Aces, Signal Theatre Ensemble, through June 14. Even Las Vegas con-artists get the blues, but sometimes, says Jon Steinhagen in this impishly irreverent comedy, a card-sharp angel from Reno might drop in on your casino table. MSB
The Madness of George III, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, through June 12. Playwright Alan Bennett’s view of 18th Century history is distinctly modern in his witty but populist play, brilliantly produced at CST with a riveting title performance by Harry Groener. JA
Sketchbook: Evolution, Collaboraction at Chopin Theatre, through June 25. There’s always something daring and new in each edition of Sketchbook, so don’t miss out on what Collaboraction has cooked up for 2011. SCM
Watership Down, Lifeline Theatre, through June 19. Rabbits have always numbered among the most empathetic of folk-tale creatures, and never more so than in this classical myth transposed to lapin culture with all the heroic violence and glory intact. MSB
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan