The Adding Machine , Next Theatre, through March 4. Definitely a case of less is more as Elmer Rice's three-hour 1923 expressionist drama is condensed and reconstituted in a masterful 95-minute musical distillation, encompassing a variety of musical styles. SCM
Oklahoma!, American Theater Co., through March 18. A radically authentic staging strips down Rodgers and Hammerstein's lush musical to bare-bones twang, fiddle and grit. Marty Higginbotham and Matthew Brumlow are revelatory as Jud and Curly. CS
Radio Golf, Goodman Theatre, through Feb. 25. August Wilson's final play is New York-bound. He ends his 10-play cycle with a hero—a man who sacrifices money and power to protect the heritage of the Pittsburgh Hill District, and his personal connection to it. JA
Sounds of Silents ( The Essanay Years ) , Prop Thtr, through Feb. 25. With biopic flourishes, Paul Peditto recounts Chicago's rise and fall as the pre-Hollywood movie capital that made stars of Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin and others. MSB
By Jonathan Abarbanel ( JA ) , Mary Shen Barnidge ( MSB ) , Scott Morgan ( SCM ) and Catey Sullivan ( CS ) .