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A fighter's 'Requiem'
After 14 years, prizefighter Mountain McClintock confronts the end of his career only to find the skills that served him in the ring don't serve him outside it in Rod Serling's heart-rending "Requiem for a Heavyweight." Louis Contey directs Shattered Globe Theatre's production in previews through Saturday at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. The show opens Sunday. (773) 871-3000.
Housewife's musings
A British housewife assesses her life while she makes dinner for her husband in "Shirley Valentine," Willy Russell's one-woman show. Steel Beam Theatre founder and executive director Donna Steele stars in the play opening today at 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. (630) 587-8521.
Happy endings?
A troubled 17-year-old boy becomes enmeshed in the lives of his psychiatrist, the shrink's professor wife and their 30-something prodigal son (who also happens to be the teenager's e-mail pal) in "Boy," Julia Joran's puzzle-box of a play beginning previews at Circle Theatre, 7300 W. Madison St., Forest Park. "Boy" opens Wednesday. (708) 771-0700.
-- Barbara Vitello
Openings:
Bailiwick Repertory Theatre's 21st annual "Directors Festival" showcasing Chicago's up-and-comers, begins Monday at 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. The festival continues through Jan. 23. (773) 883-1090.
Playwright Edward Crosby Wells will be on hand for People's Theater of Chicago's premiere of "Flowers Out of Season," about a life-changing event in a young couple's life. The show opens today at EP Theater, 1820 S. Halsted St., Chicago. (773) 371-1868.
Previews begin Sunday for Griffin Theatre's "How I Spent My Last Night on Earth" a comedy about a young woman trying to tidy up her life before an asteroid obliterates earth. The play opens Jan. 20 at the Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph St., Chicago. (312) 742-8497.
Profiles Theatre's Neil LaBute season continues with the American premiere of LaBute's new version of "This is How It Goes," about an interracial couple whose marriage is in jeopardy. Previews begin Monday. The play opens Thursday at 4147 N. Broadway, Chicago. (773) 549-1815.
Goldilocks searches for a friend for her groovy mom, in the Chicago Kids Company Theatre for Children's musical "Goldilocks and the Three Bears." Performances begin Wednesday at St. Patrick Performing Arts Center, 5900 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. (773) 205-9600.