New Initiative Aims to Have Every New York City Public School Student See a Broadway Show
The Broadway League has teamed up with the New York City Department of Education to launch the first year of Broadway Bridges, an initiative that aims to give every New York City public high school student the opportunity to see a Broadway show before they graduate.
The program makes Broadway accessible by offering $10 tickets to tenth grade students in high schools in all five boroughs. The initiative was tested earlier this year and officially launches this fall with A Bronx Tale, Aladdin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Kinky Boots, Miss Saigon, The Band’s Visit, The Lion King, and The Phantom of the Opera.
More shows will be added in the spring. Broadway Bridges anticipates bringing 7,500 tenth grade students to a show during the 2017–2018 Broadway season, with aims of a cumulative total of 25,000 students attending a show by the end of 2019. . .