If the box office is convenient, it's cheaper because you avoid ticketmaster or telecharge fees. Note: if discounts are available through broadwaybox, you can use the code at the box office.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Its the good old fasioned traditional way! I hate paying by card on line or phone (on the rare occasion i do pay!) the booking fee s are rip offs. The box office will sell seats as far in advance as the shows booking period or closeing date.
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
I definitely go to the box office whenever possible. SOOOO much easier. (The only time it wasn't was with the mean red haired woman at the Lunt who insisted that there WERE no mexx seats left for the rest of Beauty's run yet surprise surprise, what did I find on ticketmaster? Mmmhmm. Some tickets.)
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LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
True-- If you have the option to go to the b.o. for advance tix, then that's a great way to avoid all the fees, etc.
But if you don't live in NYC, then you're stuck with either advance tix with fees, or getting tix when you get to town and hoping that they're available (or not horrible rear orch or balcony seats).
"The only time it wasn't was with the mean red haired woman at the Lunt who insisted that there WERE no mexx seats left for the rest of Beauty's run yet surprise surprise, what did I find on ticketmaster? Mmmhmm. Some tickets."
I actually told her about those tickets (and their specific seat-numbers) and she gave them to me!