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Stage Top 5: December 2021

by Brian Hieggelke | December 1, 2021

by Brian Hieggelke
December 1, 2021January 3, 2022Filed under:
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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

Tagged:
  • Alaudin Ullah
  • American Blues
  • and Chicago Opera Theater
  • BrightSide
  • Broadway In Chicago
  • Broadway Playhouse
  • Chay Yew
  • Chicago Shakespeare
  • Cirque du Soleil
  • Goodman
  • Hell in a Handbag
  • Northlight
  • Nuns4Fun
  • Paramount
  • Ramy Youssef
  • Strawdog
  • The Den
  • The House
  • Theater Wit
  • Theo Ubique
  • Writers Theatre

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