Jacques Brel's Lonesome Losers of the Night, Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre at No Exit Cafe, through Aug. 6. This collection of ballads by Belgium's hippest mid-20th century export is less a comprehensive revue than a tone poem. But when the bard outstrips both Aristide Bruant and Leonard Cohen for romantic melancholy, who can resist? MSB
Late Company, Cor Theatre at Pride Arts Center, through July 16. Everybody talks about gay bullying and teen suicide nowadays, but Jordan Tannahill's play avoids easy blame-games to explore why solutions remain elusive. MSB
Paradise Blue, TimeLine Theatre, through July 23. Jazz man Blue is squeezed between personal demons and urban renewal in 1949 Detroit, and makes all the wrong choices. This atmospheric play has strong characters and dialog but weak structure. Powerful acting carries it, along with Orbert Davis' original jazz score. JA
Pilgrims, Gift Theatre, through July 30. Claire Kiechel's sci-fi drama keeps you guessing as a laconic soldier and a chatty young woman are forced to share a spaceship cabin with a comically perky robot stewardess. SCM
By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan