The return of ‘Kids’ Night on Broadway’ in August

Designed to introduce a new generation to the experience of live theater, Kids’ Night on Broadway, a year-round national audience development program of The Broadway League, presented by The New York Times, returns to NYC this summer on Tuesday, August 20, with a selection of nineteen Broadway shows offering free tickets for kids eighteen and under, when accompanied by a full-paying adult. All guests must have a ticket to the show. The offer is applied as 50% off each ticket when purchased as a pair; no additional free tickets are added to orders.

The current list of participating shows (subject to change) is:

Aladdin; & Juliet; Back to the Future: The Musical; Chicago; *The Great Gatsby; Hadestown; Hamilton; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; Hell’s Kitchen; The Lion King; MJ; Moulin Rouge! The Musical; The Notebook; Once Upon a Mattress; The Outsiders; SIX; Suffs; Water for Elephants; and Wicked.

*Please note that the performance date for The Great Gatsby will take place on Wednesday, August 21.

Kids’ Night on Broadway is also celebrated with special in-theater activities including talkbacks, sing-alongs, art projects, activity books, and more, and “My First Broadway Show” stickers, available at participating theaters, can be worn by first-time theatergoers or placed on the show’s Playbill as a keepsake of their introductory experience. In addition, select restaurants will be offering exclusive discounts.

Kid’s Night on Broadway, 2023, at Hamilton. Photo by Tricia Baron.

Tickets will be available for purchase at a later date TBA. For more information, and to be the first to know when tickets go on sale, you can sign-up free of charge for The Broadway Fan Club, which gives members, ages thirteen and older, the opportunity to stay up to date with Broadway’s current and future happenings. Members receive occasional Broadway show discount ticket offers, monthly Broadway newsletters, and information about programs, all from The Broadway League, the official trade association for the Broadway industry.