Rent It’s been more than


pieces new to Chicago, including artistic director Robert Battle’s Ella and MacArthur Fellow Kyle Abraham’s Untitled America. Four distinct programs will be presented across the five-day stand, each closing with Alvin Ailey’s 1960 classic, Revelations. à Auditorium Theatre, 50 E Congress Pkwy (312-341-2300, auditoriumtheatre.org). Mar 22–24 at 7:30pm; Mar 25 at 2, 8pm; Mar 26 at 3pm. $33–$103.


Chicago It’s the gleefully cynical Kander


and Ebb musical inspired by this town’s “merry murderesses” of the 1920s tabloids; Drury Lane gets the first new local staging since the still-running Broadway revival opened in 1996. à Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Ln, Oakbrook Terr (630-530-0111, drurylaneoakbrook .com). Mar 30–June 11 at various times; $TBA.


Linda Vista Tracy Letts’s new work centers


on a middle-aged divorced man named Wheeler, “a modern misanthrope” whose escape from his ex-wife’s garage into his own apartment offers the potential for growth. Anna D. Shapiro directs.


10,512,000 minutes since Jonathan Larson’s hipster riff on La Bohème first made the case for squatters’ rights. A new 20th-anniversary touring production attempts to recapture the ’90s magic. à Oriental Theatre, 24 W Randolph St (8000-775-2000, broadwayinchicago .com). May 9–14 at various times; $TBA.


à Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N Halsted St (312-335-1650, steppenwolf .org). Mar 30–May 21: Tue–Fri at 7:30pm; Sat at 3, 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm. $20–$89.


King of the Yees This new work from playwright


Lauren Yee is inspired by her family and others who share her surname in San Francisco’s large Chinese-American community. à Goodman Theatre, 170 N Dearborn St (312-443-3800, goodmantheatre.org). Mar 31–Apr 30 at various times; $TBA.


APRIL


Odysseo This massive Cirque du Soleil–


style equestrian spectacle 59 March 8–June 6, 2017 Time Out Chicago


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