Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit, Royal George, through July 1. Gerard Alessandrini and his quartet of master actors offer non-stop laughs, cutting imitations of Broadway celebs and spoofs of the latest hits. Missing this show would be a crime.SCM
Gidget, City Lit Theatre, through June 3. The 15-year-old heroine in this famous coming-of-age story may think Philip Marino's Moondog is a hottie, but playgoers of the 1950s-surfer age will swooooon over Eric Hoffmann as The Great Kahoona. MSB
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, through June 3. Transfer of Collaboraction's serio-comedy about the Internet, AI and a trash-talking teen genius seeking her roots. Astonishing performance by Jennifer Shin. JA
Shenandoah, Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre, through June 24. With a voice as deep and gorgeous as the titular valley, David Hess heads a resonant cast in this tragedy of a pacific Civil War era father who has bloodshed and destruction land on his doorstep. CS
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge, Morgan and Sullivan