"Tommy Lee Jones Goes to Opera Alone" by puppeteers Evan Weissman, Brian Colonna and Erin Rollman, at Buntport Theater in Denver through Jan. 31

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Onstage This Week: Jan. 12-19

Bookended by two very different puppet shows (and two Lewis Black productions), this week’s theatrical offerings range from the raw to the urbane, the frothy to the gritty, the poetic to the prosaic.

By American Theatre Editors

“An American Worker” by Tom Attea and Arthur Abrams, at Theatre for a New City in New York City. Pictured: Patti DeMatteo and Elijah Black.

“Avenue Q” by Jeff Whitty, Bobby Lopez and Jeff Marx, at New Conservatory Theater in San Francisco in 2014. Pictured: Clockwise from top left, Zac Schuman, Will Giammona, Sam Jackson, Stephanie Temple, Christopher Morrell and Millie DeBenedet.

“Balloonacy” by Barry Kornhauser, at the Rose Theatre in Ohama, Neb. through Jan. 31. Pictured: Kevin Ehrhart.

“The Body of an American” by Dan O’Brien, at the Wilma Theatre in Philadelphia through Feb. 1. Pictured: Harry Smith and Ian Merrill Peakes. (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev)

“A Bright New Boise” by Samuel D. Hunter, at Oregon Contemporary Theatre in Eugene, Ore. through Jan. 31. Pictured: Kari Welch and Russell Dyball.

“The Brothers Size” by Tarell Alvin McCraney, at Actors Theatre of Louisville through Feb. 1. Pictured: Ronald Kirk, Ben Williamson, Che Ayende and Larry Powell. (Photo by Bill Brymer)

“Good People” by David Lindsay-Abaire, at Indiana Repertory Theatre in Indianapolis through Feb. 1. Pictured: Sean Patrick Reilly and Nicole Lewis. (Photo by Zach Rosing)

“Landless” by Larissa FastHorse, an AlterTheater Ensemble production running in San Rafael through Feb. 1 and San Francisco through Feb. 22. Pictured: Patricia Silver.

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakepeare, at New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane, through Jan. 16. Pictured: Ruby Smith, Chris Silva and Lyndsay Kimball. (Photo by Martin Sachs)

“The Mountaintop” by Katori Hall, a production of Perseverance Theatre running in Juneau, Ala. through Feb. 1 and in Anchorage, Ala. Feb. 13-22. Pictured: Liz Morgan and Michael Flood.

“One Slight Hitch” by Lewis Black, at Florida Repertory Theatre in Fort Myers, Fla., through Feb. 1. Pictured: Carrie Lund and Martin LaPlatney.

“One Slight Hitch” by Lewis Black, at Georgia Ensemble Theatre in Roswell, Ga. through Jan. 25. Pictured: Mark Cabus.

“Private Lives” by Noel Coward, at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Conn. through Feb. 1. Pictured: Ken Barnett and Rachel Pickup. (Photo by T. Charles Erickson)

“Putting It Together” by Stephen Sondheim, at Main Street Theater in Houston through Feb. 1. Pictured: Tamara Siler and Terry Jones. (Photo by RicOrnelProductions.com)

“Searching for Aztlan” by Lakin Valdez, at Miracle Theatre Group in Portland, Ore., through Jan. 17. Pictured: Ajai Terrazas-Tripathi, Alida Holguín Wilson-Gunn and Angeles Perez Peña. (Photo by Silvia Malán-González)

“Tommy Lee Jones Goes to Opera Alone” by puppeteers Evan Weissman, Brian Colonna and Erin Rollman, at Buntport Theater in Denver through Jan. 31

“Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett, at Rogue Theatre in Tucson, Az., through Jan. 25. Pictured: Matt Bowdren and Joseph McGrath. (Photo by Tim Fuller)

“Winners and Losers,” devised by Theatre Replacement and Neworld Theatre, at Soho Rep in New York City through Feb. 1. Pictured: James Long and Marcus Youssef.