TKTS

TKTS

The TKTS ticket booths in New York and London sell Broadway and West End theatre tickets, respectively, at discounts of 25–50% off the face value.

New York

New York's TKTS (pronounced "Tee-Kay Tee-Ess", not "tickets") and also known as "Duffy Square" by some New Yorkers, first opened in 1973, and is operated by the Theatre Development Fund. There are two booths: one in Duffy Square (the north end of Times Square) and the other by the South Street Seaport in Lower Manhattan. (The South Street Seaport location replaced the office in the lobby of the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.) The Times Square Booth sells day-of-performance tickets only, while the South Street Seaport Booth sells tickets to evening performances on the day of the performance and matinee tickets the day before.

Due to construction, since spring 2006, the Duffy Square/Times Square TKTS booth has been temporarily relocated to the nearby Marriott Marquis hotel. The makeshift box office is on the 46th Street side. After many delays, the new TKTS booth is now scheduled to open for business on October 16, 2008, after completion of the renovation of Duffy Square and the new booth.

Theaters release tickets for sale by TKTS throughout the day, with more tickets often available within a few hours of showtime. TKTS accepts cash and travelers checks but does not accept credit cards. The waiting times at Duffy Square are normally longer than at the Seaport. Available shows are displayed on large signs near the ticket windows.

Although it is immensely popular with tourists and New Yorkers who want cheap tickets, the TKTS booth has been the subject of criticism among some people in the industry who claim that the popularity of these half-price tickets has helped to drive up the regular ticket prices for Broadway shows. The theory is that if an increasingly large segment of ticket buyers purchase at half price, the shows must make up for that loss of income by raising regular prices. [ [http://www.nytix.com/Links/Broadway/Articles/TKTSChangedBroadway.html "How TKTS Discount Tickets Changed Broadway",] nytix.com, 2008 New York TV Show Tickets]

London

London's TKTS was formerly known as the Half-Price Ticket Booth. It is operated by The Society of London Theatre and first opened in 1980; it is located in Leicester Square.

A new branch of TKTS has opened at Brent Cross Shopping Centre.

The Society of London Theatre has licensed the TKTS trademark from the Theatre Development Fund, but the two organizations are otherwise unrelated.

References

External links

* [http://www.tdf.org/TDF_ServicePage.aspx?id=56&%20do=v Official site of New York TKTS]
* [http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/tkts Official site of London TKTS]
* [http://www.broadwaybox.com Broadway discount codes] distributed by the show producers for cheap tickets up to 50% off
* [http://www.nytix.com Discounts to Broadway Shows] Discount codes for the top shows on Broadway


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