The Amazing Power of TDF

As all the world knows, TDF stands for Theatre Development Fund, the not-for-profit created in 1968 to help the New York theater industry. Because then, as now. and as it probably was 2500 years ago, people thought the theater was dying.

The theater survived, however, and so did TDF. Today, TDF is a huge presence in New York, with a youth theater initiative,

(Source: www.tdf.org)

three international travel destinations for day-of-performance discount theater tickets, TKTS, at Times Square, South Street Seaport and Downtown Brooklyn, (see tdf.org for hours)

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a Residency Arts project, theater subsidies, and of course, the venerable TDF Membership that provides heavily discounted seats to Broadway, Off-Broadway, dance, concerts, jazz, and other performing arts events. You have to qualify (teachers, military, etc.), but it's good news for retirees that we do.

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Tickets range from $9-$45 and you can buy them in advance. Here's a selection from today's listing: Annie, Forever Tango, Shaw's You Never Can Tell, Jon Robin Baitz' The Film Society, the Moscow Classical Ballet, the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and the Music of Louis Armstrong at B.B.Kings.

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For $30/year and proof of age 62+, TDF will send you frequent availability listings. It's hard to find a reason not to go, so look for your favorites or experiment with something wildly different; at these prices, you can.

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