Roche Schulfer, the Goodman Theatre’s Shrewd Steward
Since joining the theatre’s staff four decades ago, he’s helped guide the Chicago theatre to national flagship status. It wasn’t an easy or inevitable climb.
Category Archives: People
Humana 2015: In ‘Dot,’ Colman Domingo Sees Dementia Through a Comic Lens
His new play looks at aging parents and the children who care for them, and doesn’t mind laughing at the things that are beyond understanding.
Young Jean Lee Gets Into the Minds of ‘Straight White Men’
In her new play, Young Jean Lee explores notions of privilege and identity by conducting an anthropological study of a very particular demographic.
How ‘It Shoulda Been You’ Got David Hyde Pierce Into Directing
The longtime actor never intended to be a director, but when his husband’s musical needed a leader, he stepped up and found a new passion.
Humana 2015: Jen Silverman Tackles Transformations in ‘The Roommate’
In her first play for the Humana Festival, Jen Silverman pays a tribute to badass women in their 50s.
Humana 2015: Erin Courtney Conjures a Ghost Town
In her play ‘I Will Be Gone,’ hauntings and grief are served with comedy and cupcakes.
Conor McPherson Searches for God in ‘The Night Alive’
The Irish playwright talks about the ‘supernaturalism of the everyday,’ and about structure and ghosts and Dickens.
John Kander and Nick Blaemire on Musicals Old and New
Veteran composer John Kander talks and emerging talent Nick Blaemire, both with new musicals at Arlington’s Signature Theatre this month, trade thoughts about the state of musical theatre.
Gigi Bermingham Plays the Judy Garland That Got Away
The actress, now starring in ‘End of the Rainbow’ at International City Theatre, talks about learning to love Judy and why working in real estate wasn’t right for her.
Bill Pullman Plays Othello as a Stranger in a Strange Land (Norway)
Language and culture, not race, are the faultlines in a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy by Norwegian director Stein Winge.
