Compared to the cost of a movie, or another entertainment choice, buying Broadway Show tickets can be a pretty expensive proposition.
Our Broadway Ticket Discount Guide gives you some unique ways to buy cheaper Broadway tickets - and not one of them involves a Broadway ticket broker.
Our in depth research has uncovered many discount Broadway ticket offers - some are well known and others are very hush-hush.
Not all Broadway shows offer the same type of bargains though - Amazingly, there are 15 different methods of buying a low price Broadway Ticket for a Broadway show on New York City's Great White Way.
Below is the complete list of the various methods to obtain discount Broadway Tickets.
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Broadway Ticket Discount Codes
Discount ticket codes exist for most Broadway shows and are distributed for marketing purposes to generate sales - This is the most popular method to obtain discount Broadway tickets in advance and its a great way to avoid the TKTS discount ticket stand
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TKTS - TDF - Half Price Ticket Stands
Discount Broadway tickets are available at the TKTS tickets booth - only good for the same day of purchase - Weather, ticket availability and a wait in line is an important factor - There are three discount ticket stands, Times Square, South St Seaport and Downtown Brooklyn
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Standing Room Only - SRO
A very cheap way of getting into a Broadway show - There is no guarantee of getting a seat with these tickets - You may have to stand for the whole show, but these ticket discounts are often up to 80% discount and seats usually do become available during the show
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Anyone RUSH Tickets
Anyone can buy these discount tickets that get you into many of the top Broadway Shows - it's used to create a buzz and reward true fans of the show - front row tickets often offered for just $20
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Student RUSH Tickets
Similar to Anyone Rush tickets - But only students can wait in line for a small amount of reserved tickets that are heavily discounted, often for top Broadway Shows
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Partial View Tickets
Many seats in the theatre have less-than-perfect sight lines or poor audio - Broadway tickets for these seats are heavily discounted. These Broadway tickets are often sold on ebay as regular tickets
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Audience Appreciation
Discounts on Broadway tickets are granted to fans of Broadway shows as a loyalty reward - The catch is these discount Broadway tickets can only be used by the buyer, not transferable
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Student and Charity Tickets
Special discount Broadway tickets are given to student and charity groups affiliated with certain agencies and Broadway charities
Its not usually the top shows, but these discount tickets are well priced and a good low cost solution for groups of students or charities
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Wednesday Matinees
Broadway tickets are discounted for the Wednesday "blue-haired" matinee crowd, but anyone who knows about these tickets can also get them - The discount on these tickets isnt huge, but its still a discount, often on top shows too
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Starving Artist Tickets
Out of work actors and other "creative" types can get these discount Broadway tickets. These discount tickets are usually distributed through art and cultural institutions
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Email Alerts
When a Broadway show cannot fill all the seats in the Theatre, it often sends out a discount Broadway ticket offer via email to sell the excess ticket inventory at a substantial discount - we send these discount ticket offers directly to you in email form
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Group Discounts
Groups of 10 people or more can get discounts on Broadway tickets ranging from $5 - $20 off each ticket, even for the sold-out top shows when no other discounts are being offered anywhere
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Premium/House Seats
To reduce ticket reselling, unsold premium tickets are set aside until the last minute, then sold at a big discount at the box office that often runs at 50%, even for the top Broadway shows
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Preferred Seating
The credit card companies American Express, Visa and Mastercard leverage their relationship with the Broadway theatres and pre-reserve blocks of Broadway tickets. They only allow their cardholders to purchase them, often at substantial discounts
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Second Acting
Much to the chagrin of Broadway Show theatre managers everywhere, Jim Halpert and his girlfriend Karen Filippelli, in NBC's The Office, demonstrate how to perform the art of "Second Acting" to get into a Broadway show for free during the intermission
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Discount Availability
To get a better idea of the differences in the discount Broadway ticket availability and the overall cost savings of the various Broadway Show Ticket Discounts that are outlined above
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