TDF Kicks Off 15th Autism Friendly Season with Ragtime Performance

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Additional shows taking part include The Great Gatsby, Hadestown and more.

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TDF has unveiled its initial offerings for its 15th season of Autism Friendly Performances. The season—the largest to date with ten productions—will kick off with the first-ever AFP of Lincoln Center Theater ’s Tony-winning revival of Ragtime on Sunday, July 26, 2026 at 1 p.m. at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Additional shows include the first-ever AFP of The Great Gatsby on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 1 p.m. at The Broadway Theatre, as well as returning favorites Hadestown on Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 1 p.m. at the Walter Kerr Theatre, Maybe Happy Ending on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 1 p.m. at the Belasco Theatre, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes on Sunday, November 8, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. at Radio City Music Hall, and The Lion King on Sunday, January 31, 2027 at 1 p.m. at the Minskoff Theatre. With these six productions confirmed through January 2027 and four more to come next spring, TDF’s 15th season of AFP will significantly expand the program's reach. AFP tickets typically go on sale six weeks before a performance. Tickets to Ragtime will go on sale Wednesday, June 17. TDF.org is the only site for all AFP ticket purchases. To learn more about AFP or sign up for the email list, visit tdf.org/autism .

TDF Autism Friendly Performances launched in 2011 with a performance of Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway. Since then, there have been AFP of Broadway's & Juliet, Aladdin, Buena Vista Social Club, Cats, the Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes®, Come From Away, Elf: The Musical, Hamilton, Hadestown, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hell’s Kitchen, How to Dance in Ohio, JOB, Just In Time, Kinky Boots, Mary Poppins, Matilda The Musical, Maybe Happy Ending, MJ The Musical, My Fair Lady, New York City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine ’s The Nutcracker®, Our Town, SIX, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, The King and I, The Phantom of the Opera, and Wicked.

The program operates under the umbrella of TDF Accessibility Programs. To create an autism-friendly setting, the shows are performed in a welcoming, supportive environment for individuals with autism, sensory and communication disorders, or learning disabilities. Slight adjustments are made to the productions where possible, including the reduction of jarring sounds and strobe lights focused into the audience. In the theatre lobby, there are break areas staffed by specialists in case audience members need to leave their seats during the performance. Downloadable resources, including a Visual Narrative with pictures of the theatre and the production, are available in advance on the TDF website. For AFP, TDF purchases every seat in the theatre and makes the tickets available at discount prices exclusively to families, groups, schools, etc. whose members include individuals on the autism spectrum.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/15th-Season-of-TDF-Autism-Friendly-Performances-to-Begin-with-RAGTIME-20260609)._