The Other TKTS booth

[kyguy78]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 12:39pm

I was just curious if there was any difference crowd wise and ticket offering wise at the TKTS booth at the South Street Seaport?

[dreaminaret]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 12:46pm

They have the same tickets. It's a smaller place (like one storefront). I used to work near there and at its peak there were maybe 20 people in line though I don't know how many TKTS employees there are at each one to speed the flow of the line.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:18pm

You can get tickets the day before at the South Street TKTS booth but only day of in Times Square.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:35pm

The TKTS booth at the Seaport is much less crowded than the one in Times Square. Just keep in mind that if you want to get matinee tickets at the Seaport booth, you have to go the day before (night shows are day-of just like at the Times Square booth). I strongly prefer going to the Seaport booth - not only do you not have to deal with the huge crowd, but you can get tickets for that evening and the next day's matinee at the same time.

[OasisBroadway]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 1:51pm

But with matinee tickets the day before, don't you have less of a selection because shows may not have released tickets by then? Don't some wait to release tickets to tkts until the day of?

[kyguy78]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:01pm

That might be the case, Oasis, but if it keeps me from having to get in all that mess at the Times Square booth, I'm willing to pay that price.

[dreaminaret]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:02pm

Everytime I've looked (I used to work by the Seaport) there was a good selection.

[OasisBroadway]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 2:05pm

I agree that the lack of crowds is great! As a matter of fact I am surprised that it hasn't caught on yet (not that I am complaining). I was just saying that I don't think the ticket offering is always the same (particularly for matinees).

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 4:32pm

where is this located exactly? tnks for the info!

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 2/20/06 at 4:36pm

Here's what it says on the TDF website:

TKTS ® Lower Manhattan Theatre Center at South Street Seaport ( the corner of Front and John Streets, the rear of the Resnick/Prudential Building at 199 Water Street )

Hours:

Monday - Friday 11:00am to 6:00pm
Wednesday matinee tickets are available on Tuesday ONLY

Saturday 11:00am to 7:00pm Saturday matinee tickets are available on Friday

Sunday matinee tickets will be sold on Saturday from 11am to 4pm. Please note that there are no tickets for Saturday matinee performances available on Saturday

Sunday: CLOSED UNTIL APRIL 9, 2006


There are no full price tickets sold at any TKTS Booth.

Easily reachable by subway, you can take the J,M,Z, 2,3,4,5 to Fulton Street or the A,C to Broadway-Nassau. The M15 bus travels down Second Avenue to the Seaport.