For a long time, LIL has been obsessed with fighting, and one fighter in particular: her older brother BIG, an aging but successful figure in the local Mixed Martial Arts circuit. But she’s been doing it all from afar…until one day when she decides to show up on his doorstep. The Monsters is a sibling love story about reunions, resentment, reconnection, and wrestling with demons.
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Led by choreographer/artistic director Nicole von Arx, NVA & Guests is known for highly physical productions that have a strong emotional and dramatic drive. Since its founding in 2014, NVA & Guests has been invited to perform in Switzerland at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Théâtre de Grand Champ, Théâtre Nuithonie, and Theatre am Gleis; and in the United States at The Joyce Theatre, The Westside Theatre, Joe’s Pub, The New Victory Theatre, Triskelion Arts, CPR – Center for Performance Research, Judson Memorial Church, The Ailey Citigroup Theatre, The Museum of Moving Images, Sam Houston State University, TACAW, and the Chop Shop Festival.
Blending highly physical choreography, text, and audience interaction, “Cry Wolf” navigates a world where truth and deception blur. Rooted in the fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”, the work embraces the story’s inherent playfulness while reimagining it to speak to our present reality. What happens when warnings are ignored? And what are real warnings and what are false? Through humor, movement, and theatricality, the piece explores responsibility, misinformation, and the weight of collective consequence.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center (199 Chambers St.)
10/24 & 10/25
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit tickets.tribecapac.org/nva-guests-presents-cry-wolf
In THE LUCKY ONES, Lia Romeo delivers a sharply observed, emotionally resonant new play about the complexities of female friendship in a shifting world. Vanessa is confronting a devastating illness. Janie is beginning a new romance. As lifelong best friends, they’ve shared everything—until their lives start to pull them in different directions. With wit, honesty, and deep compassion, Romeo examines what it means to show up for each other when the stakes are highest, and how societal expectations of women shape—and strain—even our closest bonds.
TheaterLab (357 W. 36th St.)
10/24 - 11/9
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.boomerangtheatre.org.
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9) Pygmalion
PYGMALION is Bernard Shaw's razor-sharp, wildly entertaining original that redefined romantic comedy for the modern age. This highly theatrical staging draws inspiration from the iconic, whimsical linework of Al Hirschfeld, a Shaw fanatic whose legendary caricatures captured the spirit of Broadway and beyond. Just as Hirschfeld's illustrations celebrated theatrical identity with flair and clarity, this adaptation revels in transformation, satire, and style, exploring how we construct identity and what it costs to be “seen.”
Theatre Row's Theatre 5 (410 W. 42nd St.)
10/22 - 11/22
Opening Night 11/2
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit gingoldgroup.org
10) sadie river's drag ball in the lawn
Sadie River’s follows a drag family training in “realness” on the wrong side of the floodwall in Butchertown, KY, under the guidance of their fabulous House Mother, Sadie River. Through a series of lessons, Sadie prepares the family for the ultimate test of realness: to pass as the upper-crust at the social event of the season – the Kentucky Derby. But when a new recruit joins the House of River and swiftly rises to become Sadie’s favorite, each member of the family must consider their individual relationship to realness beyond Sadie's vision. With a cast of four, the play juxtaposes two worlds – the hyper-realistic world of Sadie’s front porch and the expressionistic realm of her imagined drag ball – to explore the intersections of hope, family, class, and performance
wild project (195 E. 3rd St.)
10/23 - 10/25
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit thewildproject.org
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11) Sally Spectre the Musical
In 1850, little Sally was murdered with a hatchet, leaving her spirit to haunt the childhood bedroom of a dilapidated New Orleans mansion. For fifty years she has remained there, trapped between childhood innocence and an uncertain eternity. Now, her time is running out. Unless she can confront her fears and move on, Sally will fade into nothing more than a whisper — or fall prey to the wraith sent to claim her soul. With only her beloved toys as companions and protectors, she must face spectral intruders, sinister mayhem, and the horrors of her own memories. This haunting tale blends dark comedy with gothic chills in a musical like no other.
30th Street Theater (259 W. 30th St.)
10/22 - 11/1
Opening Night 10/22
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit SallySpectre.com
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12) The Truth About Transylvania
After narrowly surviving his vacation to Transylvania, John Harker vows to speak out and prove to the world that Count Dracula is very real. But as John struggles to relive his strange story, his inquisitive wife Millie can't help questioning the validity of his claims. Can John prove to everyone—including the person he loves the most—that he is telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth...before the infamous monster strikes again?
Mezzanine Theatre/AR.T./New York (502 W. 53rd St.)
10/24 -11/1
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.transylvaniatheplay.com.
13) The Yeoman of the Guard
A real Lieutenant of The Tower during the reign of notorious King Henry VIII, Sir Richard Cholmendely, is buried there and appears as a sympathetic character in Yeomen (portrayed in this production by NYGASP veteran Co-Director and Choreographer David Auxier). Despite the rather forbidding time and place, elements of humor and joyous celebration join with thematic pathos in this colorful and broad story of two men whose fates are the exact opposites of each other. Romantic hero Colonel Fairfax (tenor Thomas Valenti) is cavalierly resigned to his own death at the outset, while comic jester Jack Point (patter man James Mills) is hopeful of a romantic union with his beautiful performing partner. Through the gain and loss of a woman’s love, the men trade emotional places - with Fairfax achieving a fairy tale happy ending and the jilted jester left alone and heartbroken.
Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (E. 68th St. Between Park & Lexington near Lexington)
10/25 & 10/26
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.nygasp.org
The Tigers’ cheerleading squad gathers for their annual sleepover at captain Riley’s house, but team bonding quickly spirals out of control with love triangles, viral cheer stunts gone wrong and teenage secrets spilling into the open. When one of the Tigers turns up dead in the front yard, the night erupts into a hilarious, high-energy whodunnit with pom-poms.
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CHESS is a seductive showdown of love, loyalty, and power on a global stage. As two of the greatest chess players in the world compete for something beyond victory, the woman between them is caught in a high-stakes battle of desire and devotion.
Imperial Theatre ( 249 W. 45th St.(
Now closing 5/3
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.ChessBroadway.com.
19) The Honey Trap
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Prudential Hall
One Center Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
www.njpac.org
This thrilling spectacle is a roller coaster of fear and fun, brought to life by Francisco Santos, a veteran performer from Cirque du Soleil. Audience members will witness astonishing feats of Cirque acrobatics, humorous interactions, and captivating performances from contortionists, jugglers, and clowns. The tantalizing sounds and mesmerizing illusions will take attendees on an emotional journey filled with fear, joy, laughter, and wonder, with enthusiastic cheers for the "Mad Graveyard Clown."
Described as a blend of circus cabaret and theater, The Vampire Circus is a mysterious and thrilling production that promises to amaze your senses. It fuses the imaginative styles of Tim Burton and Cirque du Soleil, resulting in a night of exceptional live entertainment featuring international performers showcasing their diverse talents in theater, dance, and gymnastics. This remarkable show pushes the physical limits of human performance, leaving audiences amazed and enchanted.
The 90-minute production offers an immersive journey through the Underworld and vampires. Inspired by the enchanting allure of legendary traveling carnivals and the vision of Francisco Santos, CEO, founder, and Cirque du Soleil veteran performer, The Vampire Circus brings a unique experience to life. Set in 19th-century Bohemia, Count Dracula devises a plan for world domination by opening a traveling circus with his gypsy bodyguards.
This circus serves as the perfect disguise for his quest to travel unnoticed, initiate his reign of terror, and transform humans into an army of vampires for global supremacy. The Vampire Circus engages viewers in a hypnotic experience while “breaking the fourth wall.” Audiences are fully immersed in the action as it unfolds around them, and at times, even within them. Prepare for an unforgettable experience that will delight your senses and deliver the unexpected. As night falls, the magical mystique of the Vampire World awaits. Join us and meet the Vampires. We’ll keep the lights off just for you!
Tickets to see The Vampire Circus can be purchased by visiting NJPAC.org or calling 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722) or by visiting the NJPAC Box Office.
What Is War
Each performance is followed by a post-show gathering in the BAM Fisher Lower Lobby, where audiences can meet the artists and reflect on their own experiences of war.
Please note: What Is War contains nudity and addresses the subject of war.
LACRIMA
Sworn to complete secrecy, craftspeople around the world embark on eight months of intricate labor in service of a single wedding dress. Marion, the overworked head seamstress of Maison Beliana, fields tough questions from her troubled daughter, while Thérése, an Alençon lacemaker, comes face to face with a complicated family past. Meanwhile, across the ocean in Mumbai, master embroiderer Abdul fastens 1,000 roses onto duchesse satin as his eyesight rapidly deteriorates. As these men and women all but obliterate themselves in pursuit of perfection, LACRIMA invites us into the space between that which destroys us and that which gives our lives purpose.
