After the Revolution, Next Theatre, through May 19. Amy Herzog's intelligent play is less the political tale it seems and more a family "dramedy" of how we react when our idols turn out to have feet of clay. It's a top-notch cast with a delicious steely turn by veteran Mary Ann Thebus. JA
The Butcher of Baraboo, A Red Orchid Theatre, through June 3. One crazy lady is handy with a cleaver, another with a .44 police special, a third packs a ready supply of mind-bending drugs and Marisa Wegrzyn just keeps pulling one rug after another out from under us. MSB
Girl You Know it's True, Pavement Group at Chopin Theatre, through May 13. The Milli Vanilli scandal is told in reverse while Bixby Elliot's gay playwright concocts a phony persona to get his work produced in this dark and funny new comedy. It's an incisive examination at what is real and phony in the entertainment world and how far people will lie to become rich and famous. SCM
Sixty Miles to Silver Lake, Collaboraction at Flat Iron Arts Building, through May 27. Fans of Dan LeFranc's acclaimed 2011 play The Big Meal won't want to miss the Chicago premiere of his earlier work that is an emotionally time-condensed drama exploring the evolving relationship between a divorced dad and his teenage son. SCM
By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan