"The Good Body" Inspired by the award winning "The Vagina Monologues." Closes Sept. 6-28. LyceumTheatre, 79 Horton Plaza, San Diego. $18-$47.(619) 544-1000, www.sdrep.org.
"Hairdresser on Fire" A new play based on gay and lesbian themes. Opens Sept. 7; closes Oct. 8. Compass Theatre, 3704 6th Ave, San Diego. $15-$18.(619) 688-9210, www.compasstheatre.com.
"The Joy Luck Club" Presented by the Asian American Repretory Theatre. Closes Sept. 14. Ion Theatre, 4580-B Alvarado Canyon Rd, San Diego. $42-$75.(858) 568-2278, www.asianamericanrep.org.
"Memphis" A musical, set in 1950s Memphis, that tells the story about the birth of rock 'n' roll. Closes Sept. 28. Mandell Weiss Theatre, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla. $42-$75.(858) 550-1010, www.lajollaplayhouse.org.
"Night Sky" Mo'olelo Performing Arts Company's inaugural production in residence at La Jolla Playhouse is a story of an astronomer who becomes aphasic after a car accident. Opens Aug. 28; closes Sept. 21. The Studio Theatre, 2910 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla. $18-$35. (619) 342-7395, www.moolelo.net.
"Sight Unseen" The Old Globe presents this story of an American artist who yearns for something more in life. Closes Sept. 7. San Diego Museum of Art's James S. Copley Auditorium, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park. (619) 234-5623, www.theoldglobe.org.
Summer Shakespeare Festival "Romeo and Juliet," "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and "All's Well That Ends Well" run in nightly rotation. Darko Tresnjak returns for the fifth year as the artistic director of the festival. Closes Sept. 28. The Old Globe, 1363 Old Globe Way, Balboa Park. $29-$64. (619) 234-5623, www.theoldglobe.org.
"Tales From the Far Side of Fifty" Twelve woman ages fifty and older share their own true stories. Comical, shocking and unforgettable. 2 p.m. Sept. 7. Poway Center for the Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Rd, Poway. $15-$50.(858) 487-9324, www.powayarts.org.
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