DISCOUNTED THEATER TICKETS
The Theater Development Fund 212-221-0885 operates a TKTS booth in lower Manhattan at the corner of Front and John Sts. in the South Street Seaport. There is a $3 service charge per ticket. Booth is open from 11 AM to 6 PM Monday through Saturday; from 11 AM to 3:30 PM on Sunday. You can buy discounted tickets for next day's matinee performance. To get there, take the "2"
train to the Fulton Street station. TDF has another booth on Times
Square at 47th Street, which generally has longer waiting lines than the
booth at South Street Seaport.
For available tickets, see:
http://newyork.citysearch.com/feature/34843/?cslink=cs_generic_12_6
http://www.entertainment-link.com/tkts.asp
For $22.50 per year, seniors, teachers and certain others may be put
on TDF's mailing list for tickets costing about $30: http://www.tdf.org
BROADWAYBOX.COM
Provides discount codes for Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Tickets
are not sold on this site.
(thanks to Professor Bob Fox for this link)
SCHOOL
THEATER TICKET PROGRAM
Coupons are available at schools and colleges
for Broadway shows. The discount codes on the tickets frequently
appear on broadwaybox.com (above).
NYTHEATRE
Click on a category in "NOW PLAYING:",
choose a play, click on the name of the theater, and if a seating chart is
available, it is shown as a link at the bottom of the box on the left.
PLAYBILL
List
current shows
THEATERMANIA.COM
Lists discounts, openings and closings.
FRUGAL THEATERGOER
CLUB
FREE TIME
CALENDAR
FOR JULLIARD, CUNY, NY PHILHARMONIC, MANNES AND ACTORS STUDIO
This calendar covers concerts, operas, drama and dance from January to
June 2004, listing events and the dates that tickets become available at
the box office for certain events (typically 2 weeks prior). Note that the
Julliard box office is open from 11 AM to 6 PM Monday to Friday.
Check the published schedule for each venue. Ignore the duration
shown for each event on the calendar.
Actors Studio
159 Bleeker Street
Reservations may be made on the Web site for free performances,
or call 212-479-1778, or e-mail theatre@newschool.edu
Lee Strasberg Theater Institute
115 East 15th Street 212-533-5500 Fax: 212-473-1727
Free performances.
HIT SHOW CLUB
630 9th Avenue, between 44th and 45th. (Room 808), New York, NY 10036 212-581-4211 They print discount tickets for Broadway and off-Broadway shows. To get on their mailing list, send them a SASE. You can get their full assortment of discount tickets by going to their office between 10 AM and 5 PM, Monday to Friday.
UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE
307 West 26th Street (1 flight down) 212-366-9176 They are an improvisational comedy troupe that performs 7 evenings a week. Their Sunday evening performance at 7:30 PM (1-1/2 hours long) features performers from "Saturday Night Live" and writers from "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." Call to reserve and then show up no later than 7 PM on Sunday evening.
NEW AMSTERDAM THEATER
214 West 42nd Street This theater, former home of the Ziegfeld Follies, is now home to the musical "The Lion King." A one-hour introduction to the theater is offered on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 AM. The cost is $12 per person. Call
212-282-2907
and ask for Amy.
