Paying to See Shows- Page 3

[Teacher510]

re: paying to see shows#50

Posted: 7/17/04 at 8:41pm

bronxboundexpress, I have had orchestra seats many times through TDF. It seems to depend on when you go, show poularity, etc. For the $$$ saved and the opportunities I would not normally be able to afford, I have found my membership more than worthwhile. Give it a try!

[CJR]

re: paying to see shows#51

Posted: 7/17/04 at 8:46pm

Im very fond of a wonderful thing called "comp tickets" lol

That, and I'm cute and I can get people to buy my theatre tickets for me

"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

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[Testing1232]

re: paying to see shows#52

Posted: 7/17/04 at 8:53pm

Co-worker of mine and her pal had front row Orchestra last night at "Caroline or Change". Bought them for her using TDF on-line.

[ponine24601]

re: paying to see shows#53

Posted: 7/17/04 at 8:58pm

holy shishcabob!

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[chinkie azn jai]

re: paying to see shows#54

Posted: 7/17/04 at 10:42pm

The problem that i have for TKTS is that they give you the orchestra seats (so normally $50). So somethimes it's cheaper to go for the cheapest seat in the house in advance sales. Unless you're a person who can only sit in the orchestra. That's how i see it.

"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D

[shesings]

re: paying to see shows#55

Posted: 7/17/04 at 11:39pm

i like to invite family members to come to nyc to visit as often as possible, then they usually buy tickets to see a show and bring me along!
another idea - for christmas my boyfriend got me a subscription to theatremania.com - they give out great discounts but also have a gold club that offers a lot of free tickets. there are a ton of off and off off broadway shows, but i've actully gone to see some broadway shows with them for free. one free show pretty much makes up for the cost of a yearly membership!

[BWayBoy88]

re: paying to see shows#56

Posted: 7/19/04 at 1:45am

What Broadway shows do they offer for free?

[SammyGal]

re: paying to see shows#57

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:03am

X-mas/Chanukah $$ and parents paid for my many excursions to Taboo!
Otherwise I do student rush at a lot of shows so I can get cheaper tix.

On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo

[ChristineDaae]

re: paying to see shows#58

Posted: 7/19/04 at 2:35pm

My parents most of the time buy my POTO tickets =-D but I do the lotto and student rush to.

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[NYSinger1]

re: paying to see shows#59

Posted: 7/19/04 at 7:15pm

I do all of the things mentioned. Discounts from playbill.com. I'm a teacher, so there's always discounts floating around our school. Whenever family members come to NY, we see a show. I play up the grad school student loan thing, so they pay for tickets.

Also, I might get arrested for this but, occasionally I will second act a show.......especially a matinee if I have a free afternoon.

I guess I have no life if I expunge this much energy on theater....

[millie_dillmount]

re: paying to see shows#60

Posted: 7/20/04 at 12:56am

A good site for Broadway discounts is http://www.broadwaybox.com because you usually get all the shows at once...some sites list codes for a select few shows. You also have the option to get notified when a code for a certain show comes out.
Broadway Box

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[thtrehead12]

re: paying to see shows#61

Posted: 7/20/04 at 1:57am

aspiringguy-you can get student tickets even if you're in high school. i've used my high school i.d. many times in the past.

[venticelli]

re: paying to see shows#62

Posted: 7/20/04 at 2:05am

THANK YOU!! - the revival of "The Beggars' Opera" was oustanding!! Has anyone seen "Bombay Dreams" more than twice...actually I don't think you can according to the Patriot Act

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