JULY
what’s going on in All the Broadway action, family fun, and music you love. It’s summer, people!
All month Soulpepper on 42nd St The Pershing Square Signature Center A month-long festival of plays, musicals, concerts, and cabarets from Toronto’s largest not-for-profit theater company. soulpepper.org
July 4 Independence Day Everywhere an American has a beating heart
Enjoy the fireworks with friends ... and maybe have a picnic. See our suggested eats and drinks on page 26.
Fridays & Saturdays Choices & Consequences St Luke’s Theater
A play based on a true story from writer/director Marlon Orlando Cole about an African American couple dealing with male infertility. telecharge.com
July 6 through 9 The Times Square Storyteller Festival The Roebuck Theatre
Meet more than 100 everyday New Yorkers who have extraordinary stories to tell. thealphanyctix.com
July 3 & 4 54 Sings 1776
July 3 Melissa Errico
Feinsteins/54 Below
Birdland
54below.com
birdlandjazz.com
Ends July 9 Fulfillment Center
Ends July 9 Zero Hour
New York City Center
Theatre at St Clement’s
ManhattanTheatreClub.com
thepeccadillo.com
The Fourth of July meets Broadway in a concert staging of the musical 1776, featuring some of Broadway’s brightest stars.
Manhattan Theatre Club presents a play about four lonely lives coming together in the search for fulfillment.
The “Broadway Firecracker” peppers songs from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s with tales of her family roots in the original Ziegfeld Follies.
A play about the life of Zero Mostel, with a talkback on the final night with Harold Prince, producer of Fiddler on the Roof.
Previews begin June 9 Napoli, Brooklyn Laura Pels Theatre
In 1960 Brooklyn, three girls come of age in a rapidly changing world, leading to conflict with their parents’ deeply traditional values. roundabouttheatre.org
IMAGES: ERIN BALANO; MATTHEW MURPHY; CHRIS BUCK
Opens July 10 Victory Dance Sunday through Monday Puffs New World Stages
The “alternative” story about a group of children at a school of magic and wizardry moves to a new home on W50th St. PuffsthePlay.com
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Dark Mondays Kinky Boots Al Hirschfeld Theatre
The Harvey Fierstein/Cyndi Lauper musical is now in its fifth year and has welcomed Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie in the role of Charlie. kinkybootsthemusical.com
DIGITAL EDITION
The Duke on 42nd St The New Victory Theater’s four-week season provides free performances by internationally recognized dance companies to kids in NYC day camps, school, and youth programs over the summer. Performing styles range from hip-hop to contemporary, Indian classical to traditional African. Plus, one evening performance per week will be made available to the public at $10 per ticket. NewVictory.org