Theatre has been known to transport audiences to new places, but theatre also has the ability to inspire fright. From suspenseful classics like Macbeth to comedic carnage like Beetlejuice, Playbill readers share their favorite spooky Broadway shows full of magic or mayhem in time for Halloween.
Flip through the gallery below to see the fan favorite shows below:
High Spirits
Beatrice Lillie, Tammy Grimes, Edward Woodward and company in High Spirits.
The Rocky Horror Show
Joan Jett, Tom Hewitt, and Daphne Rubin-Vega
Carrie Playbill - May 1988
Linzi Hateley and Betty Buckley
The Crucible Playbill - March 1953
Arthur Kennedy, Beatrice Straight, and cast of the 1953 production of The Crucible
Fred Fehl/©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Young Frankenstein Playbill - Opening Night
Sutton Foster and Roger Bart in Young Frankenstein
Macbeth Playbill - Opening Night
Alan Cumming in Macbeth
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One Playbill - Opening Night
Cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Matthew Murphy
Addams Family Playbill
Original Broadway cast of The Addams Family (l-r): Adam Riegler, Jackie Hoffman, Bebe Neuwirth, Nathan Lane, Kevin Chamberlin, Krysta Rodriguez and Zachary James.
Joan Marcus
Jekyll & Hyde Playbill - Opening Night
Robert Cuccioli
Carol Rosegg
Sweeney Todd Playbill - Feb 1979
Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd
Martha Swope
The Phantom of the Opera
Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in The Phantom of the Opera.
Little Shop of Horrors Playbill
Hunter Foster and Kerry Butler in Little Shop of Horrors.
Paul Kolnik
Wicked Playbill - Opening Night, Oct 2003
Idina Menzel in Wicked
Joan Marcus
Beetlejuice Playbill - Opening Night
Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso
Matthew Murphy
Blithe Spirit Playbill
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Angela Lansbury, Susan Louise O'Connor, and Rupert Everett
Dracula Playbill - Jan 1980
Frank Langella in Dracula
Martha Swope (New York Public Library)
