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Oscar-nominee Anne Hathaway brought her vocal talent to Joe’s Pub on Wednesday, October 24, singing the songs of the classic musical Cabaret.
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(© Joan Marcus)

Stage and screen couple William H. Macy and wife Felicity Huffman showed affection for one another before they hosted the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater rededication ceremony on October 1.
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(© David Gordon)

Giancarlo Esposito and William H. Macy have some fun on the red carpet at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater rededication ceremony on October 1.
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(© David Gordon)

2012 New York City Center Encores! stars Celia Keenan-Bolger, Betsy Wolfe, Will Chase, Laura Osnes, and musical director Rob Berman celebrated the release of new cast recordings of Merrily We Roll Along, Pipe Dream, and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes on Monday, October 1 with a concert and signing at the 86th Street Barnes & Noble.
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(© David Gordon)

The cast of Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Rupert Holmes’ The Mystery of Edwin Drood met the press at their rehearsal studio on October 2. Here is Holmes (center) with principal cast members Will Chase (John Jasper), Stephanie J. Block (Edwin Drood), Chita Rivera (Princess Puffer), Jim Norton (The Chairman), and Gregg Edelman (Reverend Mr. Crisparkle).
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(© David Gordon)

Nicholas Barasch (Deputy), Robert Creighton (Durdles), Jessie Mueller (Helena Landless), Peter Benson (Bazzard), Betsy Wolfe (Rosa Bud), and Andy Karl (Neville Landless) also appear in Roundabout Theatre Company’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
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(© David Gordon)

Lauren Molina and Jason Tam take their curtain call at the end of Jonathan Silverstein’s production of Stephen Sondheim, Craig Lucas, and Norman Rene’s Marry Me a Little, which opened at Theatre Row on October 2.
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(© David Gordon)

Lauren Molina, who previously starred as Johanna in John Doyle’s revival of Sweeney Todd, is overjoyed as Stephen Sondheim autographs her copy of A Collector’s Sondheim on the opening night of Marry Me a Little.
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(© David Gordon)

On October 3, Alfrie Woodard, Adepero Oduye, Phylicia Rashad, Queen Latifah, Jill Scott, and Condola Rashad celebrated the premiere of Lifetime’s film version of Steel Magnolias at the Paris Theater.
(© Tristan Fuge)
(© Tristan Fuge)

Cast members from the Public Theater’s production of Hair led an assembled crowd in “Let the Sunshine In” during the rededication ceremony of the theater’s Astor Place home on Thursday, October 4.
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(© David Gordon)

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Michael Bloomberg took time out of their busy schedules to offer words of wisdom and recite some Shakespeare at the Public’s rededication ceremony on October 4.
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(© David Gordon)

On hand at the Public’s rededication ceremony were Laurie and Oskar Eustis (left and right), and Liev Schreiber and his adorable son Samuel Kai.
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(© David Gordon)

The Public Theater’s rededication ceremony was ample opportunity for a Hair family reunion. Here, composer James Rado poses with cast members Mike Evariste and Kacie Sheik.
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(© David Gordon)

Ed Asner, Kate Arrington, Paul Rudd, and Michael Shannon take their opening night curtain call in Craig Wright’s Grace at the Cort Theatre on October 4.
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(© David Gordon)

“You like me! You really like me!” says Michael Shannon to the photographers at the opening night of Grace as Paul Rudd looks on.
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(© David Gordon)

The always stunning Carla Gugino was also among the guests on October 4 at attend Grace’s opening night.
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(© David Gordon)

Henry Winkler, who is currently starring in The Performers, was among the guests at the opening night of Grace on October 4.
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(© David Gordon)

Mad Men cast members John Slattery and Talia Balsam were also on hand to celebrate the opening night of Grace.
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(© David Gordon)

Walking Dead star Jon Bernthal, who is set to appear Off-Broadway this spring in Small Engine Repair, joined Horrible Bosses scene-stealer P.J. Byrne on October 4 to attend Grace’s opening night.
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(© David Gordon)

Playwright David Mamet (far right) joins the Mark Taper Forum cast of his play November — Todd Weeks, Rod McLachlan, Gregory Cruz, Felicity Huffman, Ed Begley, Jr. — October 7 for opening night.
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(© Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)

Felicity Huffman’s husband, veteran Mamet interpreter William H. Macy, shows off his November swag at the play’s opening night party.
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(© Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)

Among the guests at the November opening on October 7 was actor Val Kilmer.
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(© Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)

With his Grace co-star Ed Asner looking on, Paul Rudd can’t contain his enthusiasm as Sardi’s manager Max Klimavicius reveals the actor’s brand new caricature for the first time on October 9.
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(© David Gordon)

The lovably gruff Ed Asner growls at photogs vying for his attention as he autographs his brand new Sardi’s caricature on October 9.
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(© David Gordon)

Michael Shannon stops for a photo while signing his brand new Sardi’s caricature on October 9.
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(© David Gordon)

