Feydeau-Si-Deau, Theatre Wit at Theatre Building Chicago, through April 20. No one wrote funnier plays than Georges Feydeau, the French belle- époque genius of boulevard farce. They’re fiendishly difficult to play, so the gauntlet’s down for brave Theatre Wit. JA
Skin in Flames, Stage Left Theatre, through March 29. The surprise twist at the very end of Guillem Clua’s intellectually provocative play may nettle audiences accustomed to dozing in their seats, but this production’s graphic sim-sex should keep them happy. MSB
13 Dead Husbands, Sansculottes Theater at Storefront Theater; through March 30. This frothy romantic comedy might be too whimsically French for its own good. Still, it’s tons of fun thanks to a talented musical instrument-playing cast and clever shadow puppetry. SCM
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan