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Theatre in New York City in October 2026

202 events from Friday, October 16 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 4. Busiest venues: Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College), The Tank, Ensemble Studio Theatre.

Friday, October 16, 2026

Open run

Chicago

Ambassador Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

The Lion King

Minskoff Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Wicked

Gershwin Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

The Book of Mormon

Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Aladdin

New Amsterdam Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Hamilton

Richard Rodgers Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Lyric Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Hadestown

Walter Kerr Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Jan 3

SIX: The Musical

Lena Horne Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

MJ The Musical

Fans of Neil Simon Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Jan 3

& Juliet

Stephen Sondheim Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

The Outsiders

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
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Open run

The Great Gatsby

Broadway Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Jul 10

Oh, Mary!

Lyceum Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Maybe Happy Ending

Belasco Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Operation Mincemeat

John Golden Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Buena Vista Social Club

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Jan 3

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Marquis Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
$60–$270 Tickets
Open run

Just in Time

Circle in the Square Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Nov 29

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

Longacre Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Feb 28

The Rocky Horror Show

Studio 54 · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

The Lost Boys

Palace Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Apr 4

Schmigadoon!

Nederlander Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Jan 3

Paranormal Activity

August Wilson Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
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until Nov 15

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
until Oct 28

Beyond the Stardust

The Illustrious Blacks · Niegel Smith

The Flea Theater · Tribeca, Manhattan
- Music
- Theatre
$25 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 25

Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library

59E59 Theaters · Midtown East, Manhattan
- Theatre
$27 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 18

How Shakespeare Saved My Life

Jacob Ming-Trent · Red Bull Theater

The Public Theater · Astor Place, Manhattan
- Theatre
Theatre
until Nov 19

Fast and Furious: A show about collective experience

The Tank · Midtown West, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 18

Crazy Mama: A True Story of Love and Madness

59E59 Theaters · Midtown East, Manhattan
- Theatre
$27 Tickets
until Nov 1

Degenerates

Else Went

Playwrights Horizons · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
until Dec 20

Arias with a Twist

Joey Arias · Basil Twist

HERE Arts Center · SoHo, Manhattan
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Comedy
until Oct 18

Falls for Jodie

The Tank · Midtown West, Manhattan
- Comedy
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 18

Good Time Charlie

Ryan J. Haddad

The Public Theater · Astor Place, Manhattan
- Theatre
until Nov 15

The Hairy Ape

Irish Repertory Theatre · Chelsea, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
until Nov 22

The Imaginary Invalid

Todd Haimes Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
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Theatre
until Oct 25

FISH

Melis Aker

Signature Theatre · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
until Oct 24

KRAMER/FAUCI

Daniel Fish

St. Ann's Warehouse · DUMBO, Brooklyn
- Theatre
Tickets
until Jan 17

Other Desert Cities

Hudson Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
until Jan 2

860

Imperial Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 7

Phyl

Cicely Hamilton

Mint Theater · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
- Theatre
$27.50 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 17

Domov

The Tank · Midtown West, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 24

i'm not even half

Layla Khoshnoudi · Machel Ross

The Bushwick Starr · Bushwick, Brooklyn
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 15

King of the Yees

Lauren Yee

Signature Theatre · Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
until Nov 8

School Pictures

Milo Cramer

Cherry Lane Theatre · West Village, Manhattan
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
until Nov 8

Two Girls

Eliya Smith · The Goat Exchange

Cherry Lane Theatre · West Village, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 25

A Part Of The Noise

Carl Kline · Joe John Battista

Theater for the New City · East Village, Manhattan
- Theatre
$15–$20 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 25

Stream of Consciousness of Singing Birds

Bina Sharif

Theater for the New City · East Village, Manhattan
- Theatre
$15–$20 Tickets
Theatre
until Oct 25

THE INVISIBLES

Pat GoodSon · Amy Herzberg

Theater for the New City · East Village, Manhattan
- Theatre
$15–$20 Tickets
until Dec 20

A Few Good Men

Vivian Beaumont Theater · Lincoln Center
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
until Dec 12

Johan Orellana: Remnants of Forking Paths

BRIC House · Fort Greene, Brooklyn
- Music
- Theatre
Music
until Nov 15

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Jethro Compton · Darren Clark

The Public Theater · Astor Place, Manhattan
- Music
- Theatre
Music
until Dec 13

Eyeworks 2026

Pioneer Works · Red Hook, Brooklyn
- Music
- Theatre
Theatre
until Nov 8

Show Trial

The Tank · Midtown West, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
Theatre
until Nov 22

Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty

Clifford Odets

Classic Stage Company · East Village, Manhattan
- Theatre
until Oct 25

Doll Day Afternoon

Dmitri Barcomi · Vice Squad

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
until Nov 22

Leave a Message After… THE BEEP

A Pregones/PRTT original musical theater work

Pregones/PRTT Theater · Melrose, Bronx
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
until Oct 25

UNCONDITIONAL, a new musical memoir

Margot Rose

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan
- Music
- Theatre
Tickets
Open run

Wanted

James Earl Jones Theatre · Theater District
- Theatre
Tickets
Music
12 PM

Volunteer to Winterize the Garden

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance

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