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)