Give My Regards to Broadway…
StephanieC on Nov 20th 2013
So, I am a huge Broadway enthusiast. I love Shakespeare and ballet and any production that I can get into. Sadly, a lot of these productions are just way over my budget and are usually something I just have to pass up. Fortunately, I have a friend that works in the industry and through his connections, I can get many reduced price or even free tickets to plays and performances. The most recent one, I got to enjoy last night. I was able to go see Romeo and Juliet starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad. It was awesome. How often does anyone get to see Orlando Bloom run past them in the aisle or take his shirt off… in person! I was able to go for free, but in my research of the play, I found that they offer student tickets for $20. I know that is a lot of money if you compare it with cheap lunches, but if you have an interest in theater and the arts, you know that this is a steal.
Seeing that the Richard Rogers Theater offered student tickets to a production with such a celebrity, got me thinking that there must be other places and offers where one can score seats to a great play. You can use being a student to your advantage. There are many opportunities out there to get reduced tickets to a great production. Tix4Students.com offers tickets to many different events and venues. There are even tickets for the Brooklyn Nets if you are a sports fan. There is a $5 membership fee, but it is worth it.
There is also the ticket booth at Baruch that sells tickets to our productions. You can find the performance schedule and ticket purchase options here. Some performances don’t even require a ticket. So they are completely free.
Groupon also has the option to search for reduced priced theater tickets. There are many opportunities that are affordable, not only for theater plays but also sports events and comedy shows.
In the end it always goes back to the resources. We need to know where we can search for things that we want to do with the price tag that we can afford. Also, calls theaters that are hosting shows that you want to see and ask about student discounts. Make that school ID work for you 🙂
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One Response to “Give My Regards to Broadway…”
You are so right! As students we get so many discounts yet if we don’t look for it we will never know. I would kill to go to a Broadway show but tickets are so expensive, and they only sky rocket during the holidays. Fortunately because we are students, in certain venues we do get discounts almost all year around. Just the other day I paid $10 for a $45 ticket, granted it wasn’t for a Broadway show, but it was a discount non the less for a social event. I usually look on groupon.com, but the best way is via networking!