Making Broadway Accessible for the Disabled

The next time you complain about not being able to see the stage from the nosebleed sections of a Broadway theater, think about not being able to see the stage at all.

"No one wants to feel left out of a performance," said Lisa Carling, the director of the Theater Development Fund's accessibility program, which offers assistance to theatergoers with physical disabilities. "If you miss a punchline or a dramatic statement, everyone else is included but you are not."

The Theater Development Fund (TDF), which also runs the city's TKTS discount ticket booths, helps coordinate services for the blind or those with low vision, the deaf or hard of hearing and patrons who can't climb stairs or need wheelchair seating.

To read what kinds of services the TDF Accessibility Program (TAP) offers to the disabled, click here