Critic's picks - theater

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OPENING

"A Chorus Line"

You know you still love it. The touring version of the musical revival, now in previews, opens Tuesday and runs through Oct. 5 at the Opera House. 617-931-2787, www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

"Let Me Down Easy"

Anna Deavere Smith brings her latest one-woman kaleidoscope to the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge. Now in previews, it opens Tuesday and runs through Oct. 11 at the Loeb Drama Center. 617-547-8300, www.amrep.org

"How Shakespeare Won the West"

The world premiere of Richard Nelson's play about a traveling troupe of actors during the Gold Rush starts Peter DuBois's first season at the Huntington Theatre Company. It opened officially Friday and runs through Oct. 5 on the Boston University stage. 617-266-0800, www.huntingtontheatre.org

LAST CHANCE

"Hay Fever"

With the Charles River visible just beyond the stage, the Publick Theatre creates the perfect contrast between the calm countryside and the delightfully dotty members of the Bliss family who inhabit Noel Coward's "Hay Fever." A relaxing weekend turns into a dizzying dramatic event in this crisp comedy, closing today at Christian Herter Park. 617-454-1444, www.publicktheatre.com

— Terry Byrne

"The Woman in Black"

Karen MacDonald directs Steven Barkhimer and Shelley Bolman in a stylish, spooky ghost story that's at once a grandly old-fashioned entertainment and a smart commentary on the power of theater. Closes today at Gloucester Stage, Gloucester. 978-281-4433, www.gloucesterstage.org

— L.K.

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