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Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty

Clifford Odets’ Waiting for Lefty

Every day from Oct. 17 to Oct. 31

Classic Stage Company · East Village

A 1935 taxi strike ignites the stage. Clifford Odets' Depression-era classic returns with fiery vignettes about workers fighting for a living wage, now charged with original music and movement that hit close to home.

A Few Good Men

A Few Good Men

Every day from Oct. 9 to Oct. 31

Vivian Beaumont Theater · Manhattan

"You can't handle the truth!" Aaron Sorkin's crackling courtroom drama returns to Broadway with Bradley Whitford stepping into the iconic Col. Jessep role for a limited 13-week run.

The Ask

The Ask

October 20 at 11pm +39

Theater 555 · Manhattan • $64

Two liberals walk into a donor meeting and proceed to tear each other apart. Marilu Henner and Stranger Things' Shannon Purser spar over money, morality, and what generosity costs.

Shakespeare in the Park

Shakespeare in the Park

Every day at 8pm

Delacorte Theater · Central Park • Free

Catch a free Shakespeare performance under the stars at the Delacorte Theater, Central Park's iconic open-air amphitheater. Professional casts bring the Bard to life in a magical setting.

OTHELLO Presented by BEDLAM

OTHELLO Presented by BEDLAM

Every day

The West End Theatre · Upper West Side

Bedlam brings Shakespeare's tragedy to life in a stripped-down, electric staging where jealousy and betrayal feel dangerously close. The acclaimed company turns Othello's collapse into something you can't look away from.

The Unbelievers

The Unbelievers

Every day

New York City Center · Manhattan

Years after their teenage son vanishes, Miriam and David hold onto hope in an altered world as their grief darkens into fanaticism. Written by Nick Payne and directed by Knud Adams, this American premiere comes to Manhattan Theatre Club off Broadway.

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Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

Perfect Crime

The Theater Center · Manhattan

$51-$78

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

The Lion King on Broadway

Minskoff Theatre · Manhattan

$149-$301.5

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

The Play That Goes Wrong

New World Stages · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

Friends! The Musical Parody

The Theater Center · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

A Ghost In Your Ear

Minetta Lane Theatre · Manhattan

$59

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

WICKED

Gershwin Theatre · Manhattan

$55-$65

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 PM

Two Girls

Cherry Lane Theatre · West Village

$74

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Stranger Things: The First Shadow

Marquis Theatre · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

860

Imperial Theatre · Theater District

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library

59E59 Theaters · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

The Balusters

Samuel J Friedman Theatre · Theater District

$96

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

i’m not even half

The Bushwick Starr · Bushwick

$25-$50

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Paranormal Activity

August Wilson Theatre · Theater District

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

The Imaginary Invalid

Todd Haimes Theatre · Theater District

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Pre-Existing Condition

Greenwich House Theater · Manhattan

$90

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

A Bright Room Called Day

A Brooklyn House · Crown Heights

$40

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Rope

Theatre At St Clements · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Lyric Theatre · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

International Party Girl

Brooklyn Art Haus · Williamsburg

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Drunk Dracula

Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

ANON

The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space · Hell's Kitchen

$39

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Becky Shaw

The Hayes Theater · Manhattan

$79

Tue, Oct 20 · 6:30 PM

Too Fat for China

The Rat NYC · Dumbo

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Little Shop of Horrors

Westside Theatre · Manhattan

$56

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

Downstate

Booth Theatre · Theater District

Tue, Oct 20 · 9:00 PM

Madame Daley | Lauren Craig

Haswell Green's · Manhattan

$$

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Motherfucker

SoHo Playhouse · SoHo

$36

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

Crave

East Village Basement · East Village

$24-$45

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Fish

WP Theater · Upper West Side

$53

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

KING OF THE YEES

The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre · Hell's Kitchen

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

PIECES OF ME: Life and Silence Under Apartheid

Rutgers Presbyterian Church · Upper West Side

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Hamilton

Richard Rodgers Theatre · Theater District

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

The Outsiders

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

Death Becomes Her

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Six: The Musical

Lena Horne Theatre · Manhattan

$77-$232

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Drunk Shakespeare

SAINT RESTAURANT BAR & SPEAKEASY · East Village

$$

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

How Shakespeare Saved My Life

The Public Theater · NoHo

$82

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Hadestown

Walter Kerr Theatre · Manhattan

$62

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Delirium

The Space at Irondale · Fort Greene

$59

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

Liberation

James Earl Jones Theatre · Theater District

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

2:22 - A Ghost Story

Lucille Lortel Theatre · West Village

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Human Things

The West End Theatre · Upper West Side

Tue, Oct 20 · 6:30 PM

Too Fat for China

Phoebe Jon · Cobble Hill

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

A Few Good Men

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · Upper West Side

$129-$519

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Hamilton: An American Musical on Broadway

Richard Rodgers Theatre · Theater District

$224.5-$734.5

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Dog Day Afternoon

August Wilson Theatre · Theater District

Tue, Oct 20 · 8:00 PM

Downstate on Broadway

Booth Theatre · Manhattan

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

Kramer/Fauci

St. Ann's Warehouse · Dumbo

$62-$85

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

Drunk Dracula NYC

The Ruby Theatre · Manhattan

$49-$89

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:30 PM

School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre · Manhattan

$90

Tue, Oct 20 · 7:00 PM

& Juliet

Stephen Sondheim Theatre · Theater District

Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM

Selected Shorts: The Best American Short Stories 2026 with Viet Thanh Nguyen

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space · Upper West Side

Wed, Oct 21 · 9:00 AM

FALLEN ANGELS

Todd Haimes Theatre · Theater District

$53

Wed, Oct 21 · 7:00 PM

ANON: a tempest at our kitchen table

The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space · Hell's Kitchen

$56

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