Off-Broadway theater was once an inexpensive testing ground for shows too risky for Broadway. Now ticket prices compare with those of more commercial shows. Check the listings at the end of the Calendar section. You can purchase Broadway show tickets in several ways over the phone, through the mail, at the box office window or through an outside ticket broker. Customers pay a service charge.
Machines display each theater s seating chart on a touch screen and a video preview of the shows.
Machines are installed in select hotels, shopping malls and tourist attractions. Theatre Direct International offers full-price tickets for Broadway theater to both the general public and travel agents. For discount tickets to same-day shows, go to the TKTS booth at 47th Street and Broadway. Expect a wait. A second location is at 2 World Trade Center on the mezzanine level.