Stage Top 5: April 2017

Sandra Delgado, creator and actor in the title role of Teatro Vista’s world premiere “La Havana Madrid”/Photo: Joel Maisonet

1
Beyond Caring
(Lookingglass Theatre Company)
Full of life, humor and tenderness, this critically acclaimed new work sheds light on America’s shadow economy and shines an unflinching spotlight on the incendiary intersection of race and class
Opens April 1

2
Linda Vista
(Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
Tracy Letts’ new coming-of-middle-age comedy promises to be a hilarious and complex exploration of a modern misanthrope
Opens April 8

3
For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday
(Shattered Globe Theatre)
The longing for the immortality of Neverland confronts the inevitable passage of time in this moving, tender and personal play from Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award nominee Sarah Ruhl
Opens April 11

4
Force Continuum
(Eclipse Theatre Company)
Eclipse’s Kia Corthron season kicks off with this jagged, precarious journey whereby all involved gradually grasp that understanding comes not only through seeing others but also by hearing
Opens April 16

5
La Havana Madrid
(Teatro Vista)
Sandra Delgado, who also wrote and directed, stars as a mystical woman who conjures vibrant songs and true stories in this immersive, documentary-style tale
Opens April 20