The Theatres have been places where our follies, fantasies, and dreams are enacted out in most vivid manner, which we can never show in real life. Real drama of life move in front of the kaleidoscope of our mind in brilliant representation withy the aid of music, props, lightings, vibrant costumes, and laudable speeches by actors who are in one way or other are the representation of our foil in disguise. For a drama people on Chicago travel, you will never miss the Goodman Theatre.

Goodman Theatre, located right at the centre of Chicago's loop is one of the exemplar of theatrics magnificence of the city. Its brilliant infrastructure is remarkable and draws attention to it outright. The theater is installed in the fond memory of the famous playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman who flourished in the late nineteenth era of Chicago in 1925.

The playwright dies of Influenza in year 1918. The architecture of Goodman Theatre was done by the architect Howard Van Doren Shaw. The limited geographical area didn't allow architect to accommodate good amount of space for scenery and visual effects, yet it is brilliantly constructed.

Mr. & Mrs. William O. Goodman, parents of the demised playwright made donation of $350,000 to the Art Institute of Chicago for the foundation of a professional repertory company and school of drama as a tribute to their son. The inauguration of the Theatre took place on October 20, 1925.

Three famous plays of Kenneth Sawyer Goodman- 'The Green Scarf', 'The Game Of Chess', and 'Back Of the Yards' were staged on the inauguration day of Goodman Theatre. The public opening for the Goodman Theatre commenced on October 22, 1925 with John Galsworthy' famous play 'The Forest'.

In 1992, Goodman Theatre was honored with the award of The Regional Theater Tony Award. This award brought wider recognition to the Goodman Theatre forayed into broad world of theatrics with a bang. Theater got shifted to new location of Chicago's theater district, 170N.Dearborn.

The new theater building constituted two large auditoriums named after the Goodman family members who still makes major chunk of donation for the theater. The two auditoriums are named as Albert and Owen. The remarkable change has been made in the area of acoustics and visual effects in the new building of the Theatre with the aid of modern techniques, which was absent from the old one

Goodman Theatre produced the first play, 'Radio Golf' from the ten part series of August Wilson's 'The Pittsburgh Cycle' in 2007. This is the first Theatre that hosted the production of all the ten plays of 'The Pittsburgh cycle'. One will definitely not want to miss the presentation of 'A Christmas Carol' every year that Goodman Theater puts up for Chicago audience.

Goodman Theater Address
170 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60601

Contact:
Tel: (312) 443-3800 or (312) 443-3820(Group Sales)
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Ticket Information for Goodman Theater:
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Website: http://www.goodmantheatre.org