Matthew McGloin (standing) and Adam LaSalle star in “2 Pianos 4 Hands” at Northlight Theatre. Jeffrey L Kurysz is Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra’s play about two concert pianists who play hits from classical to pop while portraying dozens of characters who took part in their quest for musical greatness. Actor-musicians Adam LaSalle and Matthew McGloin star; Rob Lindley directs.
From July 5-Aug. 4 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.
Tickets: $49-$89. Visit . Audrey Cefaly, Matt M.
Nielson and Katarzyna Müller’s new musical play is set in a Chicago diner where a waitress and Polish immigrant dishwasher experience the mystical ways the universe conspires to bring us all together. Michael Mahler and Dara Cameron star; Gwendolyn Whiteside directs. From July 5-Aug.
18 at American Blues Theater, 5627 N. Lincoln. Tickets: $25-$65.
Visit . Paramount Theatre’s third performance space opens with Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux’s which looks inside a 1956 recording session with Elvis Presley (Alex Swindle), Johnny Cash (Bill Scott Sheets), Jerry Lee Lewis (Garrett Forrestal) and Carl Perkins (Christopher Wren). Jim Corti and Creg Sclavi co-direct.
From July 10-Dec. 29 at Paramount’s Stolp Island Theatre, 5 E. Downer Place, Aurora.
Tickets: $65. Visit . Oak Park Festival Theatre presents an outdoor staging of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy about love at first sight.
August Foreman and Rachel Jones star; Peter G. Andersen directs. From July 7-Aug.
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