Theater news

Posted April 17, 2008 11:00 pm

What's new:

Bailiwick Repertory presents "Die! Mommie Die!" Charles Busch's satire on campy, 1960s bad momma melodramas. Previews continue through Sunday. The show opens Monday at 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. (773) 883-1090 or handbagproductions.org.

Organic Theater's six-play mini-season begins today at La Costa Theatre, 3931 N. Elston Ave., Chicago. The plays include adaptations of Joseph Conrad ("The Secret Agent"); Herman Melville ("Bartleby the Scrivener") and Mark Twain ("The $30,000 Bequest"). (800) 595-4849 or organictheater.org.

Lovers of the Bard can bask in the beauty of his sonnets during Azusa Productions' Shakespeare Sonnet Marathon Saturday and Sunday at the North Lakeside Cultural Center, 6219 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago. (312) 409-4207.

David Hess, Jeff Award winner for Marriott Theatre's "Shenandoah," stars in the national tour of John Doyle's sleek, revisionist production of "Sweeney Todd." The musical begins a two-week run Tuesday at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. (312) 902-1400 or broadwayinchicago.com

For the final production of its season devoted to classics, The Hypocrites tapped David Comer to direct "Our Town." Expect an atypical take on Thornton Wilder's homage to small-town America. Previews begin Thursday at Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago. (773) 472-7352 or the-hypocrites.com.

Brett Neveu's latest, a musical about old-style Chicago politics called "Old Town," begins previews Thursday at Strawdog Theatre, 3829 N. Broadway, Chicago. Strawdog's world premiere opens April 27. (773) 528-9696 or strawdog.org.

The Chicago Kids Company presents "Jack and the Beanstalk," Thursday through July 17 at the St. Patrick Performing Arts Center, 5900 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago, and July 19 to Aug. 23 at Wilmette Theatre, 1122 Central Ave., Wilmette. (773) 205-9600 or chicagokidscompany.com.

Last chance:

Grounded Theatre's production of Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" closes Saturday at the Comedy Shrine, 22 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. (630) 803-2845.

Writers' Theatre's sparkling "As You Like It" closes Sunday at 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe. (847) 242-6000.

-- Barbara Vitello

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