“Chess”
MUSICAL|This Cold War musical by Next Stage is best known for the deliciously garish “One Night in Bangkok,” the last show tune in 20 years to become a crossover radio hit.|ENDS SATURDAY|Final performances 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Phoenix Theatre, 1124 Santa Fe Drive. Tickets $17-$20 720-209-4105 or nextstagedenver.com.
“Man of La Mancha”
MUSICAL|One of the first substantive musicals implores, “It is madness to see life as it is, not as it can be.”|ENDS SUNDAY|Final performances 7:45 p.m. today, 1:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (dinner 90 minutes before) at the Country Dinner Playhouse, 6875 S. Clinton St. in Greenwood Village. Tickets $38-$44, 303-799-1410.
“Pippin”
MUSICAL|Charleagne’s son is still searching for his “Corner of the Sky.”|ENDS SUNDAY|Final performances 7:30 p.m. today, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Tickets $34-$44, 720-898-7200 or arvadacenter.org.
