Current shows we think are hot!
Anna In The Tropics, Goodman Theatre, opens Nov. 7. Victory Gardens' runaway hit moves downtown for four weeks, giving Loop-accessible audiences another chance to see Nilo Cruz' Pulitzer Prize-winning smoldering drama, set in 1920's Tampa. (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)
Dirty Blonde, Apple Tree Theatre, through Nov. 9. Claudia Shear's take on the life of Mae West, as seen through the eyes of two star-crossed fans. West's bon mots survive pretty much intact, and Greg Vinkler shines as a variety of men in West's life. (Reed)
Dr. Sex, Bailiwick Repertory through Nov. 16. A merry, racy musical comedy about pioneering sex researcher Alfed C. Kinsey, who appears to have practiced what he peeked. Full of toe-tapping tunes and cheeky prurience. Good, clean, salacious fun! (Abarbanel)
— Abarbanel, Barnidge and Reed