Show and tell: Curtain’s up on kid-friendly theater

With nan crunching of leaves and pumpkin herb treats comes a caller play of theatre for kids that will entreaty to everyone successful nan family.

First, caput to nan Upper East Side for immoderate returning faves. This fall, 92NY’s Theater for Young Audiences has put together a jam-packed schedule that includes 9 shows, nan astir performances successful immoderate season.

Book tickets for nan kickoff — instrumentality favourite “Red Riding Hood” (Sept. 14 to Oct. 12), followed by “Junie B. Jones, The Musical” (Sept. 27 to Oct. 26) and “Alice successful Wonderland” (Oct. 25 to Nov. 9) — each backmost by celebrated demand.

Celebrating its 30th play this fall, nan New Victory Theater has 3 caller productions opening pinch “Snow White” (Nov. 1 to 9), featuring a heroine trying to flight her stepmother, pinch a twist — she enlists nan thief of immoderate forgetful forest-dwelling vegans. “Mario nan Maker Magician 2.0” (Nov. 15 to 30) is simply a spellbinding substance of huffy intelligence pranks and sleight of hand, and, rounding retired nan season, your family will beryllium mesmerized by nan circus nosy of “Merry Mayhem” from Australia’s Circus Oz (Dec. 5 to 28).

Celebrating 25 years, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” nan philharmonic is backmost astatine New World Stages starting Nov. 17 and moving till Feb. 15. Grammy nominee Kevin McHale (“Glee”) stars successful this fast-paced, witty and rubbing philharmonic that’s been a crowd-pleaser since it debuted connected Broadway successful 2005.

Heading to Broadway for nan first time, however, is maestro illusionist Rob Lake. He’s taking nan shape to execute his original illusions, joined by nary different than Kermit nan Frog and immoderate of his different Muppet friends. These beloved puppets are judge to bring their ain wackiness to Lake’s show-stopping moments connected stage. This constricted tally astatine nan Broadhurst Theatre goes from Nov. 6 done Jan. 18.

Watch New York City scenes unfold onstage successful nan caller Broadway musical, “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York),” which debuts astatine nan Long-acre Theatre connected Nov. 20. The show is destined to entreaty to nan older kids successful your family who will laughter — and possibly get a small emo — arsenic nan 2 main characters do immoderate last-minute errands for a fraught family wedding, each nan while navigating their measurement astir New York City.

This fall, nan Perelman Performing Arts Center presents nan Old Vic’s Tony-winning accumulation of nan Charles Dickens classical “A Christmas Carol.” The unsocial staging of this classical has played to sold-out shows successful London each vacation play for 9 years running. This constricted tally is from Nov. 23 until Dec. 28.

Dance nan nighttime away

Book a nighttime astatine nan “Mamma Mia!” Experience, a musical-inspired taxable room perched precocious supra nan metropolis connected nan 44th level of nan recently opened Hyatt Regency Times Square.

Tweens will delight successful checking retired an existent costume and boots from nan original Broadway show (back for a six-month engagement) and slumber successful a room that has been wholly transformed into a Greek retreat, bedecked pinch achromatic stone-like walls and accent shutters. Everyone will consciousness arsenic if they’ve stepped into nan Villa Donna hotel.

Best of all, conscionable outcry “dancing queen” to get nan tune of that sanction to blast from a hidden audio subordinate and, pinch nan commencement of nan Abba tune, sequin-covered curtains look on pinch dazzling disco lights. Let nan in-room dancing begin.

From $599 per night.