Touchstone Theater premieres an original work that looks at friendship and hard-to-answer questions in the thoughtful, poignant “Language of Dolls.”
The piece, created and performed by long-time friends Lizzie Olesker, Peggy Pettitt and Louise Smith, is powerful and brutally honest as the three women come together to examine what makes them the same as well, and more critically, what makes them different.

Civic Theatre of Allentown delivers a dark, moody and musically dense “Sweeney Todd” highlighted by jaw-dropping stagecraft and swirling harmonies.
Civic stages the Stephen Sondheim classic through March 15 at Civic’s 19th Street Theatre, 527 N. 19th St., Allentown.
The show opens with a powerful “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” bringing the whole cast out to fill the stage reflect ing the teeming underbelly of 18th century London.

Usually, it’s just Facebook friends that linger on for months or even years after they checkout.

“Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Rachel Williams, makes it clear that dying is not so simple if a stranger picks up your cell phone after you have croaked.

This play might cause you to question your connected lifestyle. To wonder if your so-called friends would ever call you if they hadn’t heard from you in while. Maybe you will think about your relationship with Mom—is she really proud of you?

An innovative and provocative production of “Everybody” by Muhlenberg College Theatre and Dance looks at mortality with cheeky humor and asks the audience to reflect on their lives as well.

Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ contemporary reimagining of the 15th-century morality play “Everyman,” is at Muhlenberg’s Studio Theatre, Trexler Pavilion for Theatre and Dance, 2400 Chew St., Allentown through March 1.