[Artap99]

I am wondering if anyone in here knows anything about the theatre. Being Macphiles, I'm sure you're all sophisticated and well cultured. I would even venture a guess that most of you type with your pinkies out.

So I'm looking for advice on how to buy Broadway tickets. I was looking into seeing Wicked, but the tickets are wickedly expensive, which I think the title is derisive of. I can't use credit cards, because the person I'm buying them for (as a surprise) will notice and ruin the surprise. And I live somewhere around two hours from the city, and etc etc. That is my situation as it stands.

Any experiences or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Especially towards trust worthy websites. I might have to just wait until a week or so in advance and buy them online. I'd see great humor in a situation where I was taken advantage of, but probably not while standing at will call.

[lavieboheme]

I assume that you want to buy tickets for Wicked in NYC?
Wicked is sold out (unless you want to spend like $300 on "premium seating"), and has been for quite some time. If you've been looking at tickets online, you've probably been seeing tickets that were bought in advance and are being resold (for a higher price). I'm not sure if you know this, but Wicked has a lottery (the day of though, so you'd be taking a chance) for front row tickets for $25 or so. Or, you could call the box office the day of and see if there are any tickets available (because people sometimes return theirs). If you're just looking to buy one ticket (which it doesn't sound like), you can try calling the box office and telling them that you just want one ticket, because most people buy two or more tickets, there may be an odd seat unsold somewhere.
Have you thought about going to another show (maybe one that hasn't been sold out at every performance)?

[AWR]

Off Broadway, or better yet 'Off off Broadway' is the way to go, imo. Pick up a copy of the New Yorker and check out the listings in the front. Some of it can be found online here

http://www.newyorker.com/goingson/theatre/

[Brave Ulysses]

Almost all broadway shows do a sort of college student lottery the day of the show. They have a special line to wait on or number to call to try and get the tickets. The tickets are usually sub 30 dollars and believe it or not are usually front row. There is a website which details every show and their method of doing this but I can't think of it off the top of my head. Just do a google search and it'll probably pop up.

[Artap99]

Hmm...odd. I went to a site and they said that tickets were still available. I think I'm going to just steer clear of whole ordeal.

[lavieboheme]

Originally Posted by Artap99 Hmm...odd. I went to a site and they said that tickets were still available. I think I'm going to just steer clear of whole ordeal.

It's possible that a ticket broker is reselling a ticket to you (at a jacked up price).

The Wicked web site explains how you can buy tickets. The prices they list are:

Orchestra $110 Loge (Row AA-EE) $110 Front Mezzanine (A-E) $110 Mid Mezzanine (F-G) $75 Rear Mezzanine (H-M) $50

If you're considering other shows, I'd recommend Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.