THREE TO SEE: This Week's Theater Recommendations
By Melody Udell in Arts & Entertainment on May 17, 2013 4:00PM
The cast of Court Theatre's fresh new take on Moliere's The Misanthrope.
A variety of comedies — dark or otherwise — fill the theaters this week on the Chicago stage.
Offbeat contestants share their stories of blundering into womanhood during a not-so-traditional beauty pageant. Adding to the appeal, the show is put on by an all-female writing staff at the Neo-Futurist Theater. The show runs through Saturday, June 22.
The Neo-Futurarium, 5153 N. Ashland, 773-878-4557 or online.
The 17th century classic French play highlighting a world of skewed social graces and a refusal to conform is getting a fresh new look as part of the Moliere Festival (which includes a production of Tartuffe in June) over at the Court Theatre. The show runs through Sunday, June 9.
Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave., 773-753-4472 or online.
Profiles Theatre’s newest dark comedy revolves around scheming coworkers when their twisted office prank goes awry. The script became a 1997 movie starring Aaron Eckhart, and now writer Neil LaBute is now bringing his revised version back to the stage. The show runs through Sunday, June 30.
Profile Theatre, 4147 N. Broadway, 773-549-1815 or online.