BOOTYCANDY Part kaleidoscope, part funhouse mirror, Robert O’Hara’s comedy unfolds in a series of freewheeling sketches that weigh the complications of identity, especially being black and gay. Contains nudity. Through April 9. SpeakEasy Stage Company at Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts. 617-933-8600, www.speakeasystage.com

AUGUST WILSON’S HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED Eugene Lee captures the late August Wilson’s seriousness of purpose but also the capacity for joy and wonder possessed by the remarkable playwright who gave us “Fences,’’ “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,’’ “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’’ and other landmark dramas. Through April 3. Huntington Theatre Company at BU Theatre, Boston. 617-266-0800, www.huntingtontheatre.org

MISTERO BUFFO In celebration of the 90th birthday of legendary Italian playwright Dario Fo, The Poets’ Theatre is performing a new American translation by Bob Scanlan and Walter Valeri of Fo’s scathing religious and political satire. March 18-26. Presented by Suffolk University and The Poets’ Theatre at Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, Boston. 800-838-3006, www.poetstheatre.orgDON AUCOIN

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