Please note: LACRIMA includes depictions of psychological and physical violence as well as suicide.
This production is recommended for audiences age 14 and older.
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26) Spooky Meets Cute at Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s as Halloween Festival Collides with Anime Culture
Brooklyn x Japan celebration features martial arts performances, mad scientist shows, costume runways, and Artist Alley marketplace
Halloween gets a Japanese twist on Sunday, October 26 when Brooklyn Children's Museum’s annual Celebrate Halloween collides with anime culture. For the second year, the Kawaii Kreature Festival, presented with AniTOMO Con, takes over the Museum to add a kawaii spin to the day’s festivities.
The day-long celebration transforms BCM into a place where spooky meets cute—blending trick-or-treating and costume parades with anime screenings, yokai mask-making, and a rooftop boba bar.
Kids can strut their costumes on the runway, trick-or-treat through museum exhibits, and meet creepy crawly animals from BCM's living collection. The New York Budo Association delivers a live martial arts demonstration, while ‘mad scientist’ Aaron Rodriques introduces families to live insects and animals. Professional cosplayers lead manga storytimes, anime films screen in the auditorium, and DJ Aux spins anime and Halloween beats on the rooftop.
Hands-on workshops include yokai mascot mask-making with Zelda Arts and collaborative mural painting with Tokyo Bronx. Artist Alley showcases local anime artists and illustrators – including Milk Pink Maid Cafe, Rica Takashima, and Midnight Crafters – with original art, handmade creations, and character commissions. NYC-based Tea and Milk serves boba throughout the day.
Throughout the day, Japan Society, The Town Hall, Brooklyn Public Library, and Japan Village will host information tables, making this a true community-wide celebration of Brooklyn x Japan culture.
The festival runs in three sessions: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm, and 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm. Tickets and full schedule available at www.brooklynkids.org/halloween
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Misty Copeland’s historic farewell from ABT at the Company’s Fall Gala will be streamed live to Alice Tully Hall on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. This free simulcast invites the public to share in an extraordinary evening celebrating one of ballet’s most transformative artists.
Hundreds of complimentary tickets will be distributed on the day of the event beginning at 4:00 P.M. at the Alice Tully Hall Box Office. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of two per person. The simulcast will begin at 6:15pm.
More information on the simulcast can be found at ABT.org or LincolnCenter.
Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 10:30 am
Campus-wide
This event runs all day from 10:30 am–6:00 pm, and is General Admission, first-come first-served. Drop-in throughout the day and stay as long as you'd like! Schedule to be announced soon.
Join them for an Open House, a campus-wide weekend of creativity, community, and exhilarating performances for families and audiences of all ages—all for free. The schedule includes: family-friendly Storytimes at Lincoln Center Theater; a mobile, gravity-defying outdoor circus, Cirque Kikasse; activities at The Library for the Performing Arts; a Come & Sing participatory community choir curated and led by Jeanine Tesori; an operatic storytelling workshop with The Metropolitan Opera; dance workshops from School of American Ballet and New York City Ballet; Jazz at Lincoln Center’s "Who is Thelonious Monk?" event, as part of the Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival; an Instrument Petting Zoo with Chamber Music Society; an immersive VR experience, Collective Body; costume and puppet making; a puppet parade with IBEX Puppetry (a division of Green Feather); and so much more! All are encouraged to come in costumes to celebrate the festivities.
For more information, visit: https://www.lincolncenter.org/
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29) Theater Resources Unlimited Announces
Upcoming Town Hall Queery: Is Theater As Gay-Friendly As We Think? Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 6:30 PM Polaris North Studio, 245 W. 29th Street, 4th floor, NYC |
A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) announced an upcoming town hall, Queery: Is Theater As Gay-Friendly As We Think?, set for Tuesday, October 21, starting at 6:30PM at Polaris North Studio, 245 W. 29th Street, 4th floor, NYC. For more information, click here.
