Current shows we think are hot.
Anna In The Tropics, Goodman Theatre, through Nov. 30. Anna Karenina meets Latino culture. Nilo Cruz won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his poetic tale of smoldering passion in a Tampa cigar factory in 1929. A transfer from Victory Gardens. (Barnidge)
Cuttings, Stage Left Theatre, through Nov. 15. As the most audacious predator since Hannibal Lector, Ron Wells proves that not all vampires are preternatural bloodsuckers, in this flawed staging of David Rush's creepy tale of commonplace corruption. (Barnidge)
Orange Flower Water, Steppenwolf Garage, through Nov. 23. Acting as good as you'll ever see. Author Craig Wright's tale is nothing—-two 30-something couples fall apart—but the telling is everything. Astonishing cast, splendid direction by Rick Snyder. (Abarbanel)
Our Town, Writers Theatre, through Dec. 7. Thornton Wilder's oft-produced 1938 Pulitzer Prize winner—about simple human truths—gets new life in this sparkling production, lovingly and perfectly rendered, direced by William Brown. (Reed)