Kabuki Lady Macbeth, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Navy Pier, through May 1. Shozo Sato's filtering of the bard's tragedy through Eastern sensibilities makes for a dazzling spectacle and exploration of the darkest depths of power. RR
Lookingglass Alice, Water Tower Pumping Station, through April 17. With no scenery or tricks to their tricks, the actors do all their circus stunts in full view in this visual delight that spins the Alice story with an adult nod to madness, abuse of power and death. JA
The Vow, Stage Left, through April 2. Tom Patrick's well-researched tale of battlefront confrontations during the Crusades has PBS written all over it—oh, and some interesting comments on that OTHER war in the Middle East, too. MSB
Whose West Wing Is It, Anyway?, The Free Associates at Peter Jones Gallery, 1806 W. Cuyler, open run. The folks who brought us Frodo-A-Go-Go, Blithering Heights and BS return with fully improvised stories, this time based on Aaron Sorkin's hit TV show. MSB
By Jonathan Abarbanel, Mary Shen Barnidge and Rick Reed