Broadway in Bryant Park has announced the lineup for this summer’s four free Thursday lunchtime concerts, performed by the casts from currently running shows, which will begin on July 23. Below is the schedule, plus some nostalgia — still shots, videos and shorts from past performances at Broadway in Bryant Park, which began 26 years ago.
They’re doing things differently this year: Of the 23 shows whose casts are scheduled to perform, only four opened on Broadway this past season, including Tony winners “Schmigadoon” and “The Lost Boys,” and another four are Off-Broadway shows, including “Heathers” and “Heated Rivalry.” Unlike previous summers in Bryant Park, there are no preview performances of shows opening next fall, although the schedule is subject to change.
The videos below are from a dozen of the same shows that are scheduled to perform again this year: &Juliet, Aladdin, the Book of Mormon, Buena Vista Social Club, Chicago, Just in Time, Maybe Happy Ending, MJ, Moulin Rouge, The Outsiders, Six and Wicked. I add the most popular video — the prologue from “Natasha, Pierre and the Comet of 1812,” from 2013.
Thursday, July 23
Hosted by Delilah
Pre-show: AMDA College of the Performing Arts
“& Juliet”
“Hadestown”
“Just in Time”
“Maybe Happy Ending”
“Moulin Rouge! The Musical”
“The Lost Boys”
Thursday, July 30
Hosted by Cubby & Christine
Pre-show: AMDA College of the Performing Arts
“Aladdin”
“Chicago”
“SIX”
“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”
“Titanique”
“Wicked”
Thursday, August 6
Hosted by Rich Kaminski
Pre-show: AMDA College of the Performing Arts
“Little Shop of Horrors”
“MJ”
“Operation Mincemeat”
“Schmigadoon!”
“The Outsiders”
“Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)”
Thursday, August 13
Hosted by Helen Little
“Buena Vista Social Club”
“Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody”
“Heathers: The Musical”
“Book of Mormon”
“The Great Gatsby”
&Juliet, 2025
Aladdin, 2018
Book of Mormon, 2025
Buena Vista Social Club, 2025
Chicago, 2025
Just in Time, 2025
Maybe Happy Ending, 2025
MJ, 2025
The Outsiders, 2025
Moulin Rouge, 2023
Six, 2022
Wicked, 2015 and 2024
Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, from 2013
