Act fast: Mamdani unveils Tickets for Teens lottery to put NYC kids in Broadway seats

TDF, in partnership with the Office of the Mayor and the Department of Cultural Affairs, yesterday launched Tickets for Teens.

This new initiative offers high schoolers a free two-month TDF Membership and a chance to win two of more than 2,000 free Broadway tickets to these hit shows:

“Stranger Things: The First Shadow”; “In the Heights” at City Center; “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play”; “The Great Gatsby”; “Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York); “The Lost Boys”; and “Buena Vista Social Club.”

“The Lost Boys”; and “Buena Vista Social Club.”

High school students in the five boroughs can register now at the Tickets for Teens portal.

But they have to act fast. Registraion closes at Register by 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 17 to enter the lottery. Once you sign up, you’ll get a free two-month membership to TDF, the Times Square booth that sells reduced-price tickets. The membership gives you access to reduced-price tickets to shows and museums across the city.

“Tickets for Teens” winners will be notified via email on Sept. 1. 

The Theater Development Fund, or TDF, operates the ticket windows under the famous red steps in Times Square. But TDF also has memberships that give deep discounts. Photo by Dasiel DeJesus/The Broadway Banner

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