Haymarket, Underscore Theatre @ Theater Wit, closes Sept. 16!. Sounds folkloric, but it’s a sophisticated score that offers a wives’ view of Chicago’s 1886 Haymarket Martyrs. Twelve gifted singer-actors also play many instruments. JA
Southern Gothic, Windy City Playhouse, through Oct. 26. Now in its seventh continuous month, Leslie Liautaud’s you-are-there comic portrait of a party gone hopelessly wrong has spawned two conceptual copycats coming this fall, but why not first see the original? MSB
The Miracles Show at the Trickery, open run. Aaron Rabkin brings magic and mentalism to Boystown, with the aid of Hoppy the Wonder Bunny. MSB
The African Company Presents Richard III, Oak Park Festival Theatre. Based on the true story of an African-American theater company in 1826, playwright Carlyle Brown’s drama is timely, thrilling, tragic and joyful. CES