New and Noteworthy: Theater

King Lear (Shakespeare's Globe at the Annenberg) The old king confronts mortality and his three daughters. Wednesday through Saturday.

The Addams Family (Media Theatre) Jeff Coon and Jennie Eisenhower go Goth as Gomez and Morticia. Previews Wednesday, Thursday, opens Friday.

Reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield (W.R.), Jim Rutter (J.R.), and Toby Zinman (T.Z.).

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9 to 5: The Musical (Walnut Street Theatre) Lively, funny, with an excellent cast belting out Dolly Parton's songs. Through Oct. 19. - T.Z.

Communicating Doors (Hedgerow Theatre) It's Alan Ayckbourne, so of course those hotel doors aren't just hotel doors - they're time machines! Through Oct. 5.

Fences (People's Light and Theatre) Michael Genet is magnificent in this fine production of one of August Wilson's stories of 20th-century African American life. Through Oct. 5. - J.R.

Intimate Exchanges (1812 Productions) The audience gets to decide which direction this Alan Ayckbourne comedy should take. An acting tour de force. Ends Sunday. - T.Z.

Jekyll and Hyde (Broadway Theatre of Pitman) A tuneful and two-faced thriller set in foggy 1880s London. Through Oct. 5.

La Bête (Arden Theatre) Scott Greer's vulgar "Beast" upends a 17th-century acting troupe in this marvelous production of David Hirson's all-rhymed-couplets play. Through Oct. 12. - T.Z.

Love Letters (Delaware Theater Company) Two characters - played by Daniel Davis and The Waltons' Michael Learned - explore 50 years of correspondence. Through Oct. 5.

Rhinoceros (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium) It's Ionesco: A lone man refusing to, you know, be a rhino. Ends Sunday.

Rounding Third (Act II Playhouse) If the Taney Dragons' splendid summer didn't fill your Little League cup, try this well-done tale of two coaches. Through Oct. 12. - W.R.

Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins (Montgomery Theater) How a woman devoid of talent deluded her way to Carnegie Hall. Through next Sunday.