点评:Before I left for Chicago's Goodman Theatre to see its current production, Dead Girl's Quinceanera, I had to scan my dictionary to learn what a Quinceanera is. By definition, it is a traditional Latin American coming-of-age celebration marking a girl's 15th birthday and her transition from childhood to womanhood. So now I know what it's all about. Maria was last seen at her Quinceanera. She hasn't responded to any messages in 36 hours. Now her three best friends, armed with confidence, questionable clues and zero adult supervision, are on the case, racing against the clock to find out what happened. A play at the Goodman is always worth seeing. Located at 170 North Dearborn Street in Chicago's Loop, it is the city's oldest active non-profit theater company. Founded in 1925 as a tribute to Chicago playwright Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, it is one of six Chicago theater companies to receive the prestigious Regional Theatre Tony Award, along with Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, Shakespeare, Lookingglass and Court Theatre, making Chicago the most recognized city in the country. Goodman moved into its current address in 2000, a 171,000-square-foot facility with two fully modern auditoriums. In 2022, Susan V. Booth took over as artistic director, becoming the first woman to lead the Goodman, which has been described as "the most important theater in American's second most important theatrical city."
翻译:在我动身前往芝加哥的古德曼剧院观看正在上演的剧目《死去女孩的十五岁生日派对》之前,我不得不查阅字典,以了解“Quinceanera”究竟是什么意思。从定义上来说,这是一种传统的拉丁美洲成年仪式,用来庆祝女孩15岁生日以及她从童年迈向成年的转折点。现在我终于明白这到底是怎么回事了。玛丽亚最后一次露面是在她的十五岁生日派对上。过去36个小时里,她一直没有回复任何消息。如今,她的三位挚友鼓起勇气……在毫无成人监管且线索也寥寥无几的情况下,他们开始调查此事,争分夺秒地试图查明真相。在古德曼剧院观看演出绝对值得一看。该剧院位于芝加哥卢普区的北迪尔伯恩街170号,是该市历史最悠久且仍在运营的非营利性剧院。它创立于1925年,旨在向芝加哥剧作家肯尼思·索耶·古德曼致敬。与斯蒂芬沃尔夫剧院、胜利花园剧院等剧院一同,它也是芝加哥仅有的六家荣获过享有盛誉的“地区剧院托尼奖”的剧院之一。莎士比亚剧院、Lookingglass剧院以及宫廷剧院的入驻,使芝加哥成为美国知名度最高的城市。古德曼剧院于2000年迁至现址,这是一座占地171,000平方英尺的建筑,内设两个配备齐全的现代剧场上。2022年,苏珊·V·布斯出任艺术总监,成为首位执掌古德曼剧院的女性。该剧院被誉为“美国第二大戏剧之城中最重要的剧院”。