Goodman Theatre

Award-winning magician Dennis Watkins invites you to forget everything for 90 minutes and let your imagination take the lead. With audience participation, mind-reading, sleight of hand, and more, it’s a one-of-a-kind experience you have to see to believe.

This world-premiere adaptation of Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows a nerdy Dominican college student struggling against a generational family curse. Spanning New Jersey and the Dominican Republic, this vibrant production is a heart-rending celebration of hope and the radical act of loving against all odds.

The August Wilson classic returns to Goodman Theatre for the first time since it's record-breaking premiere in 1997. Set in 1927, this drama takes place in a tense recording studio and follows a legendary blues singer and her band. It's a powerful exploration of race, identity, and exploitation.

In this suspenseful Southern Gothic thriller, a struggling guitarist returns to his small Georgia town as a blues legend, sparking rumors of a dark deal with the devil. As secrets and superstitions unravel, the play explores the thin line between faith and fear in a haunting story where no one is exactly who they seem.

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman star in this new musical comedy from the creators of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Urinetown. When a 1930s Broadway diva (Mullally) transforms a once-frozen Neanderthal into a star, her world is turned upside down.