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Goodman Theater: A Christmas Carol

Goodman Theater

AC rating

4

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We went to the Goodman Theater today to check out Dicken's A Christmas Carol. The show was terrific, and despite a few bumps along the way, were very pleased with the accessibility of the Goodman. After ordering wheelchair accomodating seating back in September, we received the tickets in the mail that read: :A seat will be removed for your convenience and accessibility. We arrived early about a half hour before the 2:00 pm. show. and had to wait 15 minutes while the Goodman staff.


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The Goodman Theater: We loved checking out the Christmas Carol today, and we know we will back to see other shows based on how easy it was to see great live theater. Our biggest suggestion for this one is to arrive at least 20 minutes before show time because you may have to wait for the Goodman staff to remove the theater chair before your wheelchair can be placed in the designated wheelchair spot for accessible seating. We would have like to have this done prior to our arrival since I had ordered accessible seating back in September. The ticket office should have communicated the need for the seat removal to the Goodman staff when the tickets were ordered. I suppose they do not know if we cancelled, so they take the chair out last minute. Hence, get there early.  You can order accessible seating tickets by calling 312-553-7242.  We also had a very difficult time getting a dinner reservation near in the Theater district so we went to the Big Downtown Restaurant in the Palmer House instead. We were seated there at 4:45 pm right away. Parking for the Goodman was a piece of cake at the Self Park on Lake and Clark streets. It seemed like the garage had ample parking, and it was just steps away from the front door of the Goodman. Located across the street from the Goodman is the Ford Theater, so these directions will work if you want to check out a show there as well.