www.broadwayworld.com: Tickets for Kids’ Night on Broadway are now on sale. The program returns to New York City on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, with 18 participating Broadway shows. A program of The Broadway League, Kids’ Night on Broadway allows anyone 18 and under to attend a participating Broadway show for free when accompanied by a full-paying adult.
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I looooove this. Bringing kids to shows is such a good way to show them something they might really love, show them confidence on stage and inspire confidence, and expose them to complex themes. Often times people don’t bring their kids to shows because the tickets are so expensive, they might not remember it anyway, or they might not like the production. I love how these kids nights are being popularized to provide a space where parents don’t have to worry about their kid being the only kid in the theater and disrupting other adult patrons, and also can take their kid and themselves out for a fun night at a lesser cost. Families get to enjoy a full evening of entertainment at a fraction of the cost it would normally be, and they get so many other activities and arts education from the experience. I know I would’ve remembered this forever if I had done it when I was a kid.
This sounds like such an awesome program! I am so glad that the Broadway league is doing this program! It sounds like anyone under 18 can get a free ticket when they are with a paying adult. I am curious how this works if adults bring more than one child. Can only one child get in with each adult? With ticket prices for Broadway shows really going up recently, it would have been nice for them to provide the adult with a discount too. However a win is a win, and this is definitely better than nothing. I do have a few more questions though. I wonder if this program applies to rush tickets, and if there is a certain place that you have to sit. There are some really good shows that are participating in this program! I think that this is such a great opportunity to inspire the next wave of artists!
This is such an incredible program, and I'm genuinely so happy that it exists. I think access to an arts education is more important than ever, especially with the current attack on public broadcasting as well as the shutdown of the Kennedy Center from the Trump Administration. Broadway is super expensive, and I understand why parents might be hesitant to bring their kids because they don't feel it is worth the money to spend. I think this offers a really great way to still get kids exposure and incentivize parents to bring their kids to live shows. I also think taking kids to live shows offers many different educational opportunities. I think live entertainment can teach a lot of soft skills, such as being a good audience member. I also think that giving kids the opportunity to see Productions with extremely high production value has the added benefit of getting kids exposed to the potential when it comes to technical theater. I know for me, seeing a bunch of shows on Broadway when I was in New York on a class trip was really influential on my decision to go into technical theater because it showed me the scale of just how much was possible.
I love this outreach program! I think it really allows kids to see theatre at quite a young age, and get introduced, possibly to the first time, to the wonders of theatre and live entertainment. Not only will it hopefully successfully get kids excited about theatre, if we are able to do that it will make our industry last past when the current older folks no longer attend shows. Our industry will only last as long as people are interested, as soon as people lose interest, our industry is screwed and has the potential to cause major job lose, both on the technical side and acting side. The more opportunities people have to attend events like this, where tickets for the family wont cost an arm and a leg, the better. It opens the doors for more people to learn about our industry as a whole and get excited for it. It also causes the shows that are participating to get more publicity, which is always a good thing to get.
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