Box offices opening?

[Toll357]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:10am

I would like to know when the box offices will be opening for the theaters. There are a number of shows I want to see. I don't want to pay those ticketmaster fees on all of them. 

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:36am

I'm not sure about individual shows' in-person box offices, but I do know that TKTS will reopen for same-day ticket sales on September 14.

[HogansHero]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 10:36am

typically, box offices open about a month before performances start.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:05pm

Yeah, I know you want to avoid fees but if you want to get decent seats for anything opening in 2021, you might just have to deal with paying them. 

[broadfan327]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:11pm

Also, while Times Square is still relatively dead, the theaters will not rush into opening their box offices.  Some of the restaurants that cater to tourists are still closed, for instance.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:18pm

Times Square isn't dead but no theater will open just so people will be able to buy tickets. 

[HogansHero]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:19pm

When was the last time you were in Times Square? Not this past weekend LOL

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:25pm

Why would I walk around the worst place in Manhattan? I only go there to meet friends who work in midtown and to theater, neither of which are happening currently. I watch EarthCam sometimes, like a weirdo. 

Okay, it's not totally dead. 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:44pm

broadfan327 said: "Also, while Times Square is still relatively dead"

Uh. Take a look at the Earth Cam sometime.

[raddersons]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:46pm

These ticket fees are adding up... I'm prioritizing which shows are must-haves for good seats vs ones where if I can save the $16 I will wait to buy the tickets in person.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:53pm

LizzieCurry said: "broadfan327 said: "Also, while Times Square is still relatively dead"

Uh. Take a look at the Earth Cam sometime."

Exactly.  NYC is basically back full force.  Even Bergdorf’s was like a regular pre-COVID Sunday afternoon this past Sunday.  NYC is back.  Only difference is folks wearing masks but I’m in the city several times a week and it’s back as it was pre-COVID.  Subways included.  

[JayElle]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 9:27am

Toll357 said: "I would like to know when the box offices will be opening for the theaters. There are a number of shows I want to see. I don't want to pay those ticketmaster fees on all of them."

Telecharge rep said they're projecting possibly July.

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 11:48am

Does anyone know if there's usually an announcement or anything when box offices open or is it just sort of quietly done? I'm guessing after a year of no theater it would probably be done with at least some fanfare

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 12:06pm

Announcements, yes - they almost always announce when a box office is open for business.  FANFARE? Not so much.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 12:36pm

Right now there are no service fees for Disney shows.

Updated On: 5/21/21 at 12:36 PM

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 12:37pm

Sutton Ross said: "Yeah, I know you want to avoid feesbut if you want to get decent seats for anything opening in 2021, you might just have to deal with paying them."

After looking at Telecharge and Ticketmaster, a lot of shows actually aren’t selling well at all past their first week or so of performances back. So I wouldn’t be so sure that “if you want to get decent seats for anything in 2021...” comment. :-/

[broadfan327]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 1:56pm

When I walk around Times Square at night currently, I don't see throngs of tourists around blocking the sidewalks like they normally would. It seems deserted to me.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 11:23pm

broadfan327 said: "When I walk around Times Square at night currently, I don't see throngs of tourists around blocking the sidewalks like they normally would.It seems deserted to me."

As someone who lives 5 blocks from Times Square, I can tell you that it's been PACKED during the evenings the last few weeks. I was actually surprised walking through it since there's basically nothing open that late, but there are tons of people milling about.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/20/21 at 11:53pm

Yeah, Times Square seems pretty much back to normal and has felt that way for a little while now.