A NEW PLAY AND DINNER WITH THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNNG PLAYWRIGHT.
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GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR
Written by Doug Wright
Wednesday, April 13
5:15 pm Dinner at The Dearborn with playwright, Doug Wright
7:30 pm Good Night, Oscar at The Goodman
Anything can happen on live TV. And one night, it did. Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) stars as the irrepressible Oscar Levant.
It’s 1958, and Jack Paar hosts the hottest late-night talk-show on television. His favorite guest? Character actor, pianist and wild card Oscar Levant. Famous for his witty one-liners, Oscar has a favorite: “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity; I have erased this line.” Tonight, Oscar will prove just that when he appears live on national TV in an episode that Paar’s audience—and the rest of America—won’t soon forget. Good Night, Oscar explores the nexus of humor and heartbreak, the ever-dwindling distinction between exploitation and entertainment, and the high cost of baring one’s soul for public consumption.
Doug Wright (Playwright) returns to the Goodman, where his previous writing credits include I Am My Own Wife and War Paint. Other Chicago credits include I Am My Own Wife (About Face Theatre.) His Broadway credits include War Paint, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk Nomination), The Little Mermaid, Grey Gardens (Tony Award nomination), I Am My Own Wife (Tony Award, Pulitzer Prize). Off-Broadway credits include Posterity (Atlantic Theater Company); Unwrap Your Candy (Vineyard Theater); Quills (New York Theatre Workshop); Standing on Ceremony (Minetta Lane Theater); Buzzsaw Berkeley (WPA Theater). Films include Quills (Paul Selvin Award, WGA) and the upcoming The Burial starring Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones. He is the former president of the Dramatists Guild of America and a member of SAG-Aftra, SDC and the WGA.
DOUG WRIGHT
(Bio as of February 2022)