Theatre in New York City on Friday 30 October

In the Heights: Lin-Manuel Miranda's barrio musical.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a Broadway thriller.

Hadestown: Tony-winning musical of Greek myth.

Pre-Existing Condition: new play with Lupita Nyong'o.

Queeney Todd: a drag opera of revenge by Heartbeat Opera.

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Rough Draft Festival: see new plays take shape on stage.

Play about Lenny Bruce's trial, plus a Q&A.

No Nos Merecemos Soñar: absurdist tragicomedy with music.

Masquerade: immersive Phantom of the Opera musical.

Plays by Heidi Schreck and Lauren Gunderson, read live.

Show No Fear: horror play by the creator of Dolores Roach.

Cindy of Arc: rock musical comedy with Lizz Winstead.

The Lion King: the Broadway musical with Elton John's songs.

MJ: Broadway musical about Michael Jackson's Dangerous Tour.

The Unbelievers: Nick Payne's new play, with Lauren Ambrose.

School Pictures, a solo musical by Milo Cramer.

Cherubini's opera Medea as a free audio stream from the Met.

Starstuff: whimsical cosmic theatre.

Helder Guimarães' solo show The Hope Theory.

Halloween cabaret with Daphne Always and James Sheppard.

EMA and Tabitha Nikolai duet on an '80s girl's inner world.

Two Girls: darkly funny verbatim play about sex, ages 18+.

The Infinite Fright: Halloween short plays for ghouls.

Slipper Room Midnight Show: bawdy late-night variety.

G-Strings: Halloween burlesque and vaudeville show.

Petite Rouge, burlesque fairytale by Company XIV.

Schmigadoon!: Tony-winning Golden Age musical spoof.

Jocelyn Bioh's comedy about girls vying for Miss Ghana.

Slam Frank: satirical musical of Anne Frank as hip-hop show.

Midnight: Todrick Hall's musical of lives in the old South.

The Hairy Ape: O'Neill's play of revenge and belonging.

The Imaginary Invalid, a Molière comedy starring Bill Irwin.

Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen: musical in a brothel.

Puccini's La Bohème: opera live from the Met's stage.

The Ask: new play with Marilu Henner and Shannon Purser.

A Few Good Men: Aaron Sorkin's Broadway courtroom drama.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Heart: new musical about a donated heart's gift.

Rope: Hamilton's thriller, the film Hitchcock made from it.