A little info on Broadway tickets

I have written quite a lot about my experience in New York and I thought I would just give you a little information about accessing show tickets for Broadway shows. Whilst there Sarah and I got all of out tickets from a ticket booth which was redesigned and rebuilt in 2008. The new TKTS booth in Times Square is located "under the red steps" in Father Duffy Square at Broadway and 47th Street.

This is the main Broadway discount ticket booth, which is right in the heart of New York City's theater district. Here you can purchase the cheap seat tickets. There are many screens that show what shows are available to see and what tickets are available. Basically they are the seats that they have been unable to sell, this way everyone can see the shows and the performers get to perform to a full audience. But fear not, not all tickets mean bad seats, every show that we went to see came with great seats, i suppose it's a lucky dip.
When you see a show you want to see you need to queue up for it. These queue’s can be very long if you go at the wrong time and sometimes when you get to the window they have sold out so you end up seeing something else.

Many shows are not for sale as some theatres always sell out. The Lion King and Tarzan were two that we had to buy from the actual theatre.
Just as we were leaving New York Wicked came out, there was no chance of getting a ticket, not even a full priced one as the tickets were pre-booked for over 6months by people in the business, dancers and celebrities!!
So if your going to New York's Broadway and there is a show you are desperate to see do your research or you could be very disappointed.