Theatre in New York City this weekend

In the Heights: Lin-Manuel Miranda's barrio musical.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a Broadway thriller.

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

Queeney Todd: a drag opera of revenge by Heartbeat Opera.

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.

Cindy of Arc: rock musical comedy with Lizz Winstead.

The Lion King: the Broadway musical with Elton John's songs.

MJ: Broadway musical about Michael Jackson's Dangerous Tour.

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

Cherubini's opera Medea as a free audio stream from the Met.

Starstuff: whimsical cosmic theatre.

Helder Guimarães' solo show The Hope Theory.

Halloween cabaret with Daphne Always and James Sheppard.

EMA and Tabitha Nikolai duet on an '80s girl's inner world.

Slipper Room Midnight Show: bawdy late-night variety.

G-Strings: Halloween burlesque and vaudeville show.

Petite Rouge, burlesque fairytale by Company XIV.

Schmigadoon!: Tony-winning Golden Age musical spoof.

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.

Leave a Message After…THE BEEP, a musical on home.

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.

Rosie Revere, Ada Twist, Iggy Peck: musical for kids.

Puccini's La Bohème: opera live from the Met's stage.

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

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.

Graduate Opera Theatre sings staged opera scenes.

Skylight Open: spoken word, music and dance on one stage.

The Slipper Room Show: burlesque variety with Bastard Keith.