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Now at the Goodman Theatre and under the direction of Steve Cosson, José Rivera’s Another Word for Beauty is not the world’s greatest production—nor…

Beauty pageants occur in a prison called Buen Pastor in, Bogotá Colombia where young and older woman have the dream to win this incredible…

What can possibly be entertaining about a beauty pageant in a women’s prison? The answer is: Everything! Informative details about a country not so…

If someone asked me for another word for beauty, I would say enchantment. However, if someone asked me for another word for the Goodman…

Explicit, provocative, misunderstood...Colombia. In this cultural explosion of a play “Another Word for Beauty,” playwright Jose Rivera takes the audience, in the Goodman Theatre…

If you’d like to see a reflection of popular media as a musical play, then Another Word for Beauty is the perfect play to…

When a show like “A Christmas Carol” is performed year after year, it becomes easy to allow audiences to take in the classic words…

Disturbing and enjoyable, how can a play be both? “Another Word for Beauty” by Jose Rivera encapsulates feelings of joy, happiness, vulnerability and fear…

Entering the Goodman Theatre’s production of “Another Word for Beauty”, purposefully knowing nothing, it seemed impossible for playwright José Rivera’s newest work to disappoint.…