The Broadway League has set a date for the winter 2025 edition of Kids’ Night on Broadway. The longstanding program will take place this year on March 4. Kids’ Night allows theatergoers age 18 or younger to attend select Broadway shows for free when accompanied by an adult paying for a full-priced ticket.
The 2025 iteration will encompass 18 participating shows: “& Juliet,” “Aladdin,” “Buena Vista Social Club,” “Chicago,” “Gypsy,” “Hadestown,” “Hamilton,” “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” “The Lion King,” “Maybe Happy Ending,” “MJ,” “Moulin Rouge!,” “Operation Mincemeat,” “The Outsiders” and “Redwood.” “SIX” and “The Great Gatsby,” both of which do not have a scheduled performance for March 4, will participate on March 5.
Select productions will offer various in-theater activities, including post-show talkbacks, sing-alongs, art projects and the distribution of a Kids’ Night activity book. A custom “My First Broadway Show” sticker will be available to young patrons experiencing their inaugural Main Stem viewing.
Kids’ Night will extend beyond the theater, with 20 local restaurants offering special deals for Kids’ Night attendees, including free children’s meals with the purchase of an adult entree. Participating restaurants include Applebee’s (42nd St. and 50th St. locations), Bar Mexicana, Carmine’s, Churrascaria Plataforma, Glass House Tavern, Hard Rock Cafe, Havana Central, Le Rivage, the Mermaid Inn, P.S. Kitchen, Pink Taco, Planet Hollywood, Playwright Tavern, Raising Cane’s, Rosie O’Grady’s, Schnipper’s (8th Ave. and Lexington locations), Shake Shack, Sinigual, Tony’s Di Napoli and Virgil’s Real BBQ.
Additionally, the Museum of Broadway will offer half-price admission to Kids’ Night ticketholders on March 4 and 5.
Kids’ Night was launched in 1996 as a way to increase exposure to Broadway and attendance by kids and teens, a group that makes up 10.1% of the Broadway audience, according to the League’s recently released demographic report. Since its inception, Kids’ Night on Broadway has accounted for over 200,000 admissions to the theater.
“Kids’ Night on Broadway is a unique event that can spark a lifelong love of theater in the next generation of theatergoers,” said League president Jason Laks in a statement. “We are thrilled that these 18 phenomenal shows are providing an opportunity for families to attend together and experience the magic, creativity and storytelling that make Broadway so special.”
Additional information on Kids’ Night on Broadway can be found here.
