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Samantha Pauly (Six) has set her final performance as Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby on Broadway. The original cast member will depart the production in July, after over two years and 900 performances in the role on Broadway.
The Goodman’s summer musical is arriving on stage—Iceboy! Or the Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O’Neill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh, starring Emmy Award winners Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman.
Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally discuss ICEBOY!, the new musical at Goodman Theatre in Chicago, calling it 'actually laugh out loud funny' in a new interview clip.
The second to last Minneapolis performance of The Great Gatsby was cancelled mid-performance due to technical difficulties. Learn more about the issue and the show here.
The Jewish Plays Project and the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History will present the 15th National Jewish Playwriting Contest Finals in Philadelphia, with audiences voting to select the winning play from three finalists.
The Goodman will present a two-week extension for Iceboy! Or the Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O’Neill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh, starring Emmy Award winners Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman.
Rehearsals are underway for the musical event of the summer: Iceboy! Or, The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O‘Neill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh. See photos here!
The current touring production of the Broadway musical The Great Gatsby tries to wrap its hand around the elusive and enigmatic novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald but can only succeed on the most basic level. It is a daunting task to try and adapt extremely poetic and enigmatic works like The Great Gatsby to any visual medium (in this, I do agree with critic John Simon ---there are really no optic equivalents to this type of writing ---as five flawed film adaptations have proven).
The Great Gatsby's Damani Van Rensalier is taking over our Instagram today! Follow along on our Story as Van Rensalier takes our Instagram followers behind-the-scenes of the hit Broadway musical.
Goodman Theatre announced the full cast for ICEBOY!, a new musical comedy starring Emmy winners Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, alongside Grey Henson, Sarah Stiles, and Cedric Yarbrough, directed by Marc Bruni.
Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic 1925 novel of the same name. The Great Gatsby is set on Long Island, near New York City during the Jazz Age. The story centers on mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession to reunite with his former lover Daisy Buchanan. This was one of two musical adaptations to have premiered within the past couple of years. The other being Gatsby: An American Myth, which debuted in Boston in 2024.
The Jewish Plays Project partnered with Miles Nadal JCC and Kultura Collective to host Toronto's first Jewish Playwriting Contest, featuring three finalists chosen from over 325 submissions across 28 states and 7 countries.
While THE GREAT GATSBY has glimpses of effective songs and character development, the musical doesn’t ultimately live up to the glitz, glamor, and legacy of its source material.
Matthew Saldívar will join The Great Gatsby on Broadway. Saldívar joins the show’s principal cast, which also features original star and Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney and more.
THE GREAT GATSBY, based on the beloved novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald , is now playing at Broadway In Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre. The musical will play a limited two-week engagement.
The 2026-27 season lineup has been announced for Broadway at the Tennessee Theatre. The season will kick of fin November with Death Becomes Her, and continue with The Great Gatsby, Mamma Mia!, The Sound of Music, Jersey Boys, and Hell's Kitchen.
wild project will present WILD WORKS: PUPPETRY ON THE EDGE, a new puppetry series curated by Amanda Card, on May 6th in New York City, featuring performances from Nick Lehane, Maiko Kikuchi, Marcella Murray, and Purser & Amanda Card.
Jay Gatsby is throwing a party at the Stranahan Theater—and it does not disappoint. The North American tour of The Great Gatsby is a full-out, glamorous toast to the Roaring Twenties.
Overture Center for the Arts will present the North American tour of THE GREAT GATSBY in Madison's Overture Hall July 28–Aug. 2, with tickets going on sale April 10. The Tony Award-winning production features a jazz and pop-infused score.
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