# Am I likely to get almost any TUESDAY Broadway show at TKTS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 9, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393 "2007-06-09T20:04:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/1 "2007-06-09T20:04:05Z")
Hopefully this is self-explanatory for New Yorkers and seasoned visitors. I am planning a trip which would put us in Manhattan on a Monday and Tueday night in July. Broadway is dark on Mondays, so obviously Tuesday is our only choice if we want to go to a show. The question is, are Tuesdays less likely to sell out, and therefore are Tuesday tickets more likely to be sold at the TKTS booths? From their website I note that they’ve had tickets for Spamalot (our first choice) in the last week, but I don’t know for which day(s). I hate to order tickets in advance and pay full boat if I can save over $100 for two tickets. But I also don’t want to disappoint Pagan Teen. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/2 "2007-06-09T20:17:27Z")
I’m not sure if you’d have a better chance getting tickets on a Tuesday (most shows start at 7pm that day, so that may factor in) but I wanted to let you know that there _are_ a couple shows that play on Monday. Spring Awakening, Avenue Q, Rent & Phantom of the Opera all have a Monday 8pm show. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/3 "2007-06-09T20:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] I’m not sure if you’d have a better chance getting tickets on a Tuesday (most shows start at 7pm that day, so that may factor in) but I wanted to let you know that there _are_ a couple shows that play on Monday. Spring Awakening, Avenue Q, Rent & Phantom of the Opera all have a Monday 8pm show. [/QUOTE] Cool - I appreciate the information. The kid might like Phantom too. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/4 "2007-06-09T20:27:28Z")
You could also try the discount codes at [www.BroadwayBox.com](http://www.BroadwayBox.com). For some shows you can end up saving $50 per ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/5 "2007-06-09T20:30:06Z")
You did’t mention when the trip is. This is tourist season and right after the Tony Awards tomorrow, so some shows will be selling very well. But Tuesday is typically a slow night on Broadway. Good Luck! ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/6 "2007-06-09T20:54:28Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] You did’t mention when the trip is. This is tourist season and right after the Tony Awards tomorrow, so some shows will be selling very well. But Tuesday is typically a slow night on Broadway. Good Luck! [/QUOTE] Thanks. July 16-18 is the plan. Regarding Monday: I’m considering other plans for Monday night - I’ve got in a note to the Bitter End to see if their NY Songwriter Circle shows (every other Monday night) have age restrictions. I know that some shows at the Bitter End do not. The lady who organizes the Circle lived a few doors down from me when we were kids - I saw her there a few years ago. But I had no teenager in tow last time. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/7 "2007-06-09T20:57:24Z")
[QUOTE=Eyebrows 0f Doom] You could also try the discount codes at [www.BroadwayBox.com](http://www.BroadwayBox.com). For some shows you can end up saving $50 per ticket. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the link, **Eyebrows**. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/8 "2007-06-10T07:24:00Z")
Have they completed the construction of TKTS yet? Unless I’m much less observant than I thought I was, I believe the booth in Duffy Square hasn’t re-opened yet. I’m not saying there isn’t a TKTS, just that it might not have moved into it’s rebuilt home. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/9 "2007-06-10T07:48:36Z")
Going to introduce the mini-Pagans (not to mention the Mrs. Pagan) to our cousin the organist? ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/10 "2007-06-10T14:27:55Z")
[QUOTE=JohnBckWLD] Have they completed the construction of TKTS yet? Unless I’m much less observant than I thought I was, I believe the booth in Duffy Square hasn’t re-opened yet. I’m not saying there isn’t a TKTS, just that it might not have moved into it’s rebuilt home. [/QUOTE] From their website, my impression is that Duffy Square is intended to be a third outlet (in addition to the ones in Times Square and downtown). [QUOTE=Lawoot] Going to introduce the mini-Pagans (not to mention the Mrs. Pagan) to our cousin the organist? [/quote] Shhhh!!! This is a father-daughter trip only, one that the daughter won’t know about until her birthday, the day before we leave. 🙂 I don’t know yet if we’ll see Dr. Hal… plans aren’t final yet. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-likely-to-get-almost-any-tuesday-broadway-show-at-tkts/407393/11 "2007-06-11T13:46:41Z")
Well, how cool is that? _Phantom_ should be a good one. You’d love _Avenue Q_, but you couldn’t take **T-Pagan** to it - just a little TOO adult-oriented (unless you WANT to explain why Gary Coleman is serenading Muppets having sex to her, that is). And I think she would love the instrumentalist’s haven that is Dr. Hal’s place - **K-Pagan** probably less so. On a (somewhat) related note - _Young Frankenstein - The Musical_ opens out-of-town previews here in Seattle in August! 😃