Ghost and goblins come out to play this Halloween WEEK AHEAD!
The witches of Wicked turn eight… BC/EFA celebrates a Hedwig Hallows Eve… Christmas is a nightmare with the Wyeth family of Other Desert Cities…and the murderous duo Bonnie & Clyde hoof-it on the Main Stage
Happy Halloween, Playbilians!
Blake
Saturday, October 29
GO (FREE)→ The Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, hosts a special Halloween weekend screening of the 1986 movie musical “Little Shop of Horrors.” The Alan Menken and Howard Ashman-scored flick tells the tongue-and-cheek story of a flower shop worker (Rick Moranis) who helps his fledgling shop on Skid Row get out of the red thanks to the addition of a man-eating plant. The museum continues its Halloween celebration with screenings of other thrillers like “The Shining,” “Alien” and a special 80th anniversary screening of “Frankenstein,” as well as a special horror makeup tutorial with special effects makeup artist Mike Marino (added $15 admission fee). There’s also a brilliant exhibition about the life and work of Jim Henson at the museum at the moment. (Through Oct. 30, free with museum admission, Museum of the Moving Image, 36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106, info)
Sunday, October 30
GO→Wicked, Stephen Schwartz’s blockbuster musical about those famous witches from Oz, hosts Wicked Day, in celebration of the show’s 8th anniversary on Broadway. Immediately following the Oct. 30 matinee, cast members will perform a special concert that will be made available at 9 PM ET on Facebook for fans around the world. (Gershwin Theatre, 222 W. 51st St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave., info)
Monday, October 31
GO→ Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS hosts a one-night-only benefit performance of the gender-bending rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. David Brian Colbert will star as Hedwig, a transsexual glam rocker who comes to America after a botched sex-change operation. John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s musical debuted Off-Broadway in 1998 and has since become a cult classic spawning many revivals and a film version in 2001. (8 PM, New World Stages, 340 W. 50th St., btwn. 8th & 9th Aves., info/tickets)
Tuesday, November 1 (more…)
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LAST CHANCE→ The National Symphony Orchestra opens its 2010-2011 Pops season with Tony winner Idina Menzel in A Date with Idina Menzel under the baton of Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch. (The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, 2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC, 
LAST CHANCE→ Stage and screen star Julia Stiles (Oleanna, “Bourne Identity”) stars in Persephone, a Greek mythology-based music theatre work by Tony winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee Warren Leight (Side Man). Part of the 2010 Next Wave Festival. (Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theatre, 651 Fulton St., Brooklyn, 
GO→ Looking for a place to trick-or-treat this Sunday? Try Broadway! For the first time, select Broadway houses will be hosting trick-or-treaters after matinee performances as part of a special Kids’ Night on Broadway event (which includes a pre-theatre costume party at Madame Tussauds). 
OPENING→ One of Kander & Ebb’s final collaborations, The Scottsboro Boys, comes to Broadway. Scottsboro tells the story of the infamous 1930s trial in the Jim Crow South where a group of young black men (most of them teens) were wrongly accused and convicted of horrible crimes. Directed and choreographed by Tony winner Susan Stroman, the production uses the frame of a minstrel show (reimagined to underscore the social-justice themes) to tell the true tale. (Lyceum Theatre, 149 W. 45th St, btwn. 6th & 7th Aves., 
OPENING→ Tony nominee Marin Ireland stars in In The Wake by Lisa Kron (Well, 2.5 MinuteRide). The story chronicles how the politics of the “Bush Years” effect the personal life of a young woman (Ireland) and those close to her. In addition to Ireland, In the Wake also features Michael Chernus, Miriam F. Glover, Jenny Bacon, Deirdre O’Connell, Susan Pourfar and Danielle Skraastad. Leigh Silverman directs. (Through November 21, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., 
