Colin Quinn: Long Story Short, Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, through Sept. 10. The former Saturday Night Live funnyman is offers up a very funny wise-guy interpretation of world history filtered through the prism of today’s pop culture. SCM
The Double, Babes With Blades at Lincoln Square, through Sept. 24. Its church-basement quarters may be shabby, but both the dialogue and the shiny rapiers dazzle in Barbara Lhota’s gender-flexing homage to the proto-feminist screwball comedies of the 1930s and ’40s. MSB
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Drury Lane Theatre Oakbrook, through Oct. 9. It’s simple: this is the best Sweeney Todd you ever are likely to see. Don’t miss it. Greg Edelman and Liz McCartney are Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett. The ensemble, band and designs are astonishing. JA
They’re Playing Our Song, Fox Valley Repertory at Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, through Oct. 9. The real-life and talented husband-and-wife team of Michael Mahler and Dara Cameron both help to make this disco-era romantic musical comedy into a fun and great date-night show. SCM
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge
and Morgan