{"id":374618,"date":"2026-10-16T07:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374618\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:52:10","slug":"5-shows-to-see-in-new-york-this-month-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374618\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Shows to See in New York This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Lucas Iverson stars in A Ghost in Your Ear, written and directed by Jamie Armitage, for Audible at Minetta Lane Theatre.
(\u00a9 Matthew Murphy)<\/p>\n

1. A Ghost in Your Ear<\/a>
The most traditionally frightening of the bunch is A Ghost in Your Ear<\/a>, a thriller set in an audiobook studio. We watch the events of a late-night recording behind glass, and hear everything through individual headsets, allowing us to experience the horror in stereo. Written and directed by Jamie Armitage, the play stars The Pitt\u2019s Lucas Iverson in a remarkable off-Broadway debut. You can tell he excels around a campfire, and having him whisper this quietly terrifying script directly into your ear will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand at attention.<\/p>\n

\"\"Christopher Dylan White stars in Else Went\u2019s Degenerates, directed by Emma Rosa Went, at Playwrights Horizons.
(\u00a9 Jackie Abbott)<\/p>\n

2. Degenerates<\/a>
Else Went takes audiences inside the shadowy online world of incels (that\u2019s \u201cinvoluntarily celibate\u201d men) in Degenerates<\/a>, a challenging new drama grappling with the horrifying reality that though we\u2019ve never been more connected through technology, many of us are lonelier than ever. Directed by Else\u2019s spouse, Emma Rosa Went, the play features astonishing performances from Zachary Desmond and Christopher Dylan White, playing characters who are mostly ignored by the mainstream theater. The show was just extended until November 1 at Playwrights Horizons, so you\u2019ll want to get your tickets now. I suspect this is one people will be talking about for years.<\/p>\n

\"\"Alyssa May Gold and Yasmin Ranz-Lind appear in Melis Aker\u2019s Fish, directed by Tatiana Pandiani, at WP Theater.
(\u00a9 Joan Marcus)<\/p>\n

3. Fish<\/a>
The internet has always been a scary place. In Fish<\/a>, Melis Aker takes us back to 2016 for a story about a 17-year-old girl in the UK who develops a hobby of sending her photos to ISIS fighters, who then send travel money for her to join them in Syria, which she proceeds to spend on clothes. It\u2019s a comedy! It benefits greatly from the leading performance of Yasmin Ranz-Lind, and especially the supporting performance of Roxanna Hope Radja in the role of her mother, an immigrant nurse and single mom trying to hold her family together. Performances are through October 25.<\/p>\n

\"\"Marilu Henner and Shannon Purser star in Matthew Freeman\u2019s The Ask, directed by Jessi D. Hill, at Theater 555.
(\u00a9 Joan Marcus)<\/p>\n

4. The Ask<\/a>
As a student of Greek drama, I am somewhat wary of the hubris some Democrats are expressing ahead of November\u2019s midterm election. Matthew Freeman suggests one way the blue wave could crash onto the shores of reality in The Ask<\/a>. The two-person play depicts a meeting between a young nonbinary ACLU fundraiser and an older donor on the Upper West Side who has recently stopped giving. This 75-minute encounter between differing perspectives on the Left invites audiences to hear why. I loved<\/a> this smoldering drama during its 2024 world premiere downtown, and I\u2019m eager to see how a change of venue, performers (Shannon Purser and Marilu Kenner star in this midtown remount of director Jessi D. Hill\u2019s production), and year alters the vibe of the play.<\/p>\n

\"THEJon Beavers stars as Yank in the off-Broadway revival of Eugene O\u2019Neill\u2019s The Hairy Ape, directed by Ciar\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly, at Irish Repertory Theatre.
(\u00a9 Carol Rosegg)<\/p>\n

5. The Hairy Ape<\/a>
Eugene O\u2019Neill is widely considered the greatest American dramatist, and I personally think The Hairy Ape<\/a> is his best play. It\u2019s about Yank, a manual laborer toiling in the belly of a transatlantic ocean liner. He takes pride in his work and knows he is the best kind of man, but a close encounter with the daughter of the man who owns the ship shows him how the rich really see him: as a filthy animal. Sadly, that dehumanization of the working class, which O\u2019Neill captured in this 1922 \u201ccomedy of ancient and modern life,\u201d still exists a century later, and is on full display in the powerfully resonant revival now performing through November 15 at Irish Rep. It may actually be the most frightening of the bunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucas Iverson stars in A Ghost in Your Ear, written and directed by Jamie Armitage, for Audible at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-374618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}