The cast members of Primary Stages’ production of Daisy Foote’s Him, Adina Verson, Tim Hopper, Hallie Foote, and Adam LeFevre, take their opening night curtain call on October 9.
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(© David Gordon)

Is Gareth Saxe attempting to take a bite out of Madeleine Martin’s head at the opening of Harper Regan on October 10? Luckily, Mary McCann and Mary Beth Peil don’t seem to notice.
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(© David Gordon)

On October 10, Atlantic Theater Company opened Simon Stephens’ play Harper Regan. Here are the play’s stars, Mary McCann and Gareth Saxe.
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(© David Gordon)

On October 11, Jason Hite, who stars in the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Bare, took part in the musical’s National Coming Out Day celebration.
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(© David Gordon)

At the October 11 National Coming Out Day celebration, Bare choreographer Travis Wall told the crowd about his experience with publicly coming out.
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(© David Gordon)

Cyrano de Bergerac stars Patrick Page, Douglas Hodge, Clemence Poesy, and Kyle Soller greet the press at the play’s October 11 opening night party.
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(© David Gordon)

30 Rock star Jane Krakowski, who won a Tony Award for her performance in Roundabout’s 2003 production of Nine attended the Cyrano opening night to support her long-time friend and former London Guys and Dolls co-star, Douglas Hodge.
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(© David Gordon)

The always lovely Brooke Shields was also on hand at the American Airlines Theatre for Cyrano’s opening night.
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(© David Gordon)

Norbert Leo Butz and Katie Holmes, the stars of the Broadway production of Theresa Rebeck’s Dead Accounts, met the press at Sardi’s on Friday, October 12.
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(© David Gordon)

Dead Accounts director Jack O’Brien hugs star Judy Greer at the show’s October 12 press event.
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(© David Gordon)

The stars of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Carrie Coon, Tracy Letts, Amy Morton, and Madison Dirks – take their opening night curtain call on October 13 at the Booth Theatre.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Playwright Edward Albee and director Pam MacKinnon celebrated the 50th Anniversary production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on October 13.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

TV favorite Alan Alda was in the October 13 opening night audience of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Booth Theatre.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Jenna Fischer of the hit NBC series The Office also joined in the opening night celebration for Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm mastermind Larry David attends the Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opening night.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

The stunning Laura Osnes was joined by her dapper husband Nathan Johnson to take in the opening night of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on October 13.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Broadway legend Elizabeth Ashley was looking fabulous at the opening night of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

On October 14, Angela Lansbury and Elizabeth Ashley (left and right) joined Angelica Page to toast her solo show Turning Page, inspired by her legendary mother, Geraldine Page.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Also on October 14, Michael Cristofer, David Wilson Barnes, Jennifer Mudge, Angela Lewis, and Maxx Brawer opened MCC Theater’s production of Stephen Belber’s Don’t Go Gentle at the Lucille Lortel on Christopher Street.
(© Tristan Fuge)
(© Tristan Fuge)

Monday, October 15 found soap star Linda Dano (right) joining talk show legend Rosie O’Donnell (center) and O’Donnell’s wife Michelle Rounds for a gala in honor of Rosie’s Theater Kids.
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(© David Gordon)

The cast and creative team of Off-Broadway’s Falling, director Lori Adams, cast member Celia Howard, producer Terry Schnuck, stars Daniel Pearce, Julia Murney, Jacey Powers, Daniel Everidge, and playwright Deanna Jent, attend the show’s opening night party on October 15.
(© Walter McBride)
(© Walter McBride)

Later on Monday, October 15, Second Stage hosted the opening night party for Jon Kern’s play Modern Terrorism, which stars Utkarsh Ambudkar, Nitya Vidyasagar, Steven Boyer, and William Jackson Harper.
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(© David Gordon)

The annual Rockers on Broadway event, also held Monday, October 15, featured an appearance by Monkees legend Mickey Dolenz.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Songwriting legends Rupert Holmes and Paul Williams, who were honored at this year’s Rockers on Broadway event, join Donnie Kehr for a photo on the red carpet.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

In Los Angeles on October 17, Center Theatre Group opened its production of Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar, starring Greg Keller, Jennifer Ikeda, Jeff Goldblum, Aya Cash, and Lucas Near-Verbrugghe.
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(© Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging)

Legendary musician Frankie Valli asks the audience to join in on one of his big hits at the October first night of his week-long engagement at the Broadway Theatre.
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(© David Gordon)

Following the October 17 performance, Valli and his Four Seasons, Todd Fournier and Brian Brigham (left); Brandon Brigham and Landon Beard (right), smiled for the cameras.
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(© David Gordon)

Tony-winner Michael Cerveris performed a one-night-only concert of music from Hedwig and the Angry Inch on October 18 at Chelsea’s Barracuda in honor of the birthday of his Broadway hair supervisor Rick Caroto.
(Photo via @Kimberly_Kaye)
(Photo via @Kimberly_Kaye)

The stars of the hilarious musical comedy The Other Josh Cohen, Vadim Feichtner, Kate Wetherhead, David Rossmer, Steve Rosen, Ken Triwush, and Hannah Elless, drink in their October 20 opening night at the Soho Playhouse.
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(© David Gordon)

Christmas was celebrated on October 22 when the cast of Broadway’s A Christmas Story, the Musical held a special press preview. Here, The Old Man (John Bolton) proudly shows his family (Erin Dilly, Johnny Rabe, and Zac Ballard) his major award: a leg lamp!
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(© David Gordon)

With A Christmas Story, the Musical, Peter Billingsley, who starred in the classic film version, trades the pink bunny costume for the garb of a Broadway producer.
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(© David Gordon)

Following the press preview performance, A Christmas Story, the Musical principal cast members Eddie Korbich, Dan Lauria, Erin Dilly, Johnny Rabe, John Bolton, Zac Ballard, and Caroline O’Connor pose for a family photo.
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(© David Gordon)

The cast of the Off-Broadway production of Avenue Q celebrated the musical’s third anniversary at New World Stages on Monday, October 22. From left, the company includes Darren Bluestone, Rob Morrison, Danielle K. Thomas, Nicholas Kohn, Hazel Anne Raymundo, Veronica Kuehn, Jed Resnick, Lexy Fridell, and Robin S Walker.
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(© Walter McBride)

Aasif Mandvi of The Daily Show has some fun with his likeness following the October 22 opening night performance of LCT3’s Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar.
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(© David Gordon)

Korey Jackson, Maurice McRae, Sharon Washington, and Colman Domingo celebrated after their opening night in The Public Theater production of Domingo’s Wild With Happy on October 23.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Ghost star Da’Vine Joy Randolph was looking stunning in a tight black dress at the opening night of Wild With Happy.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Loose Cattle band mates Gabriel Caplan and Tony winner Michael Cerveris jam as they preview their upcoming 54 Below concert with the song “Gasoline & Matches.”
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(© David Gordon)

Melissa Errico sings “The Boy Next Door” at a preview of her 54 Below concert on October 24.
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(© David Gordon)

On October 24, Manhattan Theatre Club artistic director Lynne Meadow received her Sardi’s caricature. Here she is with the drawing and Sardi’s managing partner Max Klimavicius.
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(© David Gordon)

Multiple Tony Award-winners Harvey Fierstein and Audra McDonald were also part of Hathaway’s Cabaret concert at Joe’s Pub.
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(© John Labbe)

During the Cabaret concert, Fierstein duetted on the song “It Wouldn’t Please Me More,” with Tony-winner Linda Lavin.
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(© John Labbe)

Eddie Redmayne and Bryce Pinkham join Cabaret co-writer John Kander following the Joe’s Pub concert on October 24.
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(© John Labbe)

On the morning of October 25, Bring It On: The Musical cast members Danielle Carlacci, Ryann Redmond, Elle McLemore, Brooklyn Freitag, Courtney Corbeille, Billie Sue Roe, Lauren Whitt, and Janet Krupin visited Serendipity 3 to launch the show’s new themed sundae. The treat is described as: “This gasp-inducing, high-flying sundae challenges Jackson High School, in green – Pistachio ice cream, vs. Truman High School, in red – Strawberry ice cream, with a back-flip scoop of Chocolate ice cream to add to the competition. Leaps of high-flying hot fudge bring on an exciting thrill. Topped with red and green sugared whipped cream and an acrobatic pair of red and green sugar stars, we add a sis-boom-bah Pom-Pom to cheer on the challenge.”
(Photo courtesy of The Hartman Group)
(Photo courtesy of The Hartman Group)

Also on October 25, members of the press gathered at Lincoln Center Theater to meet the cast of Clifford Odets’ Golden Boy. Here are stars Seth Numrich and Tony Shalhoub, who play father and son Joe and Mr. Bonaparte.
(© David Gordon)
(© David Gordon)

The cast also features TV favorite Yvonne Strahovski (right) as Numrich’s love interest, Lorna Moon.
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(© David Gordon)

Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark stars Reeve Carney and Robert Cuccioli led a press conference on October 25 to address Halloween safety tips outside the Foxwoods Theatre.
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(© David Gordon)

On hand for the October 25 press conference were four members of the musical’s Sinister 6.
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(© David Gordon)

John Stamos, joined by director Rob Ashford, performed in an October 25 and 26 industry reading of the new musical Soap Dish, based on the classic film of the same name.
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(© David Gordon)

Karen Allen celebrated her opening night in Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s production of A Summer Day on October 25.
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(© Tristan Fuge)

Following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, a potential ticket buyer checks out everything TKTS has to offer on October 31, the day the Broadway theaters reopened.
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(© David Gordon)
October had it all: star-studded Broadway openings, off-Broadway shows saying “hi” to audiences for the first time, meet-and-greets with a new crop of stars, and a host of celebrities taking to the stage. Plus candid shots, tweets, laughs and more from your favorite stage veterans!
In case you missed them, here are our choices for the best photos of the month, from Anne Hathaway and friends singing the score of the musical Cabaret to the cast of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark offering Halloween safety tips.