Best theater 2017

■ “American Buffalo,” Deaf West Theatre, CATCO, Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (Nov. 30 to Dec. 9, Riffe Center’s Studio One Theatre)

■ “Beautiful – The Carole King Musical,” Broadway in Columbus and Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (June 6-11, Ohio Theatre)

■ “Caroline, or Change,” Tantrum Theater (July 5-22, Dublin Recreation Center’s Abbey Theater, Dublin)

■ “The Crucible,” SRO Theatre Company (Oct. 12-22, Columbus Performing Arts Center) ■ “Dreamgirls,” Short North Stage (Oct. 26 to Nov. 26, Garden Theater’s Main Stage)

■ “Evolutionaries: The Stories and Music of Prince and David Bowie,” Shadowbox Live (Jan. 26 through Sept. 21, 503 S. Front St.)

■ “Fun Home,” CATCO (Sept. 13 to Oct. 1, Riffe Center’s Studio Two Theatre)

■ “Hand to God,” Short North Stage (Feb. 2 through March 12, Garden Theater’s Green Room)

■ “Into the West” Tantrum Theater (Aug. 1-19, Abbey Theater, Dublin)

■ “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Tantrum Theater (May 30 to June 17, Abbey Theater, Dublin)

■ “My Fair Lady,” Otterbein Summer Theatre (June 1 to June 24, Onstage at Cowan Hall’s Fritsche Theatre, Westerville)

■ “Pride & Prejudice,” Actors’ Theatre of Columbus (June 22 to July 16, Schiller Park amphitheater)