20at20 - $20 off-Broadway tickets

[IlanaKeller]

Just a reminder that 20at20 starts tomorrow (Jan. 23). You can snag $20 tickets to a bunch of off-Broadway shows 20 minutes to curtain, for the next 20 days. Has anyone done this before? What was your experience with it?

 

https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/theater/2018/01/11/snag-20-off-broadway-tickets-send-your-teacher-tonys/1015598001/

[CapnHook]

• "Addy & Uno"
• "Afterglow"
• "Avenue Q"
• "Cruel Intentions"
• "Day Drinking: The Brunch Musical"
• "Gazillion Bubble Show"
• "The Imbible"
• "Jericho"
• "Jersey Boys"
• "The Marvelous Wonderettes"
• "Newsical The Musical"
• "Naked Boys Singing"
• "One Nation, One Mission, One Promise: An American Story"
• "Owen & Mzee: The Musical"
• "Perfect Crime"
• "Puffs"
• "Red Roses, Green Gold"
• "Sistas: The Musical"
• "Stomp"
• "Sex Tips For Straight Women From A Gay Man"
• "The Chekhov Dreams"
• "The Snowy Day And Other Stories By Ezra Jack Keats"
• "This One's For The Girls"
• "The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show"

 

is it me, or do the options this year seem less exciting than usual? There's only 3 or 4 that I'd see. Why isn't JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA participating? Or HANGMEN? Or CARDINAL?

[HBBrock]

The New Group and Second Stage Don’t typically participate.

Hangmen is entirely sold out.

[JBroadway]

CapnHook said: is it me, or do the options this year seem less exciting than usual? There's only 3 or 4 that I'd see. Why isn't JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA participating? Or HANGMEN? Or CARDINAL?"

 

I'm not SUPER familiar with the usual 20at20 selection - I've only made use of it a few times in the past. But I think all the non-profit theatre companies usually exclude themselves from it. The focus of the ticket scheme seems to be primarily on commercial runs, and this year there aren't many worth paying attention to. 

 

 

[VintageSnarker]

I've done it twice for shows that were moderately popular (at least when I saw them). It was very relaxed. I showed up just a little early and there was no question about being able to get tickets.

I'm guessing it will be easy for most of these shows as they're not doing exceptionally well and a lot of them are regularly on papering/discount sites. I might try to catch Jersey Boys since I never saw it while it was on Broadway.

[Caye2]

How many of these 20at20 tickets can a person purchase at the box office for each performance?

[IlanaKeller]

Caye2 said: "How many of these 20at20 tickets can aperson purchase at the box office for each performance?"

Since you are buying them only 20 minutes before the show starts, I would imagine there is no limit per se, but that it would be limited to people physically there. So if there are five people in a party, five, etc. There really would be no point in buying for a large group of people who aren't already at the theater.

 

[BroadwayGuy12]

In my experiences, a person has been able to purchase up to two tickets. So if it's a group of five, as in the example above, tickets would have to be purchased in three separate transactions (two, two, and one)

[lightguy06222]

20at20 is back, and the list is lamer than ever.


THE OTHER JOSH COHEN?
THE OFFICE parody?
Colin Quinn?

[uncageg]

BroadwayGuy12 said: "In my experiences, a person has been able to purchase up to two tickets. So if it's a group of five, as in the example above, tickets would have to be purchased in three separate transactions (two, two, and one)"

Same here. I think it is restricted to two. I was behind a small group and the box office pulled seats for them all to sit together but had them all pay seperately.

 

[RWPrincess]

Ive never seen Avenue Q so am glad its on this list. Ill try to see it early next month.

[LightsOut90]

wow the lineup this year is weak

[Browneyes142]

Nothing I'm too excited about either but I DO want to see Avenue Q before it closes, so this seems like an ideal time. My question is, because it's closing, do you think it will be hard to get with 20at20? As one of the more popular options available, I'm worried there will be too many people.

[lightguy06222]

earlier you go the better.  if you wait until the last couple days of 20@20 it will be busier than if you go in the next couple days.

[VintageSnarker]

Has anyone seen Book of Merman?

[LuPita2]

The Other Josh Cohen is wonderful and lots of fun.  Give it a try! 

[macnyc]

I enjoyed Book of Merman a lot. It's very small scale though, only three people. Plus, I think one of the cast members I saw left for some reason. 

The Other Josh Cohen is a riot. I don't see it on the 20@20 list for this year, but someone said there is a rush. 

[AntV]

Got on line half hour before curtain and got a ticket for Avenue Q for the Sunday matinee. About 25 people ahead of me on line. There were still two empty rows behind me in the theater. Gizel Jimenez was great in this.

Also, they added a few more shows since the list first went up. Night of the Living Dead, Ecovillage and I believe Gloria wasn't there earlier either.