Theater & Dance TO SEE


The shows to watch out for this summer


JUNE


Hamilton Writer-composer-lyricist


Lin-Manuel Miranda’s biography of Alexander Hamilton as refracted through a hip-hop, pop and R&B lens is a stunning and singular achievement, and the Chicago company lives up to the


Broadway original.  The PrivateBank Theatre, 18 W Monroe St (800-775-2000, broadwayinchicago .com). Tue, Thu, Fri at 7:30pm; Wed at 1:30,  $65–$180. Ongoing.


Pass Over In this street-corner riff on


Waiting for Godot by rising scribe Antoinette Nwandu—Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award


winner—the routine of two young black men, shooting the shit and waiting for change, is interrupted by the unexpected intrusion of a white man.  Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N Halsted St (312-335-1650, steppenwolf .org). Tue–Fri at 7:30pm; Sat at 3, 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm. $20–$89. Through July 9.


Hubbard Street Dance


Chicago Summer Series Hubbard Street kicks off its 40th year with a program of favorites from across the decades, including company founder Lou Conte’s The ’40s, Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Section (set to music by David Byrne) and Alejandro Cerrudo’s One Thousand Pieces.  Harris Theater, 205 E Randolph St (312- 850-9744, hubbardstreetdance.com). June 8 at 7:30pm; June 9, 10 at 8pm; June 11 at 3pm. $30–$102.


Ah, Wilderness! Eugene O’Neill’s sole comedy


centers on the large, affectionate Miller family—primarily 16-year-old Richard, who gets a taste of adult highs and lows over the Fourth of July holiday in 1906. Steve Scott directs the Goodman’s revival.  Goodman Theatre, 170 N Dearborn St (312- 443-3800, goodmantheatre.org). June 17–July 23 at various times; $18–$75.


At the Table A blazing young ensemble


brings its best to the table in Broken Nose Theatre’s prickly portrait of friends and enemies, in a summer remount of this production following a sold-out winter run.  The Den Theatre, 1331 N Milwaukee Ave (brokennosetheatre.com). June 29–July 28: Thu–Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm. Pay what you wish.


Hir Playwright and performance


artist Taylor Mac’s 2015 play follows Isaac, a PTSD-stricken soldier who returns home from Afghanistan to learn his younger sister has come out as his transgender brother, Max, and their mother, Paige, is reveling in her newfound chaotic freedom after her abusive husband loses his power. Hallie Gordon directs Steppenwolf’s Chicago premiere.  Steppenwolf Theatre Company, 1650 N Halsted St (312-335-1650, steppenwolf


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.org). June 29–Aug 20: Tue–Fri at 7:30pm; Sat at 3, 7:30pm; Sun at 3pm. $20–$89.


JULY


Something Rotten! This musical spoof about down-


and-out Elizabethan playwrights inventing musical theater in the shadow of Shakespeare, by Broadway neophytes Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, became a surprise hit of the 2014–2015 season.  Oriental Theatre, 24 W Randolph St (800- 775-2000, broadwayinchicago.com). July 11–23 at various times; $TBA.


Megastasis For the second entry in its


three-play season devoted to playwright Kia Corthron, Eclipse Theatre Company snagged the world premiere of this war- on-drugs commentary that depicts a single joint derailing a teenager’s future.  Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N Southport Ave (773-935-6875, eclipsetheatre.com). July 13– Aug 20: Thu–Sat at 7:30pm, Sun at 2pm; $35, students and seniors $25.


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