Theatre tickets can be prohibitive, but there’s always a deal to be had. Discount tickets are available in New York, London, and other theatre-friendly cities. The best time to go to the half-price TKTS booth on Broadway is Tuesday evening – or any serious Jewish holiday. Yom Kippur is your best bet.
Also, you can call the Metropolitan Opera at noon to reserve senior tickets for twenty bucks.
I’m in The Big Apple right now, recording the audio version of my book. I ran to the TKTS booth on Broadway and 47th St. and got a half-price ticket for the brilliant musical, NEXT TO NORMAL,
for 60 bucks. I was in the seventh row of the orchestra, on the aisle – not too shabby!
The gentleman sitting next to me did even better: he got his ticket for $45 at the 6PM lottery at the theatre. If he had won, he would have paid only $25. I had never heard of this lottery system, and found all the info, plus clues about student rush tickets at this very helpful site, which lists the various discount offerings for specific shows: Playbill.com
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You may want to tell your readers about http://www.facebook.com/l/3df73;studentrush.org (not just for students) and http://www.facebook.com/l/3df73;theaterextras.com and http://www.facebook.com/l/3df73;tdf.org. Three fabulous organizations that offer free or very inexpensive tix.
And http://www.facebook.com/l/3df73;Theaterextras.com is also in LA. Your membership allows you to buy tix in both cities.