Buying Tickets in Advance
Buying Tickets in Advance
#1Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 4:38pmI am based in the UK, what is the best website to book tickets in advance for a show? I have been looking at Lady Day on tele charge.com, however i find it really frustrating it doesn't show all the seats available for you to pick properly.
#2Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 4:42pmThat's really it unless you want to pay additional fees to a reseller.
#2Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 4:49pmis it worthwhile calling the box office instead?
#3Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 4:53pmYou usually can't directly call a box office on Broadway.
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#4Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 4:55pmYou have to call Telecharge, buy from a broker, or a reseller. Those are pretty much your only options.
#5Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 4:59pmTelecharge will have the best availability and show you all of the seats they have to sell.
#6Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 5:03pmWhy isn't Telecharge showing you all available seats? You should have the option of selecting your seat from the chart, similar to Ticketmaster.
#7Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 5:10pmLondon theater and New York theater ticket selling are set up very differently. There is only one official online/phone seller per show in New York, which is either Telecharge or Ticketmaster or Roundabout depending on who owns the theater. Any other online seller is almost certainly going to be significantly more expensive. None of the other sellers accept official discount codes.
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#8Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/2/14 at 7:42pmI've had the same problem with Telecharge from the UK. I can only buy the seats offered to me rather than from what is available. I've tried different browsers and also using a proxy ISP but nothing helped. No idea why the seats won't show for us.
#9Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/3/14 at 12:05amYou can't call the box office, but you CAN call Telecharge and probably get more assistance with finding the best seats. Their number is +1 212-947-8844 and since I'm assuming it's not a 24 hour number, you should aim to call between 2.00pm and 10.00pm UK time.
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#10Buying Tickets in Advance
Posted: 5/3/14 at 6:13amThanks for the advice. The telecharge website in the uk is not as good as Ticketmaster! I will call the phone number on the Lady Day official web page. I will let you know how I get on.
