TDF's "Access for Young Audiences" Brings Broadway's "Cinderella" to Students with Hearing Loss
533 views · Published 10 January 2014 · 3:01 · Indexed 28 October 2026
Channel: Playbill · 2014 · Entertainment
http://www.playbill.com/video Recent matinee performances of "Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella" featured American Sign Language interpreters and open captioning sponsored by TDF's "Access for Young Audiences." Twice a year, this program makes Broadway accessible to some 1,500 youngsters who are deaf or hard of hearing. Playbill stopped by tas students from New York School for the Deaf, Martin Van Buren HS, PS 347, Midland Park HS and Westinghouse HS enjoyed the show. "Cinderella" star Santino Fontana and Director of TDF Accessibility Programs Lisa Carling, along with students from Middle College High School, were on hand to chat about the importance of making Broadway theatre all-inclusive.
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