Co-hosted by Dennis Corsi, associate artistic director of TOSOS, director of new works and co-founder of Live & In Color, former artistic director of the Fresh Fruit Festival; Ariel Estrada, actor, singer, producer, and founder/executive artistic director of Leviathan Lab, a creative studio for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander performing artists; Irene Gandy, publicist (the only black female member of ATPAM with over 100 Broadway shows to her credit), producer (with Jeffrey Richards for over 3 decades: Tony winner The Gershwins Porgy and Bess, plus Lady Day at the Emerson Bar & Grill with Audra Macdonald, The Great Society, American Son, China Doll, Fiddler on the Roof and Tony winner You Can't Take It With You revival), and winner of the 2020 "Tony Honors Excellence in Theatre" Award; Blair Russell, producer (Lizard Boy at Edinburgh Fringe & Off-Broadway, DIVA: Live From Hell! at Edinburgh Fringe & Off West End, Pop Off, Michelangelo!, David and Katie Get Remarried and Jackie!!! at Edinburgh Fringe; Broadway: Tony nominated Slave Play; off-Broadway: STILL, Sweeney Todd revival). Facilitated by TRU executive director Bob Ost.
Doors open at 6:30pm for networking and roundtable introductions of everyone in the room. The Open Forum will start at 7:00pm. Free for members of TRU, Polaris North and members of LPTW; $15 for non-members (with a $5 ticket option available to anyone who needs it). Please use the bright red reservation box here on our web page, or email or phone at least a day in advance (or much sooner): e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com
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30) SBH Health System Gets Spooky with
Annual Free Halloween
Trunk or Treat Event for Bronx Families
The community is invited to hop from trunk to trunk with doctors in costume
Opportunity for mammography and lead screenings will be available for attendees
WHAT: SBH Health System in the Bronx will host its annual ‘Trunk and Treat’ community event featuring free games, giveaways, live music, face painting and Halloween candy. With October marking Breast Cancer Awareness Month, attendees will also have the opportunity to receive mammography as well as lead health screenings.
The annual community event is part of SBH efforts to cultivate programming that is inclusive and accessible for everyone, with wellness in mind.
SBH doctors will be available for interviews, and media is invited to grab b-roll of the festivities, including children in costumes collecting their favorite treats.
Attendees should register for mammograms in advance here.
WHO: SBH Health System Doctors in Costume
Hundreds of Local Families and Children
Elected Officials and SBH Partners
WHEN: Saturday, October 25, 2025, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
WHERE: SBH Health System - Sycamore Grove off 4422 Third Ave, Bronx, NY 10457
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED
TO THE TOWN HALL'S PATRONS L0UNGE
ANNOUNCES
CIVIC DISCOURSE:
DISMANTLING THE STIGMAS
AROUND MENTAL HEALTH
MONDAY OCTOBER 27, 2025 AT 6:30PM
MCNALLY AMPHITHEATER AT
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
& VIA LIVESTREAM
The Town Hall (Matt Goldman, Executive Director; Donna Banks, Director of Development) announced today the first event of the 2025-2026 Civic Discourse program, Dismantling the Stigmas Around Mental Health, taking place on Monday October 27, 2025 at 6:30PM at McNally Amphitheater at Fordham University (140 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023). This event is free and open to the public, with advance registration, and will also be livestreamed. Please visit www.thetownhall.org/events/
The Town Hall is convening a thoughtful panel discussion: Dismantling the Stigmas Around Mental Health. The 90-minute program, held in person and livestreamed, will feature a moderated conversation followed by a Q&A. Laura J. Downey, an Executive Editor at WebMD, will moderate the discussion with distinguished panelists including Maggie Hureau, Director of Social Impact at Mammoth Brands; Darcy Gruttadaro, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI); and Dr. Wenhua Lu, Associate Medical Professor at the CUNY School of Medicine. Together, they will examine why stigmas persist, how they differ across communities, and what it takes to change narratives and dismantle barriers to mental health care.
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32) Works & Process at Guggenheim New York Presents
Eugene O’Neill Theater Center The Night Fawn by Adam Rapp Directed by Melia Bensussen Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 7PM |
Works & Process presents a reading of The Night Fawn by Adam Rapp, from the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 7 PM at Guggenheim New York in the Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128. The reading is directed by Melia Bensussen. Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased here.
For more than sixty years, the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has served as the launchpad for American theater—discovering, developing, and empowering new work, new voices, and creative risk-taking. For one night only, go behind the scenes with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2025 National Playwrights Conference Artist in Residence, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Tony Award winner Adam Rapp (The Outsiders) for an in-process reading of his new play, The Night Fawn.
Rapp will also participate in a discussion moderated by Melia Bensussen, Artistic Director of the O’Neill’s flagship program, the National Playwrights Conference, exploring Rapp’s career, the process of writing The Night Fawn to date, and what he hopes to accomplish during an upcoming developmental workshop at the O’Neill’s seaside campus in Connecticut.
Continue the conversation at a post-performance reception in the rotunda.
