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The "nearly five-hour, 18-character epic broke box office records and played to 100% of capacity at the Goodman—officially concluding its 50-performance extended run as the most successful show in the Goodman’s 87-year history," the theater said in a statement.

It literally hailed during The Iceman Cometh opening last night. Foreboding? Also, just a reminder: three intermissions, four acts, five hours.

Andrea Martin, Jayne Eastwood and Robin Duke will all be at UP in May for a variety of shows.

This sounds like an actual anniversary to celebrate: The Second City's 100th Revue: Who Do We Think We Are? grand opens April 18.

1. Always... Patsy Cline is the first show of the year at Theatre at the Center, opening in previews February 23.

1. The New York Times has a really fascinating multimedia piece about the ways different regional theaters have put on Red, the show the Goodman is tackling this fall, about Mark Rothko.