Hairy bushes and vinyl toys — some of the week’s distractions

Today: Is it Chrimbus yet? Not quite. But you can get into a Chrimbus spirit when the Tim & Eric Awesome Tour brings uncomfortable humor and ridiculous costumes to the Midland tonight — a couple weeks before the Tim & Eric Chrimbus Spectacular airs on Adult Swim. By the way, in case you hadn’t started, it’s a good idea to start growing out your Chrimbus bush.

Tuesday: For anyone feeling a little hamstrung by

the American dream, Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre offers a look back at

that other rough economic period — the 1930s — with the play Awake & Sing by Clifford Odets.