‘Broadway Bridges’ Offers NYC Public School Students Theater Tickets for $10

PIX 11 interviewed The Young Women’s Leadership School of Manhattan’s math teacher Ramona Fittipaldi and student Tatyana N. in a news segment about accessible Broadway tickets.

By Eileen Lehpamer
Originally broadcast on PIX 11 on February 5, 2024

Making Broadway more accessible. That’s the goal of the Broadway Bridges program that allows 10th graders in any public high school in the five boroughs to buy a show ticket for $10.

“I love taking my students because when you go with the students, their energy is contagious,” Ramona Fittipaldi, a math teacher at the Young Women’s Leadership School in Harlem, told PIX11 News.

Without the Broadway Bridges program, “My students wouldn’t necessarily be able to afford going to a Broadway show or may not even know about the opportunities out there,” Fittipaldi said.


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