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Enchanted April
Through 5/26: Thu-Sat 8 PM, Sun 3PM; additional shows Wed 5/8 and 5/22, 1 PM, Sat 5/4 and 5/18, 1 PM.Theater & Performance
Citadel Theatre presents a romance about a group of women who rediscover themselves during a trip to Italy. $35-$37.50
Spirit Family Reunion, Count This Penny, Spitzer Space Telescope
Tue., May 28, 7:30 p.m.Folk & Country
Carrie Goldman
Wed., May 29, 7 p.m.Literary Events
Goldman discusses her book Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher, and Kid Needs to Know about Ending the Cycle of Fear.
Falling Man
Through 5/31: Fri 9 PMTheater & Performance
In five monologues by Big Love creator Will Scheffer, gay men recount falling in love, and in each case the love is remarkable for its flammability; fire analogies pervade this production. In "Alien Boy," Glenn Abel portrays a hyperintelligent 13-year-old Jewish boy who hopes the "devastatingly attractive Nazis in the movies" will save him from his sexuality. Eric Frederickson, as a veteran hustler ruminating on the night Tennessee Williams's soul leaped into his body, gave a positively ticklish rendition of the playwright's southern cackle and drawl in "Tennessee and Me." Andrew Hodson, as "Jeffrey Dahmer," could just as well have been "punk Hamlet channeling Christ." Nonetheless, the rest of the cast have enormous success kindling the spark of a queer personality into memorable characters. —Jena Cutie $20
The Odd Couple: Female Version
Through 6/1: Fri-Sat 7 PM; no show Sat 4/27 and 5/25Theater & Performance
In this adaptation of Neil Simon's comedy, the titular couple is reimagined as a pair of women. $20
Stella & Lou
Through 6/9: various times, see websiteTheater & Performance
Rhea Perlman, best known for playing Carla Tortelli on Cheers, takes half the title role alongside local acting luminary Francis Guinan in Bruce Graham's droll black comedy, premiering under director BJ Jones for Northlight Theatre. Lou owns a South Philly dive bar, where the story's set, and remains grief-stricken years after his wife's death. His firecracker regular customer Stella wants more for him, though, and the duo's fitful relationship forms the core of the story. Graham's populist writing style includes plenty of broad hooks that seem calculated to make the work accessible, but a rich emotional depth suffuses the story nonetheless. As Stella, Perlman gets an unholy number of terrific one-liners, and lands every one like a pro. —Keith Griffith $25-$44
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd.
Skokie
847-673-6300
