theatre The March
Frank Galati (Ragtime) directs E.L. Doctorow’s intricate, brutal epic of William Tecumseh Sherman’s bloody march to the Atlantic—a scorched-earth Civil War campaign that burned a path of destruction through Georgia and turned the tide toward the Union effort. Consider this adaptation—starring seven Steppenwolf ensemble members, including Martha Lavey—Gone with the Wind’s reality check.
GO: Previews 4/5–14; $45. Regular run 4/15–6/10; $20–$78. Steppenwolf, 1650 N Halsted. steppenwolf.org

theatre Enfrascada
Tanya Saracho’s dark comedy of supernatural subterfuge starts with a trivial spell cast to bring a wayward lover into line. From there, things escalate into proportions as dangerous, macabre, and horrifying as they are humorous. Midnight trips to the cemetery and paychecks blown on magic potions? There could be trouble in paradise.
GO: Previews 4/5–7; $18. Regular run 4/8–5/12; $18. 16th Street Theater, 6420 16th, Berwyn. 16thstreettheater.org

folk Peggy Seeger
If folk royalty exists, Peggy Seeger is it. She’s the sister of Pete, daughter of the pioneering folklorist Charles, and widow of Ewan MacColl. More importantly: She’s a truly great songwriter and interpreter of American and Anglo-Irish tradition.
GO: 4/7 at 7. $16–$20. Old Town School of Folk Music, 4545 N Lincoln. oldtownschool.org

ALSO THIS WEEK: First Aid Kit, a duo of Swedish sisters, revives the country-rock and brooding folk sounds of the late 1960s at Lincoln Hall on 4/6.

jazz Chicago Jazz Ensemble
CJE’s artistic director, Dana Hall, and a small group of regulars explore the connections between jazz and literature with the poet Sonia Sanchez in a fitting setting—the library. The vocalist Dee Alexander joins in for two tunes.
GO: 4/6 at 7:30. $25. Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Library, 400 S State. chicagojazzensemble.com

ALSO THIS WEEK: Chicago Jazz Orchestra returns to Pick-Staiger Concert Hall on 4/7 with the added exuberance of a special guest: the Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.

classical Steans Musicians
The young instrumentalists from Ravinia’s summer music conservatory play Beethoven’s Piano Trio in B-flat and the Chicagoan Bernard Rands’s second string quartet on 4/6. The next day, they reprise the Beethoven and the Rands—and throw in a Schubert string quintet.
GO: 4/6 at 8. $10–$25. Music in the Loft, 1017 W Washington, #4H. musicintheloft.org. 4/7 at 8. $10. Bennett Gordon Hall, Ravinia, Lake Cook at Green Bay, Highland Park. ravinia.org