Theater Spotlight
The return engagement of Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry ExperienceA Parody by Dan and Jeff was so popular that several performances were added to the run. So if you previously missed this family-friendly, 70-minute spoof of all seven Harry Potter books from its first Chicago visit back in 2012, there's still time to catch it before it disappears. Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry ExperienceA Parody by Dan and Jeff continues through Sunday, Jan. 3, at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St. Tickets are $39-$69; call 800-775-2000 or visit www.broadwayinchicago.com .
Critics' Picks
Bernarda Alba and Her House, Poetry Is Theatre at Redtwist Theatre, through Jan. 3. Louisiana's Bayou country, not rural Andalusia, is the locale for this emotionally ravaging, but always riveting, adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca's tragedy. MSB
Fallen Angels, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company at the Greenhouse, through Jan. 10. Annabel Armour's unflappable domestic servant steals the show in Noel Coward's comedy about upper-class matrons. MSB
Good for Otto, Gift Theatre, through Dec. 20 and then extended from Jan. 14 to Feb. 7. Both profound and invigorating, David Rabe's world premiere looks at two community mental health workers and their patients struggling with parental abandonment. Rabe's skill makes it's more exciting and entertaining than you'd think. JA
Twist Your Dickens, The Second City with and at Goodman Theatre, through Dec. 27. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol gets deliciously spoofed with a great comic cast offering up plenty of bizarre and modern digressions woven through the classic tale. MSB
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