{"id":39288,"date":"2026-01-10T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=39288"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:16:29","slug":"mayor-mamdani-joins-under-the-radar-theater-festival-to-give-away-1500-free-tickets-in-commitment-to-making-arts-and-culture-accessible-to-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/39288","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani joins under the Radar Theater Festival to give away 1,500 free tickets in commitment to making arts and culture accessible to all"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK:New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Under the Radar theater festival in promoting their major free ticket giveaway, which will make 1,500 free tickets available to participating shows at theaters across the city in January as part of the \u201cUnder the Radar for All\u201d effort. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the Radar, America’s largest theater festival, includes more than 25 new shows from innovative artists across the globe, presented in partnership with a vibrant community of partner venues across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n

As a part of Mayor Mamdani\u2019s commitment to making the arts accessible to working New Yorkers, he helped distribute tickets to students and neighbors outside of the Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College, where the festival is presenting RECONSTRUCTING.<\/p>\n

Just nine days into the Administration, Mayor Mamdani has already turned his laser-focus on the affordability crisis into meaningful improvements in the lives of New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

From cracking down on bad landlords and junk fees to fixing dangerous bike infrastructure to helping deliver more than $1B towards universal childcare alongside Governor Hochul, the Mayor is fighting hard for the city New Yorkers deserve. This commitment extends beyond rent and childcare \u2013 to the plays, comedy shows, and art exhibits every New Yorker deserves.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe arts are too often considered a luxury for the wealthy or a treat for the tourists, rather than a form of expression, joy, and relaxation that every New Yorker deserves,\u201d said Mayor Zohran Mamdani.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am grateful for Under the Radar\u2019s generosity and their work to share the experience of live theater citywide and am ready to build upon these efforts to make art accessible and affordable across our five boroughs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the Radar has long been committed to building a creative ecosystem habitable for the many, not the few. If Shakespeare is free, so should contemporary performance. That belief is beautifully reflected in the myriad partner organizations coming together behind the belief that non-commercial art and international perspectives matter deeply. The stats\u201331 shows across 24 venues\u2013are one thing, but they are meaningless without adventurous audiences in multiple boroughs bringing the festival to life. We are deeply grateful to Mayor Mamdani and his team for helping us bring so many more people to the party,\u201d said Under the Radar Founding Artistic Director Mark Russell.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in the business of tending how ideas move between people and in the world. Theater at its best is a model of participatory society. Over the last 3 years, Under the Radar has continued expanding into a plurality of voices and perspectives. We are thrilled to gather with the Mayor to expand and meet the civic duty of the arts \u2013 reaching representative publics,\u201d said Under the Radar Co-Director Kaneza Schaal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK:New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Under the Radar theater festival in promoting their major free ticket giveaway, which will make 1,500 free tickets available to participating shows at theaters across the city in January as part of the \u201cUnder the Radar for All\u201d effort. Under the Radar, America’s largest theater festival, includes more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39290,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39288\/revisions\/39290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}