PS Broadway
PS Broadway: Just Getting Started
PS Broadway is a 15-week in-school program that introduces musical theater to fifth grade New York City public school students. This joyful program is provided to their elementary schools at a highly subsidized rate to ensure equitable access to all students.
Every fifth grade student at each participating school takes part in the program led by an RTKids-trained teaching artist and musician, and a Broadway performer presents a private concert and answers questions at the end of each semester.
Each semester is taught around a special theme. Students learn and perform songs from various Broadway shows, and the semester culminates in an incredible final performance for parents, educators, and classmates.
PS Broadway is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
14% are English
Language Learners
Approximately 1,100 fifth graders served across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens,
& the Bronx
Schools We Currently Serve
The 2023-2024 School Year
PS 17 – Astoria, Queens
PS 20 – Lower East Side, Manhattan
PS 51 – Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan
PS 130 – Chinatown, Manhattan
PS 83 – East Harlem, Manhattan
PS 91X – University Heights, Bronx
PS 11 – Chelsea, Manhattan
PS 15 – Lower East Side, Manhattan
CPE II – East Harlem, Manhattan
PS 64 – Lower East Side, Manhattan
PS 98 – Inwood, Manhattan
PS 142 – Lower East Side, Manhattan
PS 196 – Williamsburg, Brooklyn
PS 18 – Inwood, Manhattan
PS 36 – Harlem, Manhattan
“RTKids PS Broadway works with and cares about the whole child. The way the teaching artists motivate our students to embrace something new to them and their continued support of our alums is why we hold the organization dear to our hearts.”
– Jessica Martell, Fifth Grade Teacher, CPEII
“When I think of Rosie’s Theater Kids, the first thing that comes to mind is: life changing. Their program has been unbelievable for our children and life changing for quite a few.”
– Janine Colon, Principal, PS 196