On stage: Lisle native co-stars in Kokandy's staging of the musical 'Hundred Days'

• TheaterWorks USA brings its production of "Dog Man: The Musical," adapted from cartoonist Dav Pilkey's "Dog Man" series about a superhero who is part dog and part man, to the McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. The performance is at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6. Also at the Mac, Cirque Eloize brings its dance, theater, music and acrobatics production about the visitors to a "Hotel" to the Mac at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7. (630) 942-4000 or atthemac.org.

• Kokandy Productions presents the Chicago premiere of "Hundred Days," a musical about making the most of the time you have, with music, lyrics and book by The Bengsons (the married duo Shaun and Abigail) and Sarah Gancher. Previews begin Friday, March 6, at The Chopin Theater, 1543 W. Division St., Chicago. The show, featuring Royen Kent and Lisle native Emilie Modaff as Shaun and Abigail, opens March 13. See kokandyproductions.com.

• Previews begin Friday, March 6, for Theo Ubique's revival of "Grey Gardens," a bittersweet musical by writer Doug Wright, composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie about eccentrics Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter "Little" Edie. The reclusive women, the aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy, lived on a crumbling Long Island estate. Director Fred Anzevino's production opens March 15. (773) 347-1109 or theo-u.com.

• Downers Grove native Alexa Castelvecchi plays Liza Minnelli opposite Nancy Hays' Judy Garland in "Judy & Liza - Once in a Lifetime: The London Palladium Concert," which re-creates the 1964 concert during which the mother and daughter performed solo and together. The preview is Friday, March 6, at the Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. The show opens Saturday, March 7. Tickets are $25. (773) 404-7336 or greenhousetheater.org.

• City Lit Theatre premieres "Thirteen Days," a new adaptation of Robert F. Kennedy's "Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis" that features an all-female cast. Promethean Theatre ensemble artistic director Brian Pastor adapted the book and directs the production, which begins previews Friday, March 6, at the Edgewater Presbyterian Church, 1020 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago. The play chronicles the events that unfolded after the October 1962 discovery that the Soviet Union had placed missiles in Cuba. It opens March 15. See citylit.org.

• Previews begin Friday, March 6, for Idle Muse Theatre Company's revival of Sarah Ruhl's comedy "In The Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)." Set during the late 19th century, this play about sex and intimacy centers on a doctor whose cure for "female hysteria" intrigues his frustrated wife. The show opens Monday, March 9, at The Edge Theatre Off Broadway, 1133 W. Catalpa Ave., Chicago. (773) 340-9438 or idlemuse.org.

• Otherworld Theatre and The Stupid Shakespeare Company team up for "PickleRickicles," a parody of William Shakespeare's "Pericles" and the animated adult science-fiction sitcom "Rick and Morty." The 100-minute show, written and adapted by Katie Ruppert, opens Friday, March 6, at 3914 N. Clark St., Chicago. See otherworldtheatre.org.

• After the death of his family in a series of freak accidents, Bobby and his best friend Tim want only one thing: to see the new movie with The Rock at the local cineplex. But the French owners are attempting to shut it down in "The French and the Furious." The new comedy by Garden Boys begins performances Friday, March 6, at The Annoyance Theatre, 851 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. (773) 697-9693 or theannoyance.com.

• Comedian/filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait ("Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters," "Shakes the Clown") headlines The Den Theatre this weekend. Goldthwait performs at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 6-7, at 1331 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. Tickets cost $22. (773) 697-3830 or thedentheatre.com.

• Pride Films and Plays presents the U.S. premiere of "Five Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist," British playwright/actor Samuel Ward's solo comedy about a 20-something man recounting the sexual hookups he had with men he met through the site. Previews for the adults-only play begin Saturday, March 7, at 4139 N. Broadway, Chicago. The show opens Tuesday, March 10. (773) 857-0222 or pridefilmsandplays.com.

• Award-winning composer/lyricist/actor Michael Mahler, whose collaboration "The Secret of My Success" with Alan Schmuckler is running at Paramount Theatre in Aurora, celebrates Paul McCartney's music at the Marriott Theatre. Mahler performs "Silly Love Songs" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, and 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, as part of Marriott's Artists Lounge Live concert series. (847) 634-0200 or artistsloungelive.com.

• Former "American Idol" contestants Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young star in the new musical "Hit Her With the Skates," a coming-of-age story about a rising rock star who takes a trip back in time to 1977 where she meets her 12-year-old self and the people who made her who she is. Previews begin Tuesday, March 10, for the Chicago-set musical. It opens March 18 at the Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted St., Chicago. (312) 988-9000 or hitherwiththeskates.com.

• Chicago Kids Company brings "Alice in Wonderland" to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre as part of its Stories in Action series for young audiences. Performances run Wednesday, March 11, through Friday, March 20, at 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. (847) 577-2121 or metropolisarts.com.

• Connective Theatre Company, in partnership with IL Vote at Home (a nonpartisan organization that encourages people to vote by mail), premieres "Morning in America," an original documentary theater piece by ensemble member Taylor McWilliams-Woods, who conducted interviews with 30 people of varying political persuasions about their definitions of America. Performances run Thursday, March 12, through Sunday, March 29, at Nox Arca Theatre, 4001 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago. See connectivetheatrecompany.com.

• "The Farewell Fables: satellites, songs and cereal" is the latest production by the collective known as Cabinet of Curiosity, an ensemble comprised of theater, visual arts, dance and music professionals. Conceived and directed by Frank Maugeri, "The Farewell Fables" centers on a retirement party for four gods. It runs Thursday, March 12, through Sunday, March 29, at Links Hall, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. See cocechicago.com.

• Court Theatre has extended its site-specific remount of "An Iliad," Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's meditation on war adapted from Homer's epic poem. Timothy Edward Kane plays the Poet in the production, which runs through April 5 at the Oriental Institute Museum, 1155 E. 58th St., Chicago. (773) 753-4472 or courttheatre.org.

• Trap Door Theatre has extended its premiere of Krista Knight's "Lipstick Lobotomy," about the friendship that developed between the playwright's great aunt and Rosemary Kennedy while both women were hospitalized in a high-end sanitarium for women in 1941. Performances run through Saturday, March 28, at 1655 W. Cortland St., Chicago. (773) 384-0494 or trapdoortheatre.com.

• Screenings of short, Chicago-made comedy films continue at 8 p.m. Thursdays at Laugh Out Loud Theater's Chicago location at 3851 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. The screenings are followed by improv from the group Part Dog. See laughoutloudtheater.com/chicago.