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The New York theatre scene is offering up a large amount of Halloween season programming this year—from new productions on and off-Broadway to long runners to entries in the concert and cabaret worlds. If you’re looking to get spooked in person this autumn, there are plenty of live performance options to choose from, including some very effective scares that have just started performances. 

BroadwayWorld looks back on the 1981 Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls,' which ran for more than 1,500 performances, and what members of its cast are up to now.

Rancid released an expanded anniversary boxed set for the platinum-certified album, featuring rare live and demo versions, previously unreleased recordings from New York City, and long out-of-print singles.

Martin Moran's world premiere solo work, directed by Seth Barrish, opens at The Barrow Group. The third installment in Moran's autobiographical trilogy follows the OBIE Award-winning THE TRICKY PART and Lucille Lortel Award-winning ALL THE RAGE.

54 Below will present performers from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and entertainment, including artists in October, including Jenn Colella, Ali Ewoldt, Christine Ebersole and more.

Costume designer Susan Hilferty – who amassed a mantel-full of awards, including the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, for the musical “Wicked,” being presented by Broadway In Boston at the Citizens Opera House through November 15 – got an early start on a career that so far includes 27 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-nominated revivals of “Parade” (2023), “Funny Girl” (2022), and “Present Laughter” (2017) as well as 2005’s “Into the Woods” and 2006’s “Spring Awakening.”

The Smith Center will present major Broadway productions including PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (October 21–November 1), ELF THE MUSICAL (November 24–29), and OH, MARY! (October 6–11), with tickets on sale now.

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière, translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden is now on Broadway! Meet the cast here.

Manchester DJ and producer Kitty Hall released the single Witty, which samples Kelis and André 3000's 2003 track Millionaire over groove-heavy acid house production.

When you go to a show and find out that an understudy is going on for one of the leading roles, you may actually be seeing a future Tony Award winner in the making.

FIM in Flint, Michigan hosts October programming including THE ROCKET MAN SHOW on October 1, Jesse McCartney on October 3, LITTLE RIVER BAND on October 9, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra on October 10. The venue partners with the Security Credit Union Foundation's Pink Party to support breast cancer awareness.

Stephen DeAngelis will host the milestone 200th edition of his monthly series celebrating Broadway and Off-Broadway standbys, understudies, and alternates at The Green Room 42.

A 26-song tribute to Jesse Malin featuring GOGOL BORDELLO, DEAD MILKMEN, Bebe Buell, Sami Yaffa, Valley Lodge, Trapper Schoepp, and Prima Donna will arrive via Wicked Cool Records.

It's good to see 'Wicked,' isn't it?

Freeform's annual Halloween programming event will return with the premiere of supernatural drama COVEN ACADEMY alongside a lineup including Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and CASPER.

BroadwayWorld looks back at the 2001 Off-Broadway cast of the musical 'Bay Boy,' which included a young Kerry Butler before her star turn as Meredith Parker.

Roundabout Theatre Company has just announced the complete cast and design team for the upcoming production of The Imaginary Invalid by Molière translated by Doug Skinner, adapted by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) with direction by Tony Award nominee Brandon J. Dirden (Waiting for Godot) making his Broadway directorial debut.

Idina Menzel has announced a few new tour dates with local symphonies starting this month through May of 2027. All of the concert dates and ticket information can be found on Idina's website.Tickets are currently on sale for all performances, with the exception of the two performances in Costa Mesa and the one performance in Kohler. 

Theater camps like Stagedoor Manor and French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts have some incredibly famous alumni. BroadwayWorld looks at a handful of former campers who eventually made their way to Broadway.

“The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen,' a new installment in the beloved franchise, has been greenlit for Disney Channel and Disney+. The music-driven film goes into production in South Africa this month.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 1, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

This season, 46th Street will join these special ranks when the new musical Warriors moves into the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Warriors, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, moves in across the street from Hamilton in its long-time home at the Richard Rodgers. Hamilton, with book, music, and lyrics by Miranda, already has a history of inspiring block party vibes on 46th Street with Ham4Ham, their in-person lottery turned pop-up concert event. Will there be a crossover lottery event for both shows? Perhaps Warriors will be the Lunt-Fontanne show to finally reopen the theater’s long-dormant retractable rooftop and wave to their neighbors? 

El musical alcanzó recientemente las 400 funciones en Madrid y ya ha confirmado su regreso el próximo 3 de octubre de 2026 con el mismo equipo artístico y creativo

Newsies, featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein premiered on Broadway in 2012. BroadwayWorld is looking back at what the cast has been up to since the show first burst onto Broadway!

It's a very rare treat—particularly all the way here in Orange County, California—to hear Broadway songs and the stories behind them performed directly by the legendary composer himself, even for just a one-night-only event. But that is exactly the gift bestowed upon a rapt audience recently when the Irvine Barclay Theatre presented DEFYING GRAVITY: AN EVENING WITH STEPHEN SCHWARTZ & FRIENDS to a sold-out crowd on the evening of May 23, 2026.