1. TKTS Booth: You can get 25-50% off the regular ticket price, at the TKTS booths located at one of these 3 locations: Times Square, South Street Seaport, and Brooklyn – 1 Metro tech Center. You buy these tickets on the same day of the show. The matinees are sold a day in advance at the South Street Seaport, and Brooklyn TKTS Booth locations.

2. High 5 tickets: If you have a teen 13 to 18 years old you can get Off Broadway $5 tickets for the teen, and one adult. High 5 is a non-profit organization that promotes arts, by making it available to teens through theater, dance, and music shows. Any teen from anywhere in the world can take advantage of this program. Tickets may be purchased at, highfivetix.org. The tickets are not available at the shows, but they do honor High 5 tickets.

3. Playbill.com: You can register for free. This website playbill.com will alert you of different discounts through emails / weekly updates. At the time of this writing, here are some examples of the discounts: Shrek -$45, Mama Mia – $67.50 (about 40% off from original price) etc. You get a discount code to use when you purchase it online, by phone or in person.

4. Standing Room only and RUSH: These tickets are available as soon as the box office opens – 10:00am on all days and noon on Sundays. Or, you can try few hours before the show at the Box Office. You may have to show a student ID, and expect to stand in line for a couple of hours for popular shows. You can call in the box office to see, what may be the best time to get these. Tickets are usually around $20-25, and only take cash. Seating depends on availability or you stand during the show at the back at a specified area. As long as you are flexible this is a very affordable to see Broadway that would typically cost a lot more.

5. Theater Development Fund: TDF is a non-profit organization that offers discount tickets up to 70% off to its members. Members do have to pay $27.50 annual fee. To qualify for membership you have to belong to one of the following groups: a full time teacher, full time student, a nonprofit organization employee, retirees, civil service employee etc. For the full list of eligible groups, you can check on tdf.org
Some of the shows TDF members have recently watched are: Big Apple Circus, New York Phil Harmonica, The Phantom of the Opera, Hairspray etc.

To comparison shop for Broadways tickets check these, Theater Ticket Deals.

At what age did you take your kid(s), for the first Broadway or Off Broadway Show?

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