Just as Clybourne Park (premiered at Playwrights Horizons) and Once (workshopped at American Reportory Theatre, premiered by New York Theatre Workshop) -- with victories at The Tony Awards -- prominently reaffirmed how central this country's not-for-profit theatres are to new theatrical work, we learned that The Goodman Theatre's production of O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (not a new work) will not be brought to New York by producer Scott Rudin (though others may yet step in). Just as I confess to being pleased about the first two works being anointed Sunday night, I also confess that I am not disappointed by the prospect of Iceman remaining a Chicago phenomenon (even though those involved in the production may be).
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