Theater: New and Noteworthy

Billy Bishop Goes to War

(Cape May Stage). A musical about World War I, revolving around the career of a real-life air ace. Ends Friday.

Hound of the Baskervilles (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, DeSales University, Center Valley). Comedy based on the Arthur Conan Doyle tale of Sherlock Holmes. Wednesday through July 16.

Shakespeare in Hollywood (Stagecrafters Theater, Chestnut Hill). Ken Ludwig is everywhere. Two of Shakespeare's fairies appear on the lot during a 1934 filming of A Midummer Night's Dream. Sunday and June 22-25.

SoLow Fest (For complete listings, locations, and times, see solowfest.com). A festival dedicated to DIY solo experimental theater. A few of the titles are: A Shoe Full of Wet Sand (June 18, 20, 23-25), The Art of Losing (June 19-20), Demon Magick Seminar with Nick Gillette (June 22), Cinematic Human (June 23-25), Andean Mountains (June 24), Go to Sleep (June 24-26), I Know the Wind for the Things It Touches (June 20-25), Transcendence Seminar: Pain Tunnel Recapitulation (June 24), and Weights & Measures (June 19, 22-24).

Will Rogers' U.S.A. (East Lynne Theater, Cape May). A musical revue of a great comic and his country in their day. Through July 22.

Broadcast: The Musical (11th Hour Theater Company). A chamber musical about the history of radio. Friday through Sunday.

Footloose! (Surflight Theatre, Beach Haven, N.J.). Welcome back to the Surflight after two years dark, which opens summer with this musical about a guy who dances his way to acceptance. Friday through July 9.

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Perelman Theater). Fresh from its Bucks County Playhouse run, this is a persuasive, rockin' ride through Buddy Holly's career. Through July 9. - J.T.

The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron? (Montgomery Theatre, Souderton). Robert Dubac transforms himself into five funny, misled guys who give one another advice over beers. Ends next Sunday.

Reviewed by Tirdad Derakhshani (T.D.), Jim Rutter (J.R.), and John Timpane (J.T.).

Always, Patsy Cline (Media Theatre). Fangirl's view of the gifted Americana singer. Through July 2.

Brighton Beach Memoirs (Act II Playhouse, Ambler). Neil Simon's first "Eugene" play follows a teen stumbling toward manhood in Depression-era Brooklyn. Ends Sunday.

Dogs of Rwanda (InterAct Theatre). Dan Hodge is superb in a National New Play Network world premiere about the darkness and dangers of war. Ends Sunday. - T.Z.

Evita (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, DeSales University, Center Valley). Glittering rendition of the Webber/Rice classic musical. Through July 2.

Fun Home (Forrest Theatre). Based on Alison Bechdel's memoir, a bittersweet family musical. Achingly personal, with fine performances. Ends Sunday. - J.M.K.

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord (Lantern Theater Company). Three greats of the 19th century compare notes in the afterlife. Witty, clever, thought-provoking, with three great leads. Through July 2. - T.Z.

Gypsy (Arden Theatre Company). Gypsy makes her way through the last days of vaudeville. A disappointingly provincial production, with lovely costumes and good moments, but lacking energy. Ends Monday. - J.R.

Hir (Simpatico Theatre Company at the Louis Bluver Theatre). A sensational comedy, a wild, surreal family drama, skewering normative masculinity, a blindingly articulate embrace of the possible future. Ends next Sunday - T.Z.

How to Use a Knife (InterAct Theatre Company). In a busy Wall Street restaurant, a master chef and an immigrant forge a singular bond. Powerful, perplexing in parts, with a great turn by Scott Greer. Ends Sunday. - T.D.

Man of La Mancha (Princeton Festival). An intimate, spare, and effective account of the Knight of the Woeful Countenance, with folks can really sing. Thursday through Sunday. - J.T.

Mother Emmanuel (New Freedom Theatre). A new musical play about the lives that ended in the church shooting in Charleston, S.C. Ends next Sunday.

Project Dawn (People's Light, Malvern). A revolutionary court in Philly serves a passionate and shockingly funny group of women. Through June 27.

Rosemary Clooney & Friends: Come on-a My House (Bristol Riverside Theatre). A singer, her times, and her tunes. Ends next Sunday.

The Roses in June (Plays & Players Theatre). World premiere of Timothy Kolman's play about the Rose family, who flee Nazi Germany for what they hope will be a better life in London. Through July 1.

Saturday Night Fever (Walnut Street Theatre). In 1979 Brooklyn, Tony and Stephanie train together for a dance competition. You'll sing and dance the rest. Tremendous talent, and a worthwhile story arc, about the dark side of working-class life. Through July 16. - T.D.

School Play (St. Peter's School). Tribe of Fools' show about how school is just, well, comically painful for many kids; you'll recognize a lot of the stories. Sunday and June 22-25.

Uncle Vanya (Quintessence Theatre Company at the Seggwick Theater). Thwarted ambition, thwarted loves, a certain gun, and classic Chekhov. Ends Sunday.