Broadway Does Bryant Park

Sponsored by Jammin 105, you can enjoy excerpts from great Broadway shows and songs from Broadway stars on the Bryant Park Stage.

The schedule and performances are as follows:

July 5
12:00 & 1:05pm
Music Man
The hit Broadway musical starring Eric McCormack as the irresistible conman, Harold Hill, who sings and dances his way into the lives of the innocent folks of sleepy River City, Iowa.

12:20 & 1:25pm
The Donkey Show
The Ultimate Off-Broadway Disco Party!!!

12:40 & 1:45pm
Mr. President
Bluring the line between showbiz and politics, Forbidden Broadway and its creator Gerard Alessandrini blow the dust off Irving Berlins’s 1962 musical, Mr. President.

July 12
12:15 & 1:15pm
Aida
Elton John and Tim Rice’s musical love story is bursting with contemporary energy.

12:40 & 1:40pm
Beauty and the Beast
Based upon the beloved animated film, Belle and the Beast are now in their eighth enchanting year on Broadway.

July 19
12:00 & 1:05pm
Les Miserables
The longest-running show on Broadway! An epic saga that tells the story of the fugitive, Jean Valjean, who is pitted against a self-righteous inspector in a lifelong struggle to evade capture.

12:20 & 1:25pm
The Phantom of the Opera
The most successful stage musical of all time! Beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House lurks a masked figure – exercising a reign of terror – who longs for the innocent
young soprano.

12:40 & 1:45pm
Bat Boy, The Musical
The New York Times says it has “Big Laughs” and it is the winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Musical.

July 26
Hosted by Ben Vereen
12:00 & 1:05pm
Fosse
Ben Vereen stars in this 1999 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, celebrating the choreography of Bob Fosse, and featuring a cast of 32 dancers.

12:20 & 1:25pm
Full Monty
Drop Everything — and see Broadway’s blockbuster hit. “It’s one of the most entertaining and exhilarating productions you’re likely to see,” says USA Today.

12:40 & 1:45pm
Love, Janis
A new musical about the fire, life and music of the incredible Janis Joplin.

August 2
Hosted by Linda Lavin
12:00 & 1:05pm
Kiss Me Kate
Winner of five 2000 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival.

12:20 & 1:25pm
Rent
Celebrating a community of young New Yorkers facing the soaring hopes and painful realities of contemporary life, the musical has won every major best musical award, including the Tony Award, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama.

12:40 & 1:45pm
Tick, Tick?Boom!
A musical look at facing crossroads in life and holding onto dreams, telling the story of a young composer on the brink of turning 30 and falling into oblivion. It takes you on the journey of Jonathan Larson, that led to his Broadway blockbuster, Rent.

August 9
12:00 & 1:05pm
Stomp
The international percussion sensation that has broken records all over the world.

12:20 & 1:25pm
Rocky Horror Show
This cult phenomenon, the undisputed champion of audience devotion, is a story of love, lust, manipulation, seduction, submission, domination, creation, satisfaction, biological advancement and simultaneous orgasm. Don’t Dream It – See It.

12:40 & 1:45pm
Blast!
Drawn from the world of outdoor pageantry, and consisting of the most exhilarating brass, percussion and visual ensembles.

August 16
Hosted by Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna
12:00 & 1:25pm
42nd Street
Winner of two 2001 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival, is the all-singing, all-dancing lullaby of Broadway and quintessential musical comedy.

12:20 & 1:45pm
I Love You, You are Perfect, Now Change
Off-Broadway’s longest-running musical revue!

12:40pm
Chicago
Winner of Six 1997 Tony Awards, it is the only Broadway musical with wit, danger, dazzle, style?and all that jazz!

1:05pm
Annie Get Your Gun
Winner of the 1999 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival, is a rip-roarin’ tale of romance and rivalry set in the days of the Wild West.

August 23
12:00 & 1:05pm
Cabaret
Dazzling reinvention of one of the most astonishing and heart stopping musicals in years; now starring Brooke Shields at the legendary Studio 54.

12:20 & 1:25pm
TBA

12:40 & 1:45pm
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Coming to Broadway this Fall, a new thoroughly modern musical comedy based on the Oscar nominated film, bringing to life a world of flappers bobbing their hair, raised hemlines and women entering the workforce and rewriting the rules of love!