Current shows we think are hot!
Cirque du Soleil: Varekai, United Center parking lot through Aug. 31. Ethereal, magical, enchanting—and expensive—are just a
few words one might use to describe this international phenomenon that has elevated the ancient circus genre to an art form. (Reed)
Cupid Is As Cupid Does, Cupid Players at the ImprovOlympic, through Aug. 22. Interpersonal relationships might be a shopworn
sketch comedy concept, but the Cupids forge a witty, insightful and surprisingly professional musical revue therefrom. (Barnidge)
Lost in Yonkers, Eclipse Theatre at Victory Gardens through Aug. 31. Neil Simon's 1991 Pulitzer Prize-winner paints a serio-
comic portrait of three generations of a Jewish family in trouble, circa 1942. Eclipse brings it to chaotic, laughable, and poignant life.
(Reed)
Up Until Now, About Face Youth at Goodman Theatre through Aug. 17. The annual new work developed by the adolescent unit of
About Face Theatre usually offers sharp insights into the GLBTQ teenage mind, and mirrors us adults, too. (Abarbanel)