Yup, the guys are still mad — and given the judicial system, who wouldn't be? The acclaimed Roundabout production arrives here with two new jurors famous from TV — Richard Thomas and George Wendt. This show ushers in an ambitious touring series.

A timely production of Joseph Heller's dark comedy of war. Check out this bold theater company — and their intriguing space in West Philly.

Another interesting and well-reviewed young company doing another interesting play: Lee Blessing's reality-based study of Kimberly Bergalis, a woman whose death from AIDS set off a political firestorm.

This creepy tragicomedy, wherein a writer is interrogated about a series of murders that his stories may (or may not) have prompted, is Martin McDonagh's best play. And director Jiri Zizka's mordent Eastern European sensibility should suit it to a tee.

Brian Friel's 1980 treatise on cultural imperialism and language may be the finest Irish play of the late 20th century. It's also ferociously difficult to get right — but should be in ideally idiomatic hands at McCarter, under the direction of Garry Hynes, the artistic director of Galway's acclaimed Druid Theatre. Hynes is also the first woman ever to win a best director Tony Award.

PTC has had excellent luck with the plays of Jeffrey Hatcher (Compleat Female Stage Beauty, A Picasso). Here comes the East Coast premiere of a new Hatcher comedy about a group of superannuated Florida retirees, with a little criminal business on the side. (Hmmm. I wonder what my Aunt Sylvia is doing these days?)

No singing and no Chita Rivera this time — and it's all to the good. Director Seth Rozin will give us the brilliant Frank X in this tale of two men in an Argentinean prison, and the world they create to protect themselves.

This wacky show, directed by the superb Peter Pryor, takes all your favorite holiday stories and throws them in a blender. Let's see what happens.

The folks at 1812 turn their abundant talents to the world of political comedy (the title puns on a stingingly funny and much-missed BBC program). Politics, huh? It's about time, say I. And since the 1812 Christmas show is everybody's favorite holiday entertainment, I also say book now!

Philly's favorite musical leading man, Jeff Coon, has a rifle in his hand and a song in his heart. Irving Berlin's show is an American treasure. I smell a hit.