Critics’ Choice

* Wintertime (La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla Village Drive and Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, [858] 550-1010). Three couples sneak away for a secret rendezvous and unexpectedly collide at the same winter getaway in the world premiere comedy by Charles L. Mee. Emily Donahoe and Francois Giroday, above, take part in the antics. “A rip-roaring comedy--complete with enormous tantrums, tacky underwear and bare bums--that also becomes an intellectual high-wire act, thanks to its brazen mixture of echoes from the classics, contemporary conversation and a plot that goes bizarrely haywire” (Don Shirley). Tue.-Fri., 8 p.m.; Sat., 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 and 7 p.m. Ends Sept. 15. $19-$49.