Florencia en el Amazonas/Photo: Lynn Lane-Houston Grand Opera
1 Paradise Square (James M. Nederlander Theatre) See the most-anticipated new Broadway musical before Broadway does. Opens November 2
2 Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski (Chicago Shakespeare Theater) Award-winning actor David Straitharn plays the Holocaust messenger whom the White House failed to heed. Opens November 3
3 Bug (Steppenwolf) Carrie Coon and Namir Smallwood star in a revival of Tracy Lett’s creepy classic. Opens November 11
4 Her Honor Jane Byrne (Lookingglass Theatre) Remember when Chicago’s mayor moved into the city’s worst public-housing project? Writer-director J. Nicole Brooks does. Opens November 11
5 Florencia en el Amazonas (Lyric Opera) Lyric’s first mainstage Spanish-language opera follows a diva on a magical realist journey into the Brazilian jungle. Opens November 13
