Theatre in New York City this weekend

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a Broadway thriller.

Pre-Existing Condition: new play with Lupita Nyong'o.

Rough Draft Festival: see new plays take shape on stage.

Play about Lenny Bruce's trial, plus a Q&A.

No Nos Merecemos Soñar: absurdist tragicomedy with music.

Women+ On the Edge of Democracy

Show No Fear: horror play by the creator of Dolores Roach.

The Unbelievers: Nick Payne's new play, with Lauren Ambrose.

Starstuff: whimsical cosmic theatre.

National Theatre Live: British stage plays on screen.

The Hairy Ape: O'Neill's play of revenge and belonging.

The Ask: new play with Marilu Henner and Shannon Purser.

Waiting for Lefty, Odets' union-hall drama.

Show Trial: political satire of a staged 1950 trial.

I Became We: a monologue sung by a sixteen-person choir.

PONCIA: a Lorca tribute play on the maid from Bernarda Alba.

Sea Wall: Simon Stephens' play with Andrew Scott, on film.

Rough Draft Festival: performances of works in progress.

I’m not even half, Layla Khoshnoudi’s solo play.

Spiderwoman Workshops: song stories with Warren Mason.

Legerdemain: a comedy about a waitress and a strangler.

KōPū: hilarious Māori show about womanhood.

Invisible Shadows: Indigenous youth face addiction at home.

Spiderwoman's Global Indigenous Theatre Festival at La MaMa.

Shakespeare Club: read, discuss and watch his best scenes.

The Living Room and Death: a farcical play about grief.

40 Years - Young at Heart: scenes and songs by STAR Singers.

The Hidden Jewelbox Theater: The Love Show's dance cabaret.

Starr Kids Theater Class: theater and improv games for kids.

Cruzando Ensueños: musical monologue for the border's dead.

Halloween participation play for ages 2 to 10.

Shakespeare's witty comedy with Hiddleston and Atwell.

Here There Are Blueberries, by Kaufman and Gronich.

Queer horror reading of Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde.

My Mobster: Joy Nash's one-woman mob comedy.