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Posted February 14, 2008 10:00 pm

Domestic tragedy

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents "Rabbit Hole," David Lindsay-Abaire's heartrending examination of loss and grief that chronicles a couple's struggle to come to terms with the death of their young son.

Opens today at McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn; (630) 942-4000; www.atthemac.org

'Les Mis' at Marriott

Broadway phenom "Les Miserables," Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel about the fugitive Jean Valjean and the obsessive Inspector Javert who pursues him, began previews this week at Marriott Theatre.

Opens Wednesday, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire; (847) 634-0200; www.marriotttheatre.com

American dreams

Evanston's Next Theatre pairs the opera "Trouble in Tahiti" -- Leonard Bernstein's ode to marital discord -- with new works by Michael Mahler ("How Can You Run With a Shell on Your Back"), House Theatre's Kevin O'Donnell ("The Sparrow") and Josh Schmidt ("The Adding Machine") in a program titled "The American Dream Songbook."

Opens Monday at the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston; (847) 475-1875, ext. 11; www.nexttheatre.org

-- Barbara Vitello

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