Honus and Me, Chicago Children’s Theatre at Goodman Theatre, through Aug. 26. Director Sean Graney scores a home run for Chicago Children’s Theatre with an engaging baseball play that showcases the love of America’s pastime between generations. SCM
Jerry Springer: The Opera, Bailiwick, through Aug. 19. There are only a few days left to catch this sassy, scatological and serious musical that makes Springer the arbiter between Satan and Jesus, among more typical Springer odd couples. Large and brilliant company. JA
Lookingglass Alice, Lookingglass Theatre, through Aug. 26 at least. Lewis Carroll is droll, effervescent and joyously physical as the Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts, Tweedles Dum and Dee and all Wonderland folk leap from page to stage with verve and gusto. CS
Robin Hood: A Fanciful Historie of That Most Notable Outlaw, Oak Park Festival, through Aug. 25. Shakespeare meets swashbuckling legend as Kevin Theis directs a dream ensemble amid the pastoral groves of Sherwood Forest—uh, Austin Gardens. MSB
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge, Morgan and Sullivan