Cherrywood, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company at Angel Island, through Aug. 28. Fifty actors in a storefront loft and we’re backed up against the walls where we can see everything. David Cromer throws a helluva party and this extension means you’ve still got only two weeks to get your invitation. MSB
Fucking Men, Bailiwick Chicago at Stage 773, through Aug. 29. 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 Sept. 12. 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 has crafted a compelling comedy about a woman who discovers a way to predict the future. Intricately clever and full of insight, the play posits audiences to seriously question their own relationships and other quality of life issues. SCM
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan