BIOGRAPHY
ROBERT FALLS: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - GOODMAN THEATRE
Robert Falls has been the artistic director of Chicago's Goodman Theatre
since 1986, after serving in that capacity at Wisdom Bridge Theatre from
1977 to 1985. Mr. Falls most recently directed Brian Dennehy in Eugene
O'Neill's Hughie at the Goodman and, just prior to that, he directed
the world premiere of Arthur Miller's final play, Finishing the Picture.
In May, he will direct the Goodman's world premiere of Rebecca Gilman's
Dollhouse, adapted from Henrik Ibsen's play.
Last season, Mr. Falls directed Edward Albee's The Goat or, Who is
Sylvia? at the Goodman. His production of Elton John and Tim Rice's
Aida for Walt Disney Theatricals ran on Broadway for five seasons and is
currently playing in Germany, Japan, and Korea. His Broadway production of
Long Day's Journey Into Night received three 2003 Tony Awards,
including Best Revival of a Play, and three 2003 Drama Desk Awards,
including Outstanding Director of a Play and Outstanding Revival of a Play.
Mr. Falls first staged Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Goodman
in 2002. Other recent credits include Lobby Hero at the Goodman, and
a new production of Rebecca Gilman's Blue Surge for the Joseph Papp
Public Theater in New York. His 1999 production of Death of a Salesman
won four 1999 Tony Awards, including Best Direction of a Play and Best
Revival of a Play, as well as four 1999 Joseph Jefferson Awards, including
Best Direction of a Play and Best Production of a Play.
His 1997 Goodman production of Horton Foote's The Young Man from Atlanta,
which also transferred to Broadway, received a Tony Award nomination for
Best Production of a Play. In 1995, Mr. Falls won an Obie Award for his
direction of the world premiere of Eric Bogosian's subUrbia at
Lincoln Center Theater, and his production of Tennessee Williams' The
Rose Tattoo for Circle in the Square received a Tony Award nomination
for Best Revival of a Play.
Previously at the Goodman, Mr. Falls has directed House and Garden, A
Touch of the Poet, Three Sisters, The Night of the Iguana, The Iceman
Cometh, Galileo, Landscape of the Body, Pal Joey, The Misanthrope, and
world premieres of Blue Surge, Griller, Book of the Night, The Speed of
Darkness, On the Open Road, and Riverview: A Melodrama with Music.
His directing credits also include The Iceman Cometh at the Abbey
Theatre in Dublin, On the Open Road at the Joseph Papp Public
Theater, The Night of the Iguana at the Roundabout Theatre, and Nicky
Silver's The Food Chain at the Westside Theatre in New York, as well
as productions for the Guthrie Theater, Remains Theatre, the La Jolla
Playhouse, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera, and the
Grande Théâtre de Genčve.
Mr. Falls is the 1999 recipient of the Illinois Arts Council's Governor's
Award for outstanding contributions by an individual artist, and he was
named a "Chicagoan of the Year" by Chicago magazine in 2000. In 2003, he
received the League of Chicago Theatres' Artistic Leadership Award and was
also elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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