An exciting, exuberant and uplifting “In the Heights” bursts off the stage at Pennsylvania Playhouse.
Energy infuses the vibrant and dynamic production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical, which runs through Aug. 10 at the playhouse at 390 Illick’s Mill Road, Bethlehem.

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Timon of Athens” makes for compelling and affecting theater.
The seldom-performed Shakespeare play runs through Aug. 3 at Schubert Theatre, Labuda Center for the Performing Arts, DeSales University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley.

Filled with color, music and energy, the Bill Mutimer Summer Theatre Series’ “Hairspray” joyfully explodes off the stage. This fun, exuberant musical ends the series’ summer season on a definite high note with great performances, high energy dancing and memorable singing.

Cerebral and funny, Tom Stoppard’s existential comedy “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” takes two minor characters from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” and puts them on a stage, mostly alone, to ponder whether they control their own existence or are simply pawns in something bigger and beyond their control. Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production is both entertaining and profound.