Guide To Cheap Seats
You're a sophisticated urban professional with a little disposable income and a yen for live theater. You want to indulge in the thrill of a stage production but not make a dramatic dent in your wallet. If you know where to look, seats can be had for less than full price. Here's a sampling of cities with discount-ticket outlets.
Also, keep in mind that most theaters have informal programs to recruit ushers, who are not paid but get to see the show for free. In cities with "Percent for the Arts" programs, local businesses and corporations will sometimes sponsor a free performance.
Call your local theater for information.
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles
Times Tix
Beverly Center
(310) 659-3678
San Diego
Times Arts Tix
Broadway Circle at Horton Plaza
(619) 497-5000
sandiego-online.com/sdpal
San Francisco
TIX Bay Area
Union Square at Stockton Street
(415) 433-7827
www.theatrebayarea.org
Santa Barbara
Hot Spots
36 West State Street
(805) 564-1637
COLORADO
Denver
Nugget Ticket Bus
999 16th Street
(303) 623-1905
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
TICKETplace
1100 Penn Avenue, NW
(Old Post Office Pavilion)
(202) TICKETS
cultural-alliance.org/tickets
GEORGIA
Atlanta
AtlanTix
Underground Atlanta
(404) 873-1185
Web site: atlantatheatres.org
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Hot Tix
108 North State Street
700 North Michigan Avenue
1616 Sherman Avenue, Evanston
(900) 225-2225
also Tower Records locations
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
BosTix
Copley Square
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Harvard Square
(Holyoke Arcade)
(617) 482-BTIX
boston.com/artsboston
NEW YORK
New York
TKTS
Times Square at 47th and Broadway
(212) 768-1818
www.tdf.org
TKTX
Lower Manhattan at 2 World Trade Center
OHIO
Cincinnati
Tower Tix
Tower Place Mall
(513) 381-8TIX
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Upstages
Location varies (summer only)
(215) 893-1145
TEXAS
Austin
AusTix
603 North Lamar (inside BookPeople)
(512) 454-HALF/(512) 454-TIXS
WASHINGTON
Seattle
TICKET/TICKET
401 Broadway East (Broadway Market)Pike Place Market
(206) 324-2744
Correction
In the Jan. 23 Arts & Leisure section, the article about museum outreach initiatives contained incorrect attendance figures for the Museum of Modern Art in New York. For 1993-94, attendance there was 1.5 million; in 1996-97, it was 1.65 million.
