Promotion Will Run September 2-15 with 19 Participating Broadway Shows
New York, N.Y. - NYC & Company, New York City's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, today announced that Broadway Week Fall 2013 returns this year to offer theatergoers two-for-one tickets to 19 popular Broadway shows from September 2 through 15. Returning for its sixth iteration, Broadway Week was originally created in the winter of 2011 to boost ticket sales for Broadway while providing savings for New Yorkers and visitors alike. Through NYC & Company's Broadway Week promotion, more than 300,000 theater tickets have been sold generating nearly $20 million in revenue. Tickets for Broadway Week Fall 2013 will go on sale August 19 at nycgo.com/broadwayweek.
"Nothing says New York City like Broadway," said CEO of NYC & Company George Fertitta. "Each year millions of New Yorkers and tourists visit Broadway to experience the unmatched creativity and talent that define our theaters. Through NYC & Company's Broadway Week two-for-one ticket promotion, we are giving everyone the opportunity to enjoy some of the best theater in the world at an affordable price."
"Broadway contributes over $11 billion to the economy of New York City on top of ticket sales and supports 86,000 local jobs. NYC & Company's innovative two-for-one programs benefit the City, the industry and, of course, the consumer," said Charlotte St. Martin, Executive Director of The Broadway League. "Broadway Week has become a much anticipated fall tradition for everyone."
New Broadway Week participants this fall include the award-winning shows The Trip to Bountiful and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella as well as the highly anticipated productions of Big Fish and The Glass Menagerie.
Shows participating in Broadway Week Fall 2013:*
- Annie
- Big Fish
- Chicago
- First Date
- Forever Tango
- The Glass Menagerie
- Jersey Boys
- Let It Be
- The Lion King
- Mamma Mia!
- Newsies
- Once
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Rock of Ages
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
- Soul Doctor
- Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
- The Trip to Bountiful
- Wicked