13 Must-See Shows This July on Broadway and Beyond
Catch Into the Woods, Kinky Boots, The Butcher Boy and more
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– June 28
St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin June 28. Opens July 10. Closes January 8, 2023. The musical is frequently at the Times Square TKTS Booth.
Masks are optional but encouraged.
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Prince Charming, You’re Late – June 29
Theatre Row, 410 West 42nd Street between Ninth and Dyer Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin June 29. Opens July 5. Closes July 23. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Proof of full vaccination and masks are required.
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PTP/NYC: Reverse Transcription – July 5
Atlantic Stage 2, 330 West 16th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues
Previews begin July 5. Opens July 10. Closes July 30. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Proof of full vaccination and masks are required.
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PTP/NYC: Sex, Grift and Death – July 6
Atlantic Stage 2, 330 West 16th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues
Previews begin July 6. Opens July 13. Closes July 31. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Proof of full vaccination and masks are required.
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– July 6
Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start July 6. Opens July 21. Closes October 30.
Masks are required for Wednesday matinees and Friday evenings. All other performances are masks optional.
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Audible Theater: Heart – July 9
Minetta Lane Theatre, 18 Minetta Lane between Sixth Avenue and MacDougal Street in the West Village
Previews begin July 9. Opens July 17. Closes August 14. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Masks are required.
Written and performed by British actor and poet Jade Anouka (His Dark Materials), Heart centers on a young woman who finds herself married and divorced at 28. As she begins the process of piecing her life together, she confronts the insecurities and self-imposed boundaries that have always held her back, ultimately discovering love in the last place—and with the last person—she expects.
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Park Avenue Armory: Oresteia – July 11
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets on the Upper East Side
Previews begin July 11. Opens July 26. Closes August 13. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Proof of full vaccination required. Masks are optional but encouraged.
Robert Icke’s Olivier-winning reinvention of Aeschylus’ searing trilogy finally arrives at the Park Avenue Armory, after delays caused by the pandemic and an injury to original star Lia Williams. Anastasia Hille now takes on the role of Clytemnestra, whose act of mariticide incites a bloody familial saga that prompts questions about vengeance, justice and the role of judicial democracy. The streamlined production is running in rep with Hamlet, with many cast members appearing in both shows.
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Elevator Repair Service: Seagull – July 12
NYU Skirball, 566 LaGuardia Place between West 3rd Street and Washington Square South in Greenwich Village.
Begins July 12. Closes July 31. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Proof of full vaccination and a booster shot are required. Masks are also mandatory.
Fresh off tackling Faulkner, Fitzgerald and Shakespeare with celebrated productions of The Sound and the Fury, Gatz and Measure for Measure, lauded experimental ensemble Elevator Repair Service takes on Chekhov with Seagull. Blurring the line between the play itself and an informal chat with the audience, this post-modern twist on the iconic drama explores the conflicting pursuits of art, love and happiness. Even if you know the play well, you likely won’t recognize what ERS does with it. But the troupe’s projects are always eye-opening, revealing new insights in classic texts.
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Notre Dame de Paris – July 13
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza at 62nd Street and Columbus Avenue in Lincoln Square.
Begins July 13. Closes July 24.
Proof of full vaccination and masks are required.
Finally, the Hunchback of Notre Dame musical arrives in New York! No, we’re not talking about the long-gestating Stephen Schwartz show based on the Disney animated movie of the same name. This is a French pop-rock musical that’s wowed more than 13 million theatregoers in 23 countries over the past few decades. Faithful to Victor Hugo’s popular novel, Notre Dame de Paris chronicles the relationship between cathedral bell ringer Quasimodo and the beautiful Esmeralda against the backdrop of Paris in the Middle Ages. Performed in French with English supertitles, this epic, Vegas-style musical features a book and lyrics by Luc Plamondon, music by Italian singer Richard Cocciante and direction by Gilles Maheu. Expect over-the-top everything, from the emotions to the aesthetics.
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Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3: The Nosebleed – July 16
Previews begin July 16. Opens August 1. Closes August 28.
Masks are required.
Tokyo-born, Brooklyn-based performer, dramatist and director Aya Ogawa is behind The Nosebleed, an autobiographical play about their fractured relationship with their long-deceased and enigmatic father. Previously seen at The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival and the Japan Society, this surreal comedy uses a series of absurd and humorous vignettes to explore the cultural and generational gaps between the two, as well as Ogawa’s own complicated journey as a parent today. Ogawa wrote, directs and stars in this theatrical memoir alongside a diverse ensemble.
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Irish Repertory Theatre: The Butcher Boy – July 21
Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Chelsea
Previews begin July 21. Opens August 1. Closes September 11.
Masks are required.
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Primary Stages: On That Day in Amsterdam – July 23
59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues in Midtown East
Previews begin July 23. Opens August 11. Closes September 4.
Proof of full vaccination and masks are required.
Clarence Coo’s long-delayed play finally arrives at Primary Stages, but sadly, its themes of displacement and citizenship are as timely as ever. The morning after a one-night stand, an American backpacker and a Middle Eastern refugee decide to spend their last day in Amsterdam together. They set off on a romantic tour of the city, moved by the stories and spirits of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Anne Frank as they contemplate how one’s fate can be determined by a passport. Coo, a naturalized citizen who grew up in the US as an undocumented immigrant from the Philippines, understands this firsthand, and he brings a personal touch to this politically charged play.
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Kinky Boots – July 26
Stage 42, 422 West 42nd Street at Dyer Avenue
Previews begin October 25. Opens August 25. Open run.
Masks are optional but encouraged.
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