BWW Spooktacular - Our Top 10 Broadway-Themed Halloween Costumes for 2016
By: Caryn Robbins Oct. 30, 2016
With Halloween just around the corner, it's time once again for BWW's Top Broadway-themed costumes to help make your holiday festivities extra special. From 1960's Baltimore to Leo Tolstoy's Russia to pre-revolutionary France, we cover the entire wardrobe spectrum for your trick or treating needs!
Oh Hello! Need a costume for two this Halloween? Why not channel Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, two outrageously opinionated, 70-something, native New Yorkers. All you'll need are some turtlenecks, a few misinformed beliefs, and a bit of practice saying your catchphrase in unison!
Yummm...we can just smell that pie baking in the oven now! Dress as a member of the wait staff of Joe's diner and be sure to bring along a freshly baked Marshmallow Mermaid Pie. We promise you'll take home the blue ribbon in any costume competition!
Rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong! Why not "go together" with all your friends in a tribute to this year's GREASE LIVE? Take on Sandy, Danny, the Pink Ladies or the T-Birds and you'll ensure that rock 'n roll is here to stay!
Welcome to the '60's! In honor of NBC's upcoming broadcast of HAIRSPRAY LIVE, travel back in time to this colorful, memorable, musical decade. You won't be able to stop the beat!
We may have to wait until March 17th to see Disney's new live-action reimagining of the tale as old as time, but that doesn't mean you can't dress as one of your favorite characters (human or otherwise) from the studio's animated BEAUTY AND THE BEAST!
What's Halloween without a witch? And this year you can defy gravity by dressing as everyone's favorite verdant enchantress, Elphaba. Bring along a friend to channel her more image-conscious sister Glinda and you'll be the most 'popular' guests of the evening!
Practical cats, dramatical cats, pragmatical cats, fanatical cats, oratorical cats, delphic Oracle cats...the options are endless. Let the memory live again when you take on your favorite feline from the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic.
Are you a history buff? Then return to the glamorous, romantic era of chandeliers, vodka, caviar and the salons and opera houses of 19th century Moscow. As Napoleon's war rages outside the city, we're sure that passions will ignite as you enter the world of NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812.
Looking for a romantic ensemble? Why not step into the dark, scandalous and intriguing world of 1782 France, and borrow a look from LES LIAISONS DANGERERUSES. Just be on the lookout for La Marquise de Merteuil and Le Vicomte de Valmont - we're told these two are always up to something!
You'll be stepping out with your baby and shaking the blues away as you celebrate song, dance and Broadway's feel-good musical HOLIDAY INN. Dress as a character from this Irving Berlin tuner and we guarantee you'll be dancing cheek to cheek with the one you love!
Have we left out one of your favorites? Let us know who you would include on the list.
BroadwayWorld wishes all of our loyal readers and fellow theater fans a Happy Halloween!
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OH HELLO photo credit: Walter McBride
WAITRESS photo redit: Joan Marcus
GREASE LIVE photo credit: Kevin Estrada/FOX
HAIRSPRAY LIVE photo credit: Brian Bowen Smith/NBC
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST image courtesy of Disney
WICKED photo courtesy of official web site
CATS photo courtesy of official web site
THE GREAT COMET photo credit: Gretjen Helene Photography
LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES photo credit: Joan Marcus
HOLIDAY INN photo credit: Joan Marcus
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