Chinglish, Goodman Theatre, through July 31. David Henry Hwang’s comedy about an American trying to business in China is not only a linguistic laugh riot, but it’s also Broadway-bound. See it here first while you still can. SCM
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, The New Colony at DANK Haus, through July 30. It’s the comic and quirky performances that elevate this sketch-turned-full-length-play into a fun romp as a group of 1950s quiche-loving “widows” must deal with the horrors of the atomic age. SCM
The Homosexuals, About Face Theatre at the Biograph, through July 24. It’s a long way from Stonewall to Boystown, but Philip Dawkins rejects both cheap comedy and cheap melodrama for this chronicle of a young man learning how to be gay. MSB
Yellow Face, Silk Road Theatre Project, through July 31. David Henry Hwang’s ethnographic twist on the old tale of The Emperor’s New Clothes makes for savage satire and insightful arguments ultimately championing the all-American tradition of self-reinvention. MSB
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan