One of the important reasons for me to choose NYC as my vacation destination is to experience what the Broadway is. I’ve watched
STOMP in Kuala Lumpur,
TPTO in Shanghai,
Cats in Ottawa, Aida in Beijing. but all were the tours. I really want to have a feeling of the center of Broadway.
So, this time, after spending 500 Bucks for the flight tickets, I arrived in Manhattan, the Time Sq, and the heart of Broadway!
I’m not going to talk about the show itself. It’s never enough unless you’ve been to the show. Just something about purchasing the tickets.
The first night (Nov 24) was the West Side Story. The ticket was bought on Broadway.com when I was still fighting with my work, a week ahead. $121 for the ticket and another $36 for the service fee. yeah, the extra 25% surcharge was totally paid to Broadway.com. Seat is not too bad. A102 in Palace Theater. That is the first seat to the right of middle, at the second row of Orchestra. The only problem is, the stage of Palace Theater is higher! I can see the face of each actors but not their feet!. Dancing is a great part of WSS, and it was too close.
If you’ve been to Time Sq. now you will see a rad-lighted stair platform at the north part of the square. That is a very good spot for taking photos of "I’ve been here". And actually it is the roof of Tkts disconnect booths. So the second day, and after returning back from WTC site and wondering what to do, I came to Tkts. This time I choose South Pacific, totally unkown to me. I’ve got 40% off and only paid $80. The seat is not bad. Currently the show is at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre of Lincon Center, where the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Empire State Building (also here), the revisit to Financial Street and harbour tour, I returned back to Tkts, and tried Avenue Q, this time. for 40% off with only $50, with also a good seating.
Not all the broadway or off-broadway shows are listed in Tkts. But for a tourist who just want to select any of the shows, there are still a good selection shows with good last minute tickets. And, if you want only buy one ticket, the the chance of good seat will be much more.
