Stage Top 5: December 2021

Ramy Youssef

1
Holiday Shows
(The House, Strawdog, Goodman, Northlight, Paramount, American Blues, Cirque du Soleil, Hell in a Handbag, Nuns4Fun, Broadway in Chicago, Chicago Shakespeare, BrightSide and Chicago Opera Theater, Theater Wit)
Nothing says “normal” (and helps theaters carry on) like a holiday show.

2
Ramy Youssef
(The Den)
The Golden Globe winner—for his brilliant, subversive Hulu show “Ramy”—returns to stand-up.
December 3-4

3
8 Track: The Sound of the ’70s
(Theo Ubique)
Expect exactly what its title promises, in an intimate setting.
Opens December 3

4
Dishwasher Dreams
(Writers Theatre)
Post-Victory Gardens Chay Yew directs Alaudin Ullah in his tale of immigration and assimilation at post-Michael Halberstam Writers.
Opens December 9

5
The Play That Goes Wrong
(Broadway Playhouse)
A murder mystery described as “what would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby.”
Opens December 14