Director Terry Kinney’s production of ensemble member Kate Arrington’s world premiere play featuring Judy Greer runs through July 30, 2023

Lucy and Charlie are Asian American newlyweds on that “Vigilante Sh*t” (to borrow from Taylor Swift) in Matthew C. Yee’s premiere musical LUCY AND CHARLIE’S HONEYMOON. With book and music by Yee and direction by Amanda Dehnert, this is a hilarious and original ride. The pair rob a convenience store at the top of the play using a toy gun…and that act propels them on a wild adventure, which is told through funny book scenes and songs from Yee’s distinctive rock score. 

The Second City’s 11th Mainstage revue DON’T QUIT YOUR DAYDREAM has a slightly existential air to it as the name suggests. In one of the revue’s most effective sketches, ensemble member Evan Mills breaks into song as he muses about the questions that keep him up at night—they range from the mundane “Why does it take six hours to be assisted at a place called urgent care?” to the more complex “Why are people afraid of men in dresses but not of men with guns?” In keeping with the tradition of Mainstage revues past, the political leanings are definitely liberal (and that resonates just fine with me), and questions like the ones that Mills poses in that sketch are on the clever-funny side.