The Goodman Theatre’s current staging of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” starring E. Faye Butler, led to the reissue of a century-old blues album. When “Ma Rainey” burst onto the stage at opening night of ...

The Goodman Theatre was forced to cancel its Saturday matinee of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” due to the death of cast member Matt DeCaro. The theater also said Saturday that the cast had decided to ...

Matt DeCaro, a Chicago actor whose career spanned decades and included a performance in the Goodman Theatre's currently-running production “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom," has died. The Goodman Theatre ...

Chicago actor Matt DeCaro never took being a working actor for granted. Last week, before an unusually early-in-the-day staging of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” at the Goodman Theatre, ...

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According to the Chicago Tribune, The Goodman Theatre halted their Saturday matinee performance of "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" due to the death of cast member Matt DeCaro, reports the Chicago Tribune.

When the actor Matt DeCaro was not feeling well Saturday morning, he was reluctant to go in an ambulance to the hospital, said his wife, Sheila O’Callaghan. “He said he had a matinee,” O’Callaghan ...

Ma Fest, paying homage to the “rich cultural traditions of the South” and named after Columbus native Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, known as the “Mother of the Blues,” will take place this Saturday from 4-9 p ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — MA FEST is an annual celebration free for the public to gather and enjoy, helping to celebrate the life and legacy of Ma Rainey, known as the “Mother of the Blues.” The second ...

A jury convicted a 43-year-old man from Brighton on Wednesday of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Cape Cod man in 2022. Charee Rainey’s conviction in Barnstable County Superior Court is ...