A Century in the Spotlight. 100 years
One Brilliant Night. The Goodman Gala: Starring Emmy Award and Critics Choice Award Nominee Tituss Burgess.
Saturday, May 16 at 6:30PM
Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park
200 N Columbus Dr, Chicago, IL 60601 - View on Google Maps
Black Tie | Dinner | Dancing | Musical Performance
Musical performance by Tituss Burgess
Proceeds from the Gala benefit The Goodman’s Education and Engagement Programs.
TITUSS BURGESS Emmy and SAG-nominated actor, musician, and writer Tituss Burgess has quickly emerged as one of the entertainment industry’s most versatile and dynamic performers with his work in television, film, and theater generating both critical and commercial acclaim. Most recognized for starring as ‘Titus Andromedon’ in the hit Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (nominations for four consecutive Emmy Awards, a SAG Award, and two Critics’ Choice TV Awards). He reprised his role in the Netflix interactive special Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend and was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting actor.
Upcoming, Tituss will next be seen on screen in Warner Bro’s The Cat in the Hat, in theaters in November 2026. He will also voice Elephant Gerald in Paramount +’s The Elephant & Piggie Show! alongside Ellie Kemper. In 2025, Tituss starred as Mary Todd Lincoln in a limited run of Cole Escola’s hit Broadway comedy, Oh, Mary!.
In May 2024, Tituss debuted his own musical adaptation of The Preacher’s Wife at Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre. The musical is based on the 1996 film starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington. The show, featuring music by Tituss himself, and reimagines the beloved story with fresh energy and gospel-infused compositions.
In Winter 2023, Tituss returned to Broadway for a turn in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, playing the role of club owner, “Harold Zidler”. A veteran of the stage, Burgess made his Broadway debut as ‘Eddie’ in Good Vibrations and has played ‘Hal Miller’ in Jersey Boys, ’Nicely-Nicely Johnson’ in the 2009 revival of Guys and Dolls, and ’Sebastian’ in The Little Mermaid. In summer 2023, Tituss created and starred in Center of the YOUniverse alongside Jane Krakowski for three nights only at Off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre. The recording was released exclusively on Audible in winter 2023.
Other credits include voicing ‘Sunny’ in Netflix’s Spellbound, the second season of the Apple TV+ musical comedy Schmigadoon!; the Netflix films Set It Up and Dolemite Is My Name; and MGM’s Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect. An accomplished voice actor, Tituss starred in the animated musical comedy series Central Park for Apple TV+, for which he was nominated for his sixth Emmy Award.
Tituss currently resides in New York.
Goodman Theatre Leadership
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John Collins Executive Director |
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Linda Coberly |
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Diane Landgren |
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Kelli Garcia |
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Joan E. Clifford |
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Wendy Krimins |
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Troy Zimmerman |
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