The Broadway League Foundation has announced a slew of Broadway productions set to participate in the fall 2025 cycle of Broadway Bridges. An initiative of the Broadway League, the industry’s trade association, Broadway Bridges aims to ensure every New York City public high school student sees a Broadway show before graduation.
A partnership with NYC Public Schools and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) with support from the New York City Council, Broadway Bridges offers New York City public high schools throughout all five boroughs $10 tickets to select Broadway shows.
Main Stem productions scheduled to participate in the fall of 2025 include “& Juliet,” “Aladdin,” “Beetlejuice,” “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Chicago,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Hadestown,” “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Maybe Happy Ending,” “MJ,” “Moulin Rouge!,” “Operation Mincemeat,” “Ragtime,” “SIX,” “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” “The Great Gatsby,” “The Lion King,” “The Outsiders” and “The Queen of Versailles.”
Broadway Bridges is the largest theater education partnership in the history of New York City, having essayed 150,000 public school sophomores and chaperones to the Rialto since the program’s inception in 2017. In the 2024-2025 school year alone, 27,090 Broadway admissions were attributed to the program. In 2024, the program expanded nationally with the introduction of Broadway Bridges on the Road, incorporating national touring productions.
“Broadway Bridges is what education can and should be,” said UFT president Michael Mulgrew in a statement. “It exposes our students to the arts, to possible careers and to a vital piece of New York City's cultural heritage. I want to thank our partners at the Broadway League Foundation, the New York City Council and the New York City Public Schools for giving our students these invaluable experiences.”
Beyond the immediate action of attending a Broadway show, Broadway Bridges also aims to encourage continued theatergoing by youths. Historically, young theatergoers are underrepresented in the Broadway audience, as compared to the general U.S. population. While individuals under the age of 18 make up 21.7 percent of the country’s population, the same age group accounted for 10.1 percent of the Broadway audience in the 2023-2024 season, according to the League’s most recent audience demographic analysis.
Broadway League president Jason Laks added, “Broadway Bridges continues to expand opportunities for New York City public school students to experience live theater, and each year we see the impact grow. We are grateful to the productions, educators and our partners at New York City Public Schools and the United Federation of Teachers for making it possible for thousands of students to discover Broadway. Together, we are helping to inspire the next generation of theatergoers and theater professionals who will carry Broadway’s legacy forward.”
