“Bleacher Bums” by Joe Mantegna, at Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview, Ill., through Sept. 13. Pictured: Emily Hawkins, Eric Loughlin, Katie Mancuso, Beth Beckerman Goldberg, Martin James Hughes, Dennis Schnell, Rob Weinstein, and JT Nagle.
“Cymbeline” by William Shakespeare, a Public Theater production at the Delacorte Theater in New York City, through Aug. 23. Pictured: Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater. (Photo by Carol Rosegg)
“Evita” by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, at Serenbe Playhouse in Palmetto, Ga., through Aug. 16. Pictured: Charlie Brady, Randi Garza, and César Augusto.
“I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers” by John Logan, at GableStage at the Biltmore in Coral Gables, Fla., through Aug. 30. Pictured: Laura Turnbull. (Photo by George Schiavone)
“John” by Annie Baker, at Signature Theatre Company in New York City through Sept. 6. Pictured: Georgia Engel, Christopher Abbott, and Lois Smith. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)
“Luka’s Room” by Rob Mersola, at Rogue Machine Theatre in Los Angeles through Sept. 20. Pictured: Nick Marini and Sarah Scott. (Photo by John Perrin Flynn)
“The New Electric Ballroom” by Enda Walsh, at Gloucester Stage Company in Gloucester, Mass., through Aug. 15. Pictured: Nancy E. Carroll, Marya Lowry, and Adrianne Krstansky.
“Other Desert Cities” by Jon Robin Baitz, at Theatre Aspen in Aspen, Colo., through Aug. 22. Pictured: Lori Wilner, Curran Connor, Jack Wetherall, Peggy J. Scott, and Megan Byrnes. (Photo by Jeremy Swanson)
“Piper” by Caitlyn Joy, at Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, Md., through Aug. 15. Pictured: Connor Cochran and Dakota Rosell.
“Salome, Dance for Me” by trixxie carr, Ben Randle, Robert Mollicone, Oscar Wilde, and Richard Strauss, at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco through Aug. 29. Pictured: trixxie carr. (Photo by Lois Tema)
“Waitress,” adapted from Adrienne Shelly by Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles, at American Repertory Theater in Boston through Sept. 27. Pictured: Dakin Matthews and Jessie Mueller. (Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva)
“Up Here” by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, through Sept. 6. (Photo by Matthew Murphy)