Dental Society Midwinter Meeting, At Play Productions at Chicago Dramatists, through Aug. 7. Disgruntled dentists karaoke “Novocain For My Soul” and rant about bacon-flavored floss in Laura Jacqmin’s slyly satirical look at the American Tooth Industry—and why haven’t you hugged your dentist lately? MSB
Fucking Men, Bailiwick Chicago at Stage 773, through Aug. 8. Director Tom Mullen extracts strong, nuanced performances from his all-male cast in this contemporary daisy-chain mating dance based upon Arthur Schnitzler’s sexually frank 1897 hetero original. JA
Lookingglass Alice, Lookingglass Theatre Company, through Aug. 29. A circus-like version of Lewis Carroll which kids will like, but with adult psychological depths such as repeated images of burial and resurrection. Return visit of troupe’s signature show. JA.
A Parallelogram, Steppenwolf Theatre, through Aug. 29. Bruce Norris’ compelling comedy about a woman who discovers a way to predict the future is intricately clever and full of insight as it posits audiences to seriously question their own relationships and other quality of life issues. SCM
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan