1 West Side Story (Lyric Opera) Tony, Maria, love, tragedy—few musicals are better suited for the opera house than the Bernstein-Sondheim classic. Starts June 2
2 Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical (Studebaker Theater) World premiere recounting the story of “the first Black man to open a nightclub below Harlem… and the first recording artist of any color to create his own record label.” Starts June 2
3 The Who’s Tommy (Goodman Theatre) A “fresh reinvention” of the classic rock opera about pinball wizards and other such things. Starts June 13
4 Another Marriage (Steppenwolf Theatre) Ensemble member Kate Arrington’s playwriting debut promises to “upend time and the typical romantic comedy to explore the liabilities of falling in and out of love.” Starts June 15
5 Pretty Shahid (Jackalope Theatre) World-premiere romantic comedy by Omer Abbas Salem about an Iraqi immigrant family trying to assimilate when 9/11 happens. Starts June 16
