Now Playing in Indiana:

**** Through September 10th, "Pinocchio" CTG's Chicago Street Theatre, Valparaiso. FYI (219) 464-1636.

Now Playing in Illinois:

Through September 5th, "Shrek the Musical" Broadway in Chicago, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago. FYI (312) 977-1717, www.ticketmaster.com.

Through September 18th, "The Real Inspector Hound" Signal Ensemble Theater, 1802 W. Berenice Ave., Chicago. FYI www.signalensemble.com/tickets.

Through October 3rd, "Hot Mikado" Drury Lane Oakbrook, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.

September 2nd through October 10th, "The Invasion of Skokie" Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago. FYI (312) 633.0630 or www.chicagodramatists.org

September 1st through October 31st, "A Chorus Line" Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire. FYI (847) 634-0200 or www.MarriottTheatre.com.

Through January, 2011, "Billy Elliot: the Musical" Ford Center for the Performing Arts/Oriental Theatre, Chicago. FYI (312) 977-1717, www.ticketmaster.com.

Open Run, Vicki Quade's "Saints & Sinners" Royal George Theatre, Chicago. FYI (312) 988-9000 or www.nuns4fun.com.

Open Run, "Million Dollar Quartet" Apollo Theatre, Chicago. FYI (773) 935-6100.

*** Children's Theatre

For weekly news and reviews of what's happening in regional theater, read Carol Moore's column, "Theater Scene" every Friday in the Times, on line at www.nwitimes.com.