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Left, "Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting)" by Second City e.t.c.
Chris Jones recommends
Shows are rated on a ★★★★ scale

• "Blue Man Group" ★★★★
Open run at the Briar Street Theatre

• "Clybourne Park" ★★★★
Through Nov. 6 at the Steppenwolf Theatre

• "Cyrano" ★★★
Through Oct. 16 by House Theatre at the Chopin Theatre

• "For the Boys" ★★½
Through Oct. 16 at the Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire

• "Frat" ★★★
Through Oct. 22 at The Apartment Lounge

• "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" ★★★½
Through Oct. 9 at the Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre

• "Million Dollar Quartet" ★★★½
Open run at the Apollo Theater

• "Mourning Becomes Electra" ★★★
Through Oct. 30 by Remy Bumppo at the Greenhouse

• "The Pitmen Painters" ★★★½
Through Dec. 4 at TimeLine Theatre

• "Putting It Together" ★★★
Through Oct. 16 by Porchlight at Theater Wit

• "The Real Thing" ★★★½
Through Nov. 20 at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe

• "Red" ★★★½
Through Oct. 30 at the Goodman Theatre

• "Sky's the Limit (Weather Permitting)" ★★★½
Open run at Second City e.t.c., Piper's Alley

• "Sophocles: Seven Sicknesses" ★★★½
Through Oct. 23 by Hypocrites at the Chopin Theatre

• "South Side of Heaven" ★★★½
Open run at Second City

• "Sweeney Todd" ★★★½
Through Oct. 9 at the Drury Lane Theatre

• "Wishful Drinking" ★★★½
Through Oct. 16 at the Bank of America Theatre
Chris Jones on Broadway
• "The Addams Family" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
• "Avenue Q" at the Golden Theatre
• "Baby It's You" at the Broadhurst Theatre
• "Billy Elliot" at the Imperial Theatre
• "The Book of Mormon" at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
• "Catch Me If You Can" at the Neil Simon Theatre
• "Follies" at the Marquis Theatre
• "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre
• "Memphis" at the Shubert Theatre
• "Million Dollar Quartet" at New World Stages
• "The Motherf*ker with the Hat" at the Schoenfeld Theatre
• "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" at the Palace Theatre
• "Rock of Ages" at the Helen Hayes Theatre
• "Sister Act" at the Broadway Theatre
• "Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark" the Foxwoods Theatre
• "War Horse" at the Vivian Beaumont Theater
Chris Jones on Las Vegas
• "Criss Angel Believe" ★★ at the Luxor Hotel and Casino

• "Ka" ★★★★ by Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand Hotel

• "Le Reve (A Small Collection of Imperfect Dreams)" ★★★ at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel

• "Mystere" ★★★½ by Cirque du Soleil at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino

• "O" ★★★★ by Cirque du Soleil at the Bellagio Casino

• "The Phantom of the Opera" ★★★ at The Venetian

• "Viva Elvis" ★★½ at the Aria Resort and Casino

• "Zumanity" ★★½ by Cirque du Soleil at the New York-
New York Hotel and Casino