Box offices opening?
Box offices opening?
Toll357
Chorus Member Joined: 11/15/17
#1Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:10am
I would like to know when the box offices will be opening for the theaters. There are a number of shows I want to see. I don't want to pay those ticketmaster fees on all of them.
#2Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:36am
I'm not sure about individual shows' in-person box offices, but I do know that TKTS will reopen for same-day ticket sales on September 14.
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#3Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 10:36am
typically, box offices open about a month before performances start.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#4Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:05pm
Yeah, I know you want to avoid fees but if you want to get decent seats for anything opening in 2021, you might just have to deal with paying them.
broadfan327
Broadway Star Joined: 3/20/08
#5Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:11pm
Also, while Times Square is still relatively dead, the theaters will not rush into opening their box offices. Some of the restaurants that cater to tourists are still closed, for instance.
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#6Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:18pm
Times Square isn't dead but no theater will open just so people will be able to buy tickets.
#7Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:19pm
When was the last time you were in Times Square? Not this past weekend LOL
Sutton Ross
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#8Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:25pm
Why would I walk around the worst place in Manhattan? I only go there to meet friends who work in midtown and to theater, neither of which are happening currently. I watch EarthCam sometimes, like a weirdo.
Okay, it's not totally dead.
#9Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:44pm
broadfan327 said: "Also, while Times Square is still relatively dead"
Uh. Take a look at the Earth Cam sometime.
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raddersons
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/14/13
#10Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:46pm
These ticket fees are adding up... I'm prioritizing which shows are must-haves for good seats vs ones where if I can save the $16 I will wait to buy the tickets in person.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#11Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/18/21 at 1:53pm
LizzieCurry said: "broadfan327 said: "Also, while Times Square is still relatively dead"
Uh. Take a look at the Earth Cam sometime."
Exactly. NYC is basically back full force. Even Bergdorf’s was like a regular pre-COVID Sunday afternoon this past Sunday. NYC is back. Only difference is folks wearing masks but I’m in the city several times a week and it’s back as it was pre-COVID. Subways included.
#12Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 9:27am
Toll357 said: "I would like to know when the box offices will be opening for the theaters. There are a number of shows I want to see. I don't want to pay those ticketmaster fees on all of them."
Telecharge rep said they're projecting possibly July.
chrishuyen
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/12/14
#13Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 11:48amDoes anyone know if there's usually an announcement or anything when box offices open or is it just sort of quietly done? I'm guessing after a year of no theater it would probably be done with at least some fanfare
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#14Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 12:06pm
Announcements, yes - they almost always announce when a box office is open for business. FANFARE? Not so much.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 12:36pm
Right now there are no service fees for Disney shows.
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Hairspray0901
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/08
#16Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 12:37pm
Sutton Ross said: "Yeah, I know you want to avoid feesbut if you want to get decent seats for anything opening in 2021, you might just have to deal with paying them."
After looking at Telecharge and Ticketmaster, a lot of shows actually aren’t selling well at all past their first week or so of performances back. So I wouldn’t be so sure that “if you want to get decent seats for anything in 2021...” comment. :-/
broadfan327
Broadway Star Joined: 3/20/08
#17Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 1:56pm
When I walk around Times Square at night currently, I don't see throngs of tourists around blocking the sidewalks like they normally would. It seems deserted to me.
#18Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 11:23pm
broadfan327 said: "When I walk around Times Square at night currently, I don't see throngs of tourists around blocking the sidewalks like they normally would.It seems deserted to me."
As someone who lives 5 blocks from Times Square, I can tell you that it's been PACKED during the evenings the last few weeks. I was actually surprised walking through it since there's basically nothing open that late, but there are tons of people milling about.
#19Box offices opening?
Posted: 5/20/21 at 11:53pmYeah, Times Square seems pretty much back to normal and has felt that way for a little while now.