VIEWPOINTS – Halloween treats: Live performances that are bound to tickle the ghoul within

With Halloween fast approaching, what better way to immerse yourself in the ghostly holiday than by attending a live performance to tickle ghoul within? Luckily, New Yorkers have a slew of options for such Halloween treats — across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and beyond — to sink their teeth into.

“Death Becomes Her” at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre.

BROADWAY

  • Death Becomes Her (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre) — The campy Tony-nominated musical adaptation, starring the irresistible duo of Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard, continues to delight audiences at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
  • Beetlejuice (Palace Theatre) — The visually lavish film-to-stage adaptation of Tim Burton’s creepy classic returns to the Great White Way at the Palace Theatre this October for a limited run. Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!
“Exorcistic” at Asylum NYC.

OFF-BROADWAY

  • Bat Boy: The Musical (New York City Center) — In a fascinating choice, New York City Center has chosen Laurence O’Keefe’s cult Off-Broadway musical for its annual gala production, and what a cast it has lined up for us.
  • Exorcistic (Asylum NYC) — The outrageous musical parody of the 1973 horror flick continues on at Asylum NYC, starring an unhinged Emma Hunton.
  • Theater in Quarantine: Phantom of the Opera (NYU Skirball) — If you would rather stay in, the ingenious folks at Theater in Quarantine is live streaming its unique version of the 1925 silent horror film.
“Masquerade” at 218 West 57th Street.

IMMERSIVE THEATER

  • Drunk Dracula (The Ruby Theatre) — If imbibing is your thing, then look no further than this anything-goes, improv-heavy retelling of Bram Stoker’s novel, in which you’ll be taking shots with every mention of the vampiric count’s name, among other shenanigans.
  • Masquerade (218 West 57th Street) — Andrew Lloyd Webber’s blockbuster musical returns to New York in the unlikeliest of forms — as an ambitiously immersive new production directed by Diane Paulus. Sleep No More has at last found a worthy successor.
Death of Classical’s presentation of “Houses of Zodiac” in The Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

  • Death of Classical (Various locations) — Andrew Ousley and the folks at Death of Classical have perfected the pairing of classical music and atmospheric, out-of-the-box locations like subterranean crypts and catacombs.
  • New York Philharmonic: Psycho in Concert (Geffen Hall) — Experience this Alfred Hitchcock classic as you’ve never seen nor heard it before — with live scoring provided by the New York Philharmonic.
“I Put a Spell on You: ALiiVE at Webster Hall” at Webster Hall.

CABARET / NIGHTLIFE

  • I Put a Spell on You: : ALiiVE at Webster Hall (Webster Hall) — A minted New York Halloween tradition, this year’s version of Jay Armstrong Johnson’s madcap Hocus Pocus-inspired concoction promises to be bigger and better than ever.
  • The Bowery Boys: Ghost Stories of New York (Joe’s Pub) —  The Bowery Boys Podcast have converted their live ghost stories show for the cabaret stage. Can this be the next New York Halloween tradition?
Categories: Broadway, Cabaret, Music, Off-Broadway, Other Music, Theater

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