Curtain call
Theater previews and openings July 19 - 25
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
The company’s Summer Dance Intensive and Emerging Choreographers Showcase. July 1920. Logan Center for the Performing Arts, 915 E. 60th, $25; deeplyrooteddancetheater.org ‘Sleeping Beauty’
A musical retelling of the classic fairy tale. Opens July 19; to July 25. Chicago Kids Company at Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell, Arlington Heights, $12, $14; metropolisarts.com
RECENTLY OPENED
‘Les Miserables’
Cameron Mackintosh’s Tony Award-winning musical that’s a testament to the survival of the human spirit. To July 27. Cadillac Palace Theatre, 151 W. Randolph, $35-$105; broadwayinchicago.com
‘The Music Man’
Director Mary Zimmerman’s staging of Meredith Wilson’s marching band musical about charismatic con man Harold Hill, who takes the town of River City on a wild ride of promises. To Aug. 18. Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, $45-$142; goodmantheatre.org
‘The Spitfire Grill’ James Valeq and Fred Alley’s musical adaptation of the film about a feisty parolee who finds a place for herself at the diner in a Wisconsin town; directed by Tammy Mader. To Aug. 17. American Blues Theater at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, $19-$39; americanbluestheater.com ‘True West’
Steppenwolf Theatre revisits the Sam Shepard play about two brothers who find themselves trapped in their mother’s house where their volatile relationship explodes; Randall Arney directs. To Aug. 25. Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, $20-$96; steppenwolf.org
‘The Wizard of Oz’
Musical version of L. Frank Baum’s classic tale of Dorothy and her pals’ journey down the Yellow Brick Road; directed by Brian Hill. To Aug. 25. Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier, 800 E. Grand, $24, $38; chicagoshakes.com
Mary Houlihan, For the Sun-Times