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33) Works & Process Presents
The Trail of Early Balanchine Archives
with Emily Coates
at New York Public Library
for the Performing Arts,
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 6PM
SEATING POLICY
Programs are free and open to all, but registration is requested. Check-in line forms 45 minutes before the advertised start time. Registered guests are given priority check-in 15 to 30 minutes before start time. Five minutes before the advertised start time, all seats are released, regardless of registration, to our patrons in the stand-by line. If you arrive after the program starts, you will be seated at the discretion of our front-of-house staff.
STANDBY LINE
If registration is sold out or has ended, do not fret! We welcome you to come to the Library regardless of registration status and wait in our standby line, which forms 45 minutes before the advertised start time. Five minutes before the program starts, all remaining seats are released. While this is not guaranteed, we will do our best to get you into any of our programs.
BRUNO WALTER POLICY
Please note that any unoccupied seat will be released five minutes before the show begins and holding seats for anyone beyond that is prohibited. There is no food or drink allowed inside the venue.
AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING
Programs may be photographed and recorded by and at the discretion of the Library for the Performing Arts and will post signs indicating as such. If you would prefer your image not be captured, please let us know and we can seat you accordingly. Attending any program indicates your consent to being filmed/photographed and your consent to the use of your recorded image for any and all purposes of the New York Public Library.
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LAIKA’s delightful second film will re-release in newly remastered 3D and 2D formats as part of the studio's year-long 20th Anniversary celebration. Originally released in 2012, ParaNorman was hit with critics and general audiences alike, garnering multiple awards including Oscar®, BAFTA® and Golden Globe nominations, as well as multiple ANNIE Awards®. It was written by Chris Butler (Missing Link, ParaNorman) and directed by Butler and Sam Fell (Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget).
As previously announced, the studio’s new, CG animated short film, ParaNorman: The Thrifting, directed by LAIKA’s lead character designer Thibault LeClercq and written by Chris Butler, will be shown alongside the film. The short features the voice work of Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and Anna Kendrick, reprising her role of Norman’s older sister, Courtney Babcock.
As with the record-breaking 15th Anniversary 2024 re-release of Coraline, LAIKA will bring the gloriously remastered ParaNorman (originally released in 2012) to global audiences in partnership with Trafalgar Releasing in international markets premiering Thursday, October 23 and Fathom Entertainment in the US premiering Saturday, October 25.
For more information, visit ParaNorman.com.
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35) The New Broadway Musical
THE LOST BOYS TO RELEASE
“The Lost Boys - The Santa Carla Sessions”
A 3-Track EP with Music & Lyrics by The Rescues
Based on the Warner Bros. PICTURES film THE LOST BOYS, story by James Jeremias & Janice Roberta Fischer
Watch the Official “Have To Have You” Music Video HERE
Performances begin Friday, March 27, 2026
Opening Sunday, April 26, 2026
At the Palace Theatre on Broadway
Producers James Carpinello, Marcus Chait and Patrick Wilson are thrilled to announce the new Broadway musical THE LOST BOYS will be releasing a 3 song EP this October called “The Lost Boys - The Santa Carla Sessions.” With music & lyrics by The Rescues, the 3 track EP will include “Belong to Someone” featuring LJ Benet, “Wild” featuring Caissie Levy with guest artist Patrick Wilson, and “Have to Have You” featuring Ali Louis Bourzgui, Maria Wirries, Brian Flores, Sean Grandillo, and Dean Maupin and guest artist Slash (Guns N’ Roses). The EP is being released by Republic Records/Verve Records.
“Have to Have You” is currently available to stream HERE, with the official music video available HERE. The additional tracks, “Wild” and “Belong to Someone,” will be available to stream beginning Friday, October 31.
THE LOST BOYS begins preview performances Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Palace Theatre (160 W 47th Street) with an official opening on Sunday, April 26, 2026. THE LOST BOYS will star Caissie Levy as ‘Lucy Emerson,’ LJ Benet as ‘Michael Emerson,’ Ali Louis Bourzgui as ‘David,’ Benjamin Pajak as ‘Sam Emerson,’ Maria Wirries as ‘Star,’ Paul Alexander Nolan as ‘Max,’ Jennifer Duka as ‘Alan Frog,’ Miguel Gil as ‘Edgar Frog,’ Brian Flores as ‘Marko,’ Sean Grandillo as ‘Dwayne,’ and Dean Maupin as ‘Paul.’
Tickets are now on sale at lostboysmusical.com.
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