# Free Night of Theater 2008

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**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-night-of-theater-2008/463898 "2008-09-16T21:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-night-of-theater-2008/463898/1 "2008-09-16T21:10:27Z")

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Just like the title says. Hundreds of non-profit theatre companies from over a hundred cities are inviting people to claim free tickets to their productions on or about October 16th this year. Check out [http://www.freenightoftheater.net/index.cfm](http://www.freenightoftheater.net/index.cfm) and see if a city near you is offering free tickets, and what shows are available.

These are non-profit theatre groups, so don’t expect to be able to get Broadway type shows. The main goal is to raise awareness of what is being done by amateur and semi-professional theatre groups in your local area. Tickets generally become available on Oct 1st and there are a limited number available for First Come First Served. Most shows are on Oct 16th(a Thursday) but a lot of companies have multiple shows/nights available.

Comedy, tragedy, Shakespeare, musicals, they’re all out there. There’s even a special site just for New York(which is new this year). [5000 free tickets to over 100 NYC theaters.](http://www.freenightnyc.net/)

Enjoy,  
Steven

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**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:** [September 16, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-night-of-theater-2008/463898/2 "2008-09-16T21:20:17Z")

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Cool! Thanks for the heads up.

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-night-of-theater-2008/463898/3 "2008-09-17T15:38:56Z")

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> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#):
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> Cool! Thanks for the heads up.

I thought it was pretty neat. What looks good in your area? I’m probably going to go see [Lyric Stage’s](http://www.lyricstage.org/) production of the Pulitzer Prize winning [Fiorello!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiorello!) It’s a fun show with a lot of catchy songs. I’m a fan of “Politics and Poker” especially. Lyric does pretty good work generally. We just saw their production of West Side Story with the original Jerome Robbin’s choreography and a full orchestra, and it was quite good overall.

Enjoy,  
Steven