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Where/how to buy Broadway theater tickets

Crimony, airline tickets to Europe from the West Coast this year are dear. Hubby’s getting his New England wish trip instead with a big splash out in NYC for the finale.

I’m trying to book tickets for Book of Mormons playing at the Eugene O’Neill Theater but am mystified how to do it. I’m used to booking direct with the theatre for London plays. Here, when I go to the theater website, it sends me to third party vendors. What third party vendor should I use for best seats and price? I’m aware of the Broadway TKTