Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a Broadway thriller.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
Marquis Theatre
$69
Theatre in New York City this weekend
Theatre in New York City this weekend, Friday 30 October to Sunday 1 November: 45 events, among them 39 in theatre, 2 in workshops and courses, 1 in film, 1 in festivals and street parties, 1 in talks and readings and 1 in kids and family.
Pre-Existing Condition: new play with Lupita Nyong'o.
until Fri 8 Jan
Greenwich House Theater
from $62
MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT
until Sun 29 Nov | 19:00
Vineyard Theatre
$20
Rough Draft Festival: see new plays take shape on stage.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
LaGuardia Community College
Free
Play about Lenny Bruce's trial, plus a Q&A.
Fri 30 Oct | 14:00
New York Society for Ethical Culture Hall
No Nos Merecemos Soñar: absurdist tragicomedy with music.
Fri 30 Oct | 17:00
Teatro LATEA
$25–65
Plays by Heidi Schreck and Lauren Gunderson, read live.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
Salem Missionary Baptist Church
Free
Show No Fear: horror play by the creator of Dolores Roach.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
The Green Room 42
$21.75
The Unbelievers: Nick Payne's new play, with Lauren Ambrose.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:00
New York City Center
from $79
Starstuff: whimsical cosmic theatre.
Fri 30 Oct | 19:30
59E59 Theaters
$25–40
Two Girls: darkly funny verbatim play about sex, ages 18+.
Fri 30 Oct | 21:00
Cherry Lane Theatre
The Infinite Fright: Halloween short plays for ghouls.
Fri 30 Oct | 21:30
Asylum NYC
$25
National Theatre Live: British stage plays on screen.
until Mon 9 Nov
IFC Center
Jocelyn Bioh's comedy about girls vying for Miss Ghana.
until Sun 15 Nov
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
from $102
The Hairy Ape: O'Neill's play of revenge and belonging.
until Sun 15 Nov
Irish Repertory Theatre
$55–125
The Imaginary Invalid, a Molière comedy starring Bill Irwin.
until Sun 22 Nov
Todd Haimes Theatre
from $69
The Ask: new play with Marilu Henner and Shannon Purser.
until Sun 22 Nov
Theater555
from $62
A Few Good Men: Aaron Sorkin's Broadway courtroom drama.
until Sun 10 Jan
Vivian Beaumont Theater
$134
Rope: Hamilton's thriller, the film Hitchcock made from it.
until Sun 6 Dec
Theatre at St. Clement's
from $77
Waiting for Lefty, Odets' union-hall drama.
until Sun 22 Nov
Classic Stage Company
$59–399
Show Trial: political satire of a staged 1950 trial.
until Sun 8 Nov
The Tank
I Became We: a monologue sung by a sixteen-person choir.
until Sun 15 Nov
Atlantic Theater
$31
PONCIA: a Lorca tribute play on the maid from Bernarda Alba.
until Sun 8 Nov
Thalia Spanish Theatre
$40
Sea Wall: Simon Stephens' play with Andrew Scott, on film.
Fri 30 Oct
Studio Seaview
from $99
2:22 - A Ghost Story: comedic thriller play with Anna Camp.
until Sun 17 Jan
Lucille Lortel Theatre
$64
Downstate: Bruce Norris's play about life after prison.
until Sun 10 Jan
Booth Theatre
$55
Rough Draft Festival: performances of works in progress.
Fri 30 Oct
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Free
I’m not even half, Layla Khoshnoudi’s solo play.
Fri 30 Oct
The Bushwick Starr
Spiderwoman Workshops: song stories with Warren Mason.
until Thu 5 Nov
La MaMa
Free
Legerdemain: a comedy about a waitress and a strangler.
until Sun 22 Nov
The Tank
KōPū: hilarious Māori show about womanhood.
Fri 30 Oct
La MaMa
Invisible Shadows: Indigenous youth face addiction at home.
Fri 30 Oct
La MaMa
Spiderwoman's Global Indigenous Theatre Festival at La MaMa.
Fri 30 Oct
La MaMa
$40
Shakespeare Club: read, discuss and watch his best scenes.
Fri 30 Oct | 15:00
The Living Room and Death: a farcical play about grief.
until Sun 1 Nov
The Tank
40 Years - Young at Heart: scenes and songs by STAR Singers.
Fri 30 Oct
Flushing Town Hall
The Hidden Jewelbox Theater: The Love Show's dance cabaret.
until Thu 29 Jul
Port Authority Performance Space
Starr Kids Theater Class: theater and improv games for kids.
until Sat 19 Dec
The Bushwick Starr
Cruzando Ensueños: musical monologue for the border's dead.
Sat 31 Oct | 19:00
Terraza 7
Much Ado About Nothing with Hiddleston and Atwell.
Sat 31 Oct | 20:00
Winter Garden Theatre
$112