Critic's picks - theater

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"All's Well That Ends Well"

If music be the food of love, it's also Tina Packer's solution to some of the knottier problems in this "problem play." Treating the young lovers like young idiots helps, too. Through Aug. 31 at Shakespeare & Company, Lenox. 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org - LOUISE KENNEDY

"Doubt"

Nancy E. Carroll and Lewis Wheeler star in Gloucester Stage's production of John Patrick Shanley's award-winning drama. Directed by Eric C. Engel, the show runs through Aug. 24. 978-281-4433, www.gloucesterstage.org - TERRY BYRNE

"The Mistakes Madeline Made"

If you've ever suffered under a supervisor so relentlessly chipper that bossicide seemed the only sane solution, Elizabeth Meriwether's scintillatingly dark comedy may be for you. At Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, through Aug. 24. Tickets: $29. 508-349-9428, www.what.org - SANDY MACDONALD

"Othello"

John Douglas Thompson (above right) brings a majestic physicality to the title role in a production that feels at once fresh and familiar, unexpected and right. At Shakespeare & Company, Lenox, through Aug. 31. Tickets, $15-60, 413-637-3353, www.shakespeare.org - L.K.

Last chance

"Not Waving"

In Ellen Melaver's quietly affecting new play, a day at the beach is an occasion for two couples and a mother and son to revisit old sorrows and grope toward reconciliation. At Williamstown Theatre Festival Nikos Stage, Williamstown, through Aug. 17. Tickets, $35-$37, 413-597-3400, www.wtfestival.org - L.K.

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