'Sweet Charity,' 'Match' opening soon
Hey, big spender
A dance hall gal with a heart of gold and a penchant for picking the wrong guy bumbles through assorted romances in "Sweet Charity." Jim Corti directs Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook's production of the Cy Coleman musical with book by Neil Simon.
In previews; opens March 20 at 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. (630) 530-0111 or drurylaneoakbrook.com
Lit up
Aging choreographer Tobi has a secret that interviewers Mike and Lisa are determined to uncover in "Match," Stephen Belber's comedy about the present illuminating the past. Goodman Theatre's Steve Scott directs Apple Tree Theatre's production.
Opens Saturday at the Karger Center, 1850 Green Bay Road, Highland Park. (847) 432-4335 or appletreetheatre.com
Court's 'Carousel'
Court Theatre's season continues with "Carousel," Rodgers and Hammerstein's lush tragi-musical about slick carnival barker Billy Bigelow whose romance with the innocent mill worker Julie Jordan transforms his (after) life.
Opens Saturday at the University of Chicago, 5535 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago. (773) 753-4472 or courttheatre.org
What's new:
Speaking Ring Theatre opens its production of "The Diviners," about the friendship between a former preacher and a troubled young man with a gift for finding water. It opens today at National Pastime Theater, 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago. (312) 458-9374 or speakingringtheatre.org.
Black Ensemble Theater's bio-musical "I Am Who I Am (The Story of Teddy Pendergrass)," about the R&B star who got his start drumming for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, opens Saturday at 4520 N. Beacon St., Chicago. (773) 769-4451 or blackensembletheater.org.
Previews begin Wednesday for Eclipse Theatre's Chicago premiere of "Candles to the Sun," the first full-length play by Thomas Lanier Williams before he became "Tennessee." The play, about coal miners trying to unionize during the Depression, opens March 22 at Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. (773) 871-3000 or eclipsetheatre.com
The Gilbert and Sullivan inspired operetta "The Beastly Bombing," about "terrorists tamed by the tangles of true love" opens Thursday at Trap Door Theatre, 1655 W. Cortland Ave., Chicago. (773) 384-0494 or trapdoortheatre.com.
Last chance:
New World Repertory Theater's production of the mystery thriller/social critique "An Inspector Calls," closes Saturday 923 Curtiss St., Downers Grove. (630) 663-1489.
The Independent Players' production of "Hay Fever," Noel Coward's comedy of manners about an eccentric family and their house guests, closes Saturday at the Elgin Art Showcase, 164 Division St., Elgin. (847) 697-7374.