Aladdin  Disney unleashes its lavish magic as the


Broadway musical based on the 1992 animated film kicks off its national tour in Chicago. Most of the beloved songs from the 1992 movie’s score are present, along with some that were written for the movie but cut. Adam Jacobs handsomely reprises his Broadway turn in the title role, but Anthony Murphy’s charming and sly Genie naturally steals the show.  Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W Randolph St (800- 775-2000, broadwayinchicago.com). Various dates and times; $41–$139. Through Sept 10.


An Octoroon Definition Theatre Company


stages the Chicago premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Obie Award–winning 2014 work, a deconstruction of a 19th-century plantation melodrama by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault, whose racial and sexual politics get a thoroughly modern excavation.  Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433


N Lincoln Ave (773-871-3000, victorygardens .org). July 21–Aug 20 at various times; $TBA.


Luzia For Cirque du Soleil’s latest


spectacle, the French-Canadian circus troupe looks south for inspiration. The company describes Luzia as “a waking dream that transports you to an imaginary Mexico.”  United Center, 1901 W Madison St (312- 445-4500, cirquedusoleil.com). July 22–Aug 20 at various times; $35–$254.


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Trevor Based on the Oscar-winning


short film of the same name (which also inspired the teen suicide prevention nonprofit the Trevor Project), this musical premieres at Writers Theatre with eyes on Broadway and commercial producers attached. It follows an imaginative teenage


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boy and Diana Ross superfan in the early ’80s as he comes to terms with being gay. The writers are Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis; Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) directs.  Writers Theatre, 325 Tudor Ct, Glencoe, IL (847-242-6000, writerstheatre.org). Aug 9– Sept 15 at various times; $35–$80.


Shockheaded Peter Black Button Eyes Productions


mounts the long overdue Chicago premiere of this gleefully grotesque “nasty picture book” about naughty children getting grisly comeuppances.  Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N Southport Ave (773-935-6875, athenaeumtheatre.org). Aug 11–Sept 16: Thu–Sat at 7:30pm, Sun at 2pm; $32, students $17.


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