TDF for Producers

TDF for Producers

Maximize Your Attendance. Increase Exposure.

Whether you’re launching a young company or you’re a veteran presenter of award-winning productions, TDF can help you maximize your show’s attendance and exposure. And whether you’re a commercial outfit or not-for-profit, all of TDF’s services for producers are free.

TDF Services for Producers

Offering Tickets to TDF Members

Reach an audience of committed theatregoers. TDF has 110,000+ members who purchase hundreds of thousands of discounted tickets every year. TDF members are theatre lovers who take chances on new productions and can be a crucial source of word-of-mouth buzz. Tickets to most New York theatre, dance and music productions can be offered through this service at any time during the run of the show.

Offering Tickets at TKTS Discount Booths

Many Broadway and Off Broadway producers utilize the TKTS Discount Booths to offer surplus seats to a large and enthusiastic audience with discounts between 20% and 50% off the full-price of tickets. These great discounts are made available for same-day evening performances and in some cases, next-day matinees. TDF has four TKTS Discount Booth locations: Times Square, Lincoln Center, South Street Seaport and Downtown Brooklyn.

Offering Tickets To Off-Off Broadway Productions

We realize that sometimes filling a theatrical venue can be challenging, especially when you’re producing new and exciting work Off-Off Broadway. TDF can help producers and presenters gain revenue while bringing in new audiences by offering discounted tickets to TDF’s 110,000+ members and a growing list of 16,000 Off-Off Broadway enthusiasts. The Off-Off Broadway Explorers Program was specifically designed to encourage attendance at both AEA and non-AEA showcases as well as smaller dance venues.

TDF Subsidy Program

Help when it counts most! The TDF Subsidy Program awards a subsidy of up to $12 per ticket to new Broadway productions of artistic merit that may be slow to attract an audience during the first eight weeks of the run. TDF offers similar programs for Off Broadway shows with full Equity contracts and for New York City dance performances.

Services For Not-For-Profit Theatres

TDF Costume Collection

A remarkably rich resource with over 80,000 costumes, the TDF Costume Collection offers high-quality costumes and accessories for rent at affordable prices. The stock is donated by Broadway shows, major opera houses and other professional sources. Not-for-profit and commercial customers are eligible to take advantage of the expert design offered through the pulling and mail order department. The TDF Costume Collection resource center is available by appointment.

TAP Accessibility Grants

The TAP Plus Program, which is administered by TDF, provides grants of up to $5,000 to eligible organizations in New York State. The purpose of these grants is to make productions more accessible to audience members with hearing loss. The TAP Plus Program is a partnership between TDF and the New York State Council on the Arts.

TDF Broadway Show Finder

The TDF website receives over 500,000 unique visitors every week. Our Show Search enables visitors to find the performances by genre, performance time and venue. Make sure your show is where enthusiastic theatregoers can find it! We wants to present your show to the public in the best possible light. To make your listing complete and inviting please email us:

1. Artwork and/or photographs
2. Title & Show description
3. Venue
4. Performance Schedule
5. Running time/intermission
6. Age Guidance
7. Student Rush
8. Any special messages audience members should be aware of. (strobe lights, smoke, violence, obscenity, etc.)