Weekend, Timeline Theatre, through Oct. 12. It’s déjà vu all over again in Gore Vidal’s comedy, set in 1968, about a presidential election wherein race and the behavior of a candidate’s offspring become flashpoint issues. Terry Hamilton is subtly fantastic as a senator with a heart of gold and the instincts of a viper. CS
Tell Me On A Sunday, Bailiwick Repertory, through Sept. 26. The big pop-opera may be gone, but this cozy one-woman musical, starring Harmony France as a spunky English immigrant in search of adventure and romance, isn’t leaving yet. MSB
The Glass Menagerie, Shattered Globe at Victory Gardens Greenhouse, through Nov. 2. A great play by a legendary writer—leave the gay club if you don’t know it’s Tennessee Williams—presented by a troupe that prides itself on fine acting and emotional punch
Nixon’s Nixon, Writers’ Theatre, through Oct. 19. This timely and superbly acted revival starring Larry Yando and William Brown stresses the ramifications of voting in the right person to be President of the United States. SCM
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge, Morgan
and Sullivan