Columbus is one of the cities which is part of the Broadway Across America Series of shows. They have a wonderful variety of shows each season. I never could stand the kids sing song tapes on car rides so I choose to teach my children and grandchildren Broadway songs, which is such a joy to exclude "Old McDonald" and the comparable receptive songs from car trips!!! The kids just learn great songs and never know they have learning great theatre numbers. Broadway in Columbus offers season tickets which allow for better seating than general sales. When the very family friendly production come and I want to take the kids, having season tickets makes additional seats available for purchase well before public sales so seating is better than you can get without season tickets. They also offer additional productions outside of the series for which better seating at earlier times are available to season ticket holders.

Productions like Annie and Beauty and the Beast make it through every couple of years. They also give advance seats to the truly child productions of shows like Dora the Explorer and Barbie. Also being a season ticket holder gives you the perks of buying very good seats for shows in other cities—a great idea during vacation time. The first time we saw a road troupe of "The Producers" was in Florida, and our seats were in the fourth row! They have a web site at http://broadwayacrossamerica.com where all the cities and shows are listed. It is a wonderful organization and the customer service for season ticket holders is stellar. If you only want to see a show here and there just keep your eye on the site and they show when public sales occur. The productions take place at the Ohio Theatre and the Palace Theatre (where Mel Torme stated he wrote "the Christmas Song"), which are both beautiful.