Animal Crackers: A Weekend Set In The Country

Madness and mayhem reign onstage in The Goodman Theatre’s current revival of Animal Crackers, based on the 1928 Broadway musical by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind that starred the Marx Brothers. Made into the popular 1930s film, Animal Crackers has a zany plot line in which Groucho Marx plays the role of African explorer Captain Geoffrey T. Spaulding, who investigates the theft of a valuable painting gone missing during a weekend house party at the Long Island estate of society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse. Set designer Robin Vest, costume designer Jenny Mannis, lighting ...

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