homecoming proves more confounding than consoling when her mother makes a shocking announcement. As long-buried family secrets come to light, Iris must face her past and make some difficult decisions about the future.
Stage Kiss
By Sarah Ruhl
April 30 - June 5, 2011
In the Albert Theatre
A World-Premiere Goodman Theatre Commission
In this quirky new comedy by MacArthur "Genius" Award winner Sarah Ruhl, art imitates life—or is it the other way around? When ex-lovers HE and SHE are thrown together as romantic leads in an outrageously dreadful melodrama, they quickly lose touch with reality as the story onstage begins to follow them offstage. Stage Kiss is a hilarious, off-beat fairy tale about what happens when lovers share a stage kiss—or when actors share a real one...
Chinglish
By David Henry Hwang
Directed by Leigh Silverman
June 18 - July 24, 2011
In the Albert Theatre
The truth is lost—or concealed—in Chinglish, a new comedy by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly). When American businessman Daniel arrives in China hoping to make an important deal, he finds himself enmeshed in a system that he doesn't understand—and is more complex than he ever imagined.
The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Robert Falls
October 16 - November 14, 2010
In the Owen Theatre
Goodman Artistic Director Robert Falls directs an intimate new production of Chekhov's masterwork The Seagull, whose unforgettable characters reveal the passion and pathos of everyday life. When famed actress Irina visits her family with her young lover Trigorin in tow, they become ensnared in a tragicomic tangle of romance, intrigue and unrequited love. Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience a twentieth-century masterpiece, interpreted by one of America's outstanding directors.
Mary
By Thomas Bradshaw
Directed by May Adrales
February 5 - March 6, 2011
In the Owen Theatre
A World-Premiere Goodman Theatre Commission
Outrageous. Ruthless. Explosive. Named "Best Provocative Playwright" by The Village Voice, Thomas Bradshaw pulls no punches in his comic absurdist drama Mary. At the height of what Time magazine dubbed "AIDS hysteria" in 1983, college student David invites his boyfriend home to his parents' house in Virginia where nothing has changed since the 1800s—including the slave quarters. Confronting hypocrisy and oppression with exhilarating wit, Bradshaw's incendiary work is "likely to leave you speechless!" (The New York Times).