sentences:  "The Goodbye Girl" opened in out-of-town tryouts at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago, from December 29, 1992 to January 30, 1993.The director, Gene Saks, was fired during the Chicago tryouts and replaced by Michael Kidd.During the run, producers created a new opening song for Bernadette Peters as Paula and Tammy Minoff as her daughter Lucy.