Michael Naumann

TDF reopened its TKTS Lincoln Center discount booth on Tuesday, September 6 at 11 a.m. Located indoors in Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium. TKTS Lincoln Center originally opened on August 2, 2016 but has been closed since March 13, 2020 due to the pandemic.

TDF will reopen its TKTS Lincoln Center discount booth on Tuesday, September 6 at 11 a.m. TKTS Lincoln Center will offer discount tickets up to 50% off to same-day matinee and evening performances as well as next-day matinee performances to Broadway, Off-Broadway and Lincoln Center productions.

 TDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, announces that due to popular demand their indoor TKTS Lincoln Center discount booth located at the Zucker Box Office in Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium (61 West 62nd Street between Broadway and Columbus Avenue), will now be open seven days a week starting Monday, February 5. Additionally, theatre lovers will have more opportunities to purchase tickets to matinee performances at this location. Matinee performance tickets will now be available on the day of the performance in addition to the day prior to the performance.  (Currently, the booth was only open Tuesday - Sunday and matinee tickets were sold only on the day before performance). So, as of Monday, February 5, TKTS Lincoln Center patrons may purchase tickets to same-day matinee and evening and next-day matinee performances at discounts of up to 50% off for Broadway, Off Broadway and Lincoln Center performances.

Theatre Development Fund (TDF), the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, honored Disney Theatrical Productions and Thomas Schumacher, its president and producer, last night at TDF's Gala on Monday, March 14 at Manhattan's historic Gotham Hall (1356 Broadway @ 36th Street, NYC).

Carol Becker, Dean of Faculty of Columbia University School of the Arts, announced today the appointment of two acclaimed playwrights to the faculty of the Arts: David Henry Hwang, Associate Professor of Theatre in Playwriting and director of the Playwriting Concentration, and Lynn Nottage, Associate Professor of Theatre in Playwriting.

Brill, the international scholarly publisher, acquires the electronic rights to the prestigious reference work Enzyklopädie der Neuzeitand the rights to the English translation in print and online from J.B. Metzler Verlag (Stuttgart/Weimar), effective immediately.

Theatre Development Fund (TDF) announced that it will reopen its South Street Seaport TKTS Discount Booth at a temporary location at the corner of Fulton and South Streets this Today, July 5 at 11am while its permanent home in the Seaport Marketplace at the corner of Front and John Streets is being renovated. This temporary location, in a pop-up retail container, is part of the Seaport's SEE/CHANGE Summer Program which is offering retail, dining and cultural offerings in an effort to help revitalize the local community. TKTS Seaport has been closed since it was damaged by the Hurricane Sandy last October.

Theatre Development Fund (TDF) announced that it will reopen its South Street Seaport TKTS Discount Booth at a temporary location at the corner of Fulton and South Streets this Friday, July 5 at 11am while its permanent home in the Seaport Marketplace at the corner of Front and John Streets is being renovated. This temporary location, in a pop-up retail container, is part of the Seaport's SEE/CHANGE Summer Program which is offering retail, dining and cultural offerings in an effort to help revitalize the local community. TKTS Seaport has been closed since it was damaged by the Hurricane Sandy last October.

For the 40th Anniversary of TKTS in Times Square, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Star Laura Osnes rang the bell to open the New York Stock Exchange with Theatre Development Fund (TDF) Chairman, Earl D. Weiner, Executive Director Victoria Bailey and Managing Director Michael Naumann. Check out photos from the special event below!

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, has announced the 2012 recipients of the Honorary Awards.

The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, the organization dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, has announced the 2012 recipients of the Honorary Awards.

Earl D. Weiner, Chairman of the Board, and Victoria Bailey, Executive Director of Theatre Development Fund [TDF], the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, announced today that Michael Naumann would be joining TDF as Managing Director. Mr. Naumann, a significant player in New York's theatrical community, leaves his position of Director of Finance at Frankel Green Theatrical Management (FGTM) to join TDF. Prior to his current post, Mr. Naumann served for 20 years as Director of Finance and Administration at Manhattan Theatre Club. He will assume his duties at TDF on May 9.