Music, murder, trickery and grief are some of the themes in play this week across America, from the Greeks to the geeks, from the cocktail hour to the boxing ring.
“Alcestis,” translated by Ted Hughes from Euripides, at American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wisc. through Nov. 9; pictured: Colleen Madden, David Daniel and Brian Mani (photo by Carissa Dixon)
“Can-Can” by Cole Porter and Abe Burrows, revised by Joel Fields and David Lee, running at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, N.J. through Oct. 26; picture: Megan Sikora and chorus (photo by Matthew Murphy)
“The Cocktail Hour” by A.R. Gurney, at the Public Theatre in Lewiston, Me. through Oct. 26; pictured: Mike Genovese, Beth Hylton, Ellen Crawford and Kyle Knauf
“Driving Miss Daisy” by Alfred Uhry, at Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, Mich. through Oct. 26; pictured: Nancy Kammer and James Bowen (photo by Sean Carter)
“Evil Dead: The Musical” by George Reinblatt, at the Warehouse Theatre in Greenville, S.C. through Nov. 1; pictured: John Smiley, Chelsea Ann Atkins, Josh Broome, Margaret Dalton, Nick Kulmala, Julia LeJeune, Daniel Marlatt, Alessandro McLaughlin, Preston Taylor Stone and Lauren Wilson (photo by Kevin Frazier)
“The Homecoming” by Harold Pinter, at Imago Theatre in Portland, Ore. through Nov. 9; pictured: Ann Sorce, Jeffrey Jason Gilpin, Jacob Coleman, Craig Rovere and Jim Vadala (photo by John Rudoff)
“How I Learned What I Learned” by August Wilson and Todd Kreidler, at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta through Nov. 2; pictured: Eugene Lee (photo by Josh Lamkin)
“An Iliad,” adapted from Homer by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati through Nov. 2; pictured: Bruce Cromer (photo by Ryan Kurtz)
“Ku A Mo’o” at Honolulu Theatre for Youth through Nov. 8; pictured: Tony Anagaran, Lelea‘a Wong, Annie Lipscomb and Kealoha Kelekolio (photo by Brad Goda)
“Master Class” by Terrence McNally, at Theatre Latte Da in Minneapolis in 2014. Pictured: Andrew Bourgoin and Sally Wingert. (Photo by Michael Daniel)
“The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane,” adapted by Dwayne Hartford from Kate DiCamillo’s book, at Childsplay in Tempe, Az. through Nov. 16; pictured: Debra K. Stevens (photo by Tim Trumble)
“The Mountaintop” by Katori Hall, at the Lake Dillon Theatre in Dillon, Colo., in 2014. Pictured: Kim Staunton and Harvy Blanks. (Photo by Christopher Alleman)
“On the Razzle” by Tom Stoppard, at Theatre West in Los Angeles through Nov. 2; pictured: Maria Kress, Cathy Diane Tomlin and Joey Jennings (photo by Charlie Mount)
“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder, at Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Conn. through Nov. 2; pictured: Myra Lucretia Taylor. (Photo by T Charles Erickson)
“The Royale” by Marco Ramirez, at the Old Globe in San Diego through Nov. 2; pictured: Okieriete Onaodowan and Robert Christopher Riley (photo by Jim Cox)
“Sweeney Todd” by Hugh Wheeler and Stephen Sondheim, at TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, Calif. through Nov. 2; pictured: Spencer Kiely and cast (photo by Kevin Berne)
“Venus in Fur” by David Ives, at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Ca. through Oct. 26; pictured: Jaimi Paige and Graham Hamilton (photo by Debora Robinson)
“The Whale” by Samuel D. Hunter, at Marin Theatre Company through Oct. 26; pictured: Cristina Oeschger and Nicholas Pelczar. (Photo by Kevin Berne)
“The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion, at the Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, Calif. through Nov. 7; pictured: Linda Purl (photo by Ed Krieger)