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
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