'Madness' and 'Candide' are top Jeff Award winners

Director Penny Metropulos' stirring take on Alan Bennett's "The Madness of George III" and Mary Zimmerman's revisionist production of "Candide" at the Goodman Theatre shared top honors for large theaters at the 2011 Joseph Jefferson Awards, with the Remy Bumppo Theatre production of Edwards Albee's "The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?" and American Theater Company's retro, Chicago-style version of "The Original Grease" honored as the best shows of the year in Chicago's mid-size Equity theaters.

Chris Jones

November 7, 2011