Copenhagen, TimeLine Theatre, through Oct. 9. This 2000 Tony winner—about a mysterious meeting between famed physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg—gets a powerful, intense staging from director Louis Contey. RR
Death of a Salesman, Hypocrites at the Athenaeum, through Oct. 16. Arthur Miller's portrait of the loss of the American dream promises potency under one of Chicago's best young directors, Sean Graney. RR
Gypsy, Porchlight Music Theatre at Theatre Building, through Oct. 30. With the powerful and cagey Rebecca Finnegan as Mama Rose, this troupe that usually does things right should do it again with one of the all-time great Broadway scores by Jule Styne and Sondheim. JA
Three Days Of Rain, Actors Revolution at Steep Theater, through Sept. 18. Privileged East Coast waifs delve ancestral secrets for hints of comforting wisdom in this Actors Rev debut show by Richard Greenberg. Disciples of J.D. Salinger will commiserate. MSB
By Jonathan Abarbanel, Mary Shen Barnidge and Rick Reed