16 Shows to See on Broadway and Beyond This July
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Oh, Mary! – begins June 26
Lyceum Theatre, 149 West 45th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
Previews start June 26. Opens July 11. Closes September 28, 2025.
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Empire: The Musical – begins July 1
New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin July 1. Opens July 11. Closes September 22. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Tony-winning performer Cady Huffman (The Producers, The Will Rogers Follies) directs this musical celebrating the men and women who made the Empire State Building. In 1976, the daughter of a worker who died during the landmark’s construction looks back on her parents’ lives. As the story toggles between the Bicentennial and the Great Depression, we meet the plucky immigrants and determined dreamers who made the monument a reality. Caroline Sherman and Robert Hull are behind this family-friendly show, which has been in development for a while—Huffman herself starred in a previous workshop.
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Dogteam Theatre Project in Rep – begins July 9
Atlantic Stage 2, 330 West 16th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues
A Hundred Circling Camps: Previews begin July 9. Opens July 16. Closes August 3.
La Viuda: Previews begin July 10. Opens July 17. Closes August 4.
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Ain’t Done Bad – begins July 9
The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and Tenth Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin July 9. Opens July 14. Closes August 31.
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The Journals of Adam and Eve – begins July 10
Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street between Mott and Elizabeth Streets in Noho
Previews begin July 10. Opens July 11. Closes July 28.
Legendary TV writer Ed. Weinberger (Taxi, The Mary Tyler Moore, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) brings his latest two-person comedy to NYC. Beloved sitcom vets Hal Linden and Marilu Henner star as the title Biblical duo in this he said, she said yuk fest about what went wrong with the world’s first couple.
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Out of the Box Theatrics: Inspired By True Events – begins July 10
154, 154 Christopher Street between Greenwich and Washington Streets in the West Village
Previews begin July 10. Opens July 17. Closes August 4.
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Irish Repertory Theatre: On Beckett – begins July 10
Irish Repertory Theatre, 132 West 22nd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Chelsea
Previews begin July 10. Opens July 11. Closes August 5.
After acclaimed runs both in person and online, Bill Irwin’s tribute to Samuel Beckett returns to Irish Rep for an encore engagement. The Tony winner and consummate clown has long been obsessed with the groundbreaking Irish playwright, starring in a few of his classics (two productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame at Irish Rep last year), and winning an Obie Award for performing some of Beckett’s prose pieces in the solo show Texts for Nothing. On Beckett is Irwin’s deep dive into the writer’s oeuvre and why he loves doing it.
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Twilight Theatre Company: The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project – begins July 10
59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues in Midtown East
Previews begin July 10. Opens July 16. Closes August 4.
John Jiler’s solo show shares the unsung story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s youngest son Robert, who was orphaned after his parents were executed for espionage and eventually adopted by songwriter Abel Meeropol, best known for the anti-lynching anthem “Strange Fruit.” Accompanied by clarinetist Sweet Lee Odom, the performer-playwright finds unexpected connections in America’s bloody history as he explores themes of individual and collective responsibility.
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Lincoln Center Theater: Six Characters – begins July 13
Previews begin July 13. Opens July 29. Closes August 25.
Two longtime friends and Yale School of Drama classmates, playwright Phillip Howze and director Dustin Wills, are behind this world premiere about elite cultural institutions and who’s welcome where. The details of the plot are vague, but Black joy, Black bodies, Black anger and Black storytelling are all explored in this satire where, according to the press release, “wigs go flying and all hell breaks loose.” Considering the collaborators’ credits—Howze penned the acclaimed Frontiéres Sans Frontières and Wills won an Obie Award for directing Wolf Play—and that the title seems to be an allusion to Luigi Pirandello, we are definitely intrigued!
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Job – begins July 15
Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues
Previews start July 15. Opens July 30. Closes October 27.
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someone spectacular – begins July 17
The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd Street between Dyer and Tenth Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin July 17. Opens July 31. Closes September 7. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Written by Doménica Feraud, whose autobiographical play Rinse, Repeat earned solid notices, someone spectacular explores the intense emotions of grief as the members of a bereavement group loose their grip when their therapist doesn’t show up. Tatiana Pandiani directs this ensemble dramedy.
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Penguin Rep Theatre: The Sabbath Girl: A New Musical – begins July 23
59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street between Madison and Park Avenues in Midtown East
Previews begin July 23. Opens July 28. Closes September 1.
Right before the pandemic, Cary Gitter’s rom-com The Sabbath Girl had a successful run at 59E59 Theaters. Now it returns but as a musical, with songs by Neil Berg (The Prince and the Pauper) and Glitter. The charming tale of an unexpected interfaith romance between a divorced Orthodox Jewish man and his cynical Italian-American-Catholic neighbor, the production had its world premiere at Penguin Rep Theatre earlier this year. Joe Brancato directs.
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Cellino v. Barnes – begins July 23
Asylum NYC, 123 East 24th Street between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenues in Gramercy
Previews begin July 23. Opens August 1. Closes March 30, 2025.
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The Meeting: The Interpreter – begins July 29
Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in Midtown West
Previews begin July 29. Opens August 4. Closes August 25.
Tony winner Frank Wood (Side Man, Clybourne Park) and Kelley Curran (The Gilded Age) costar in this two-hander by Catherine Gropper, inspired by her chance encounter with a man who turned out to be a notable Russian-English interpreter. Though billed as a work of dramatic interpretation, the play uses the infamous Trump Tower meeting as a backdrop for an investigation of how everyday people get caught up in morally murky situations.
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Once Upon a Mattress – begins July 31
Previews start July 31. Opens August 12. Closes November 30.
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