As You Like It, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, through March 6. Director Gary Griffin’s concept is no concept: He guides its comedy and romance with an invisible but steady hand, thereby allowing the play to sing for itself, clear to all comprehensions. JA
The Big Meal, American Theater Company, extended through March 20. Generations of family joys, squabbles and tragedies get played out in a series of suburban restaurants in Dan LeFranc’s poignant world-premiere drama that speedily encapsulates the fleeting nature of life. SCM
Jackie and Me, Chicago Children’s Theatre at Ruth Page Center, through March 27. Teach kids about color-barrier-smashing baseball legend Jackie Robinson in this solid Steven Dietz adaptation of Dan Gutman’s children’s novel. SCM
Trouble in Mind, The Artistic Home, through March 20. Sometimes your friends can be as much a hindrance as your enemies. This hard-hitting revival of Alice Childress’ 1954 look at racial politics among artists unaware of their prejudices warns us to be wary of both. MSB
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan