As fall carries on, Playbill continues its celebration of the Halloween season with a look back at some of the theatre's most terrifying musicals. Whether it's the Demon Barber of Fleet Street or the Phantom of the Opera, check out these shows that bring the maleficent to the musical stage.


Sweeney Todd Playbill - Feb 1979
George Hearn as Sweeney Todd
Martha Swope
The Rocky Horror Show
Alice Ripley and Tom Hewitt in the 2000 Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Carol Rosegg
Carrie
Linzi Hateley and Betty Buckley in Carrie.
Peter Cunningham
Phantom of the Opera
James Barbour in The Phantom of the Opera
Matthew Murphy
Little Shop of Horrors Playbill - Opening Night, Aug 2003
Company of Little Shop of Horrors
Jenna Coker in Evil Dead
Photo by Carol Rosegg
Benjamin Walker and the cast of American Psycho
Jeremy Daniel
Joseph Wilkins and Clare Louise Connolly in The Exorcist
Robert Day
Dance of the Vampires Playbill - Opening Night
A scene from Dance of the Vampires.
Paul Kolnik
Jekyll & Hyde Playbill - Opening Night
Robert Cuccioli and Linda Eder in Jekyll & Hyde
Alison Fraser in Lizzie Borden
Dracula the Musical
Tom Hewitt is Dracula
Photo by Photo by J.T. MacMillan
Ghost the Musical Playbill - Opening Night
Richard Fleeshman, Sharon D. Clarke and Caissie Levy
The Addams Family
Original Broadway cast of The Addams Family (l-r): Adam Riegler, Jackie Hoffman, Bebe Neuwirth, Nathan Lane, Kevin Chamberlin, Krysta Rodriguez and Zachary James.
Joan Marcus
Young Frankenstein
Original Broadway cast members (L-R): Roger Bart, Sutton Foster and Christopher Fitzgerald.
Paul Kolnik