Busman’s Holiday, Lifeline Theatre, through July 26. It may have been extended, but lazy Dorothy Sayers fans are warned that this is the final installment in Lifeline’s trilogy of whodunits starring Richard Greenberg and Jenifer Tyler as the romantic detectives. MSB
The History Boys, TimeLine Theatre, through Aug. 2. Director Nick Bowling has conceived a cracking good staging of Alan Bennett’s 1980s coming-of-age tale that examines approaches to education and how history should be taught. SCM
Pump Boys and Dinettes, Drury Lane Oak Brook, through Aug. 2. A quartet of singing nozzle jockeys joins the winsome twosome slinging hash at the diner next door in a shamelessly plot-free, infectiously foot-stomping rockabilly ode to the simple southern joys of beer tips, catfish and beer. CS
Uncle Vanya, TUTA at Chopin Theatre, through June 28. Chekhov’s ironic comedy of self-absorption and complacent Russian provincial life is given a fresh and unstilted translation in this well-acted staging that’s equal parts sunlight, shadow and self-pity. JA
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge,
Morgan and Sullivan