Dave DaVinci Saves the Universe, House Theatre at the Viaduct, through July 9. The House rocks and the frat party continues in this time travel tale, a streamlined piece of storytelling in which House also finds bittersweet resonance and new emotional depth. JA
The Full Monty, Drury Lane Theatre at Water Tower Place, through July 10. Yazbek and McNally’s gleeful celebration of priapal pride inaugurates a shiny new playhouse on the Michigan Avenue strip. Flaunt it while you got it. MSB
Hillbilly Antigone, Lookingglass Theatre, through July 10. This Greek tragedy moved to 1920’s Tennessee is lively, original, well done and even funny, although it wreaks havoc on the Sophocles original. A bluegrass band brilliantly replaces the Greek chorus. JA
The Kentucky Cycle, Infamous Commonwealth at The Old Speakeasy, through July 3. This epic 200-year chronicle of survival tactics and land ownership in America packs into companion Pulitzer Prize plays what you studied for a whole semester in school. MSB
By Jonathan Abarbanel and Mary Shen Barnidge