"The Three Sisters" by Anton Chekhov, at ACT Theatre in Seattle through Feb. 8. Pictured: John Abramson and Hannah Victoria Franklin.

OnStage Now! February 2, 2015 American Theatre Editors Leave a comment

Onstage This Week: Feb. 2-9

Historical figures are one theme this week—there are plays about W.E.B. DuBois, Lewis Carroll and Mae West—as is a pronounced emphasis on revivals, both of classics and of significant plays of more recent vintage.

By American Theatre Editors

“The Best Brothers” by Daniel MacIvor, at the Williamston Theatre in Williamston, Mich. through Mar. 1. Pictured: Tony Caselli and John Lepard. (Photo by Chris Purchis)

“Choir Boy” by Tarell Alvin McCraney, at Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. through Feb. 22. Pictured: Jaysen Wright, Jonathan Burke, Eric Lockley and Jelani Alladin. (Photo by Igor Dmitry)

“Detroit” by Lisa D’Amour, at TheatreWorks in Colorado Springs, Colo., through Feb. 8. Todd D’Amour, Carley Cornelius, Shannon Haragan and Greg Wise.

“Dirty Blonde” by Claudia Shear, at Triad Stage in Greensboro, N.C., through Feb. 15. Pictured: Catherine LeFrere, Ryan Dunkin and Scott Ahearn.

“Doubt” by John Patrick Shanley, at the Lantern Theatre Company in Philadelphia through Feb. 15. Pictured: Clare Mahoney, Ben Dibble and Mary Martello. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

“Film Chinois” by Damon Chua, a Pan Asian Repertory Theatre production at the Beckett Theatre in New York City through Feb. 8. Pictured: Benjamin Jones and Rosanne Ma. (Photos by John Quincy Lee)

“Good People” by David Lindsay-Abaire, at Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Fla., through Mar. 1. Pictured: Anne-Marie Cusson, Denise Cormier and Peggy Roeder. (Photo by Frank Atura)

“Indian Ink” by Tom Stoppard, at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco through Feb. 8. Pictured: Brenda Meaney and Roberta Maxwell. (Photo by Kevin Berne)

“Knock Me a Kiss” by Charles Smith, at the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota, Fla., through Feb. 8. Pictured: Emerald Rose Sullivan and E-Mani Cadet. (Photo by Don Daly)

“The Kreutzer Sonata” by Nancy Harris, at Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee through Feb. 15. Pictured: James Pickering. (Photo by Ross Zentner)

“Little Shop of Horrors” by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, at Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, N.Y. through Feb. 15. Pictured: Will Blum and Kristen Mengelkoch. (Photo by Ken Huth)

“The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll” by Lily Blau, at Theatre @ Boston Court in Pasadena, Calif., through Feb. 22. Pictured: h Leo Marks, Corryn Cummins, Erica Hanrahan-Ball, Ashley Jones and Erin Barnes. (Photo by Ed Krieger)

“The Odd Couple” by Neil Simon, at the Oil Lamp Theatre in Glenview, Ill., through Feb. 22. Pictured: Steve Zeal and Chris Miller.

“Radio Golf” by August Wilson, at the American Stage Theatre in St. Petersburg, Fla., through Feb. 22. Pictured: Kim Sullivan, Back: Anthony Chisholm, Chrystal Bates, Alan Bomar Jones and “ranney.” (Photos by Chad Jacobs)

“Snowflake,” written and performed by Gale LaJoye, at Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis through Feb. 22.

“The Three Sisters” by Anton Chekhov, at ACT Theatre in Seattle through Feb. 8. Pictured: John Abramson and Hannah Victoria Franklin.

“Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett, at the Court Theatre in Chicago through Feb. 15. Pictured: Allen Gilmore and Alfred H. Wilson. (Photo by Joe Mazza/Brave Lux Inc.)

“Yellowman” by Dael Orlandersmith, at the Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor, Mich. through Feb. 15. Pictured: Casaundra Freeman and Jonathan West.