Goodman Theatre's CHINGLISH Closes 7/31

Goodman Theatre's world premiere of Chinglish, the sexy new comedy by Tony Award winner and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist David Henry Hwang, directed by OBIE  Award winner Leigh Silverman, will close on July 31. 

The Broadway  engagement of Chinglish is scheduled for Fall 2011 at a Shubert Theatre; cast to be announced soon. Silk  Road Theatre Project's hit Yellow Face, directed by Goodman Associate Producer Steve Scott, also continues through July 31. The "provocative, caustically funny and touching" (Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago premiere of  Hwang's recent work is on stage now at The Historic Chicago Temple Building (77 W. Washington), produced in  association with the Goodman. Tickets to Chinglish ($25 -80) and  Yellow Face ($34) can be purchased at www.goodmantheatre.org, at the box office (170 N. Dearborn) or by phone: 312.443.3800. Artists, dates and ticket prices are subject to change.

In Chinglish, Daniel, a Midwestern American businessman who's desperately looking to score a lucrative  contact for his family's sign-making firm, travels to the provincial capital of Guiyang, only to learn how  much he doesn't understand: his translators are unreliable, his Australian-born consultant may be a fraud,  and he is captivated by Xu Yan, the beautiful, seemingly supportive government official who talks the talk-but what is she saying, anyway? Major Production Support for Chinglish is provided by the National  Endowment for the Arts. The Goodman Theatre Women's Board is the Major Production Sponsor. Chinglish is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation's New American Plays Award. Bank of America and PwC are the Corporate Sponsor Partners. Principal support of Artistic Development and Diversity Initiatives is provided  by The Joyce Foundation. The Broadway production is produced by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Roy  Gottlieb, Barry & Carole Kaye and David and Barbara Stoller, in association with Goodman Theatre.

Yellow Face is a revealing backstage comedy and memoir which chronicles Hwang's struggle to define  racial identity in the mixed-up melting pot of contemporary America. Part fact, part fiction, Yellow Face explores the pitfalls and promise of the politically correct. Production support for Yellow Face is provided by  the National Endowment for the Arts and ComEd.