Broadway in Bryant Park Returns

After skipping two summers because of the pandemics *, Broadway in Bryant Park, the free weekly lunchtime concerts by the casts from current Broadway shows, will return to Bryant Park with a full schedule in August — a tradition begun 22 years ago that I avidly chronicled for a decade. (See photographs and videos below of performances by Corey Cott, Phillipa Soo, Nick Cordero, Billy Porter, George Salazar and more.)

Perennial favorites including “The Lion King,” “Chicago,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Wicked” and “Stomp” are scheduled to perform alongside newcomers “A Strange Loop,” “Six” and “Funny Girl” in concerts every Thursday in August on the Bryant Park stage, which is located at Sixth Avenue between 40^th and 42^nd Streets. Lawn seating is first come, first serve. The concerts, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, are sponsored by 106.7 LITE FM. The schedule is subject to change.

August 4, 2022
Pre-show: “STOMP!”
“Disney on Broadway”
“Aladdin”
“The Lion King”

August 11, 2022
Pre-show: “Between The Lines”
“Dear Evan Hansen”
“Phantom of the Opera”
“Hadestown”
“Chicago”

August 18, 2022
Pre-show: “1776”
“A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical”
“Wicked”
“Funny Girl”
“Come From Away”

August 25, 2022
Pre-show: Special Performance by Taiwan Tourism Bureau
“A Strange Loop”
“Beetlejuice”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“Six”

Ryan Silverman from the canceled Rebecca

Joey the horse from War Horse visits Broadway in Bryant Park

Below are some of the most popular numbers I videotaped from Broadway in Bryant Park, the weekly summer concerts, from 2012 until.2019, including Corey Cott in “Newsies”, Nick Cordero in “Bullets Over Broadway,” Ruthie Ann Miles in “The King and I,” and Philipa Soo and Amber Grey in “The Great Comet” as well as the cast of a show that never made it to Broadway, “Rebecca.”