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“Family Limitation”
Abortion has existed in different forms—surgical, medicinal and physical—across the globe for thousands of years.
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Decision v. Dissent
Cases argued before America’s highest court must have basis in the Constitution and in history, not solely in moral and religious appeals.
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
Steven Strafford slips into the role of Crumpet, the less-than-jolly elf in David Sedaris' The Santaland Diaries.
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Meet the Man Behind the Miser
In 2006, award-winning actor Larry Yando stepped into the role of Ebenezer Scrooge for the very first time. Little did he know that 13 years later, he’d still be delighting Goodman audiences with his take on one of the greatest grouches of all time.
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The Spirit of the Season
During the Christmas season at the Goodman, the joyous feeling of holiday magic is palpable throughout the halls of our theater.
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The Real Hanky-Panky
The Goodman's Hanky-Panky expertly mixed by Lounge Lead Sean Grosshans Over a hundred years ago a pioneering woman was taking on new roles, breaking…
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Iowa Stubborn
This comic essay, in which Meredith Willson discusses his inspiration for "The Music Man," was originally published in "The New York Herald Tribune."
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76 Trombones, 62 Years Ago: The Debut of “The Music Man”
"The Music Man" creator Meredith Willson, a flautist and piccolo player, composer, conductor and musical arranger, seemed on the surface an unlikely candidate to create Broadway’s next hit, given his lack of experience in the medium....In the late 1940s, Willson began working on the first of his three autobiographies, "And There I Stood with My Piccolo." This lighthearted book explores Willson’s turn-of-the-20th-century childhood in Mason City, Iowa, where he adroitly honed the skills that enabled his professional career in music while also wholeheartedly participating in small town misadventures.
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Falling in Love with the Stage Musical
From Leonard Bernstein’s "Candide" to the Damon Runyan-inspired "Guys and Dolls," to her own adaption of "The Jungle Book," Tony Award-winning director Mary Zimmerman has brought her unique style to this beloved American entertainment. She’s long exercised her chops on the Goodman stage and now returns with "The Music Man," the 1957 classic about a smooth-talking swindler and the small Midwestern town he wraps around his little finger.
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Making Meaning of Shakespeare’s Title
“A sad tale’s best for winter,” asserts the young Sicilian prince Mamillius when asking for a bedtime story. Indeed, many of our bedtime fairy…
