Tony Award-winner, Chicago stage champion Frank Galati dies
FILE - Writer and director Frank Galati poses for a portrait on July 29, 2004, in a practice room at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore., where his play"Oedipus Complex'' premiered during the summer. Galati, who was a pivotal figure in Chicago's theater community and a two-time Tony Award winner on Broadway, died Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, according to Steppenwolf Theatre. He was 79.
His screenwriting credits include “The Accidental Tourist,” for which he was an Oscar nominee. He also was credited for writing the teleplay to Arthur Miller’s play “The American Clock” in 1993. Galati became a Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member in 1985 and the Goodman Theatre’s associate director a year later. He remained in that post until 2008. He was also an artistic associate at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida.
His productions at the Goodman include “The Visit,” “She Always Said Pablo,” “The Winter’s Tale,” “The Good Person of Setzuan” and “Cry the Beloved Country.” He most recently directed Asolo Repertory Theatre’s 2022 world premiere musical"Knoxville," written by the “Ragtime” team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
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