El Mari Chi Chi: A Robert Rodriguez Burlesque, Gorilla Tango Theatre, through May 29. Gothic-western movies meet pasties and g-strings in Gorilla Tango’s latest skin-and-satire extravaganza. (Is that a Colt.45 in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?) MSB
A Little Night Music, Writers’ Theatre, Glencoe, through July 8. This is a gloriously intimate and chamber-sized approach to Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s sophisticated and romantic 1973 Broadway musical. It’s wonderful to be so up close and personals with such great performers without the aid of amplification. SCM
The Pirates of Penzance, Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, through June 10. Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic 1879 operetta gets a joyously silly and vigorously choreographed production courtesy of director Dominic Missimi and choreographer Matt Raftery. SCM
Timon of Athens, Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier, through June 10. Two hours in the company of a spendthrift-turned-street grouch might not sound like a fun evening at first, but damned if Ian McDiarmid doesn’t have us cheering on the scrappy old curmudgeon by the end. MSB
—By Abarbanel, Barnidge and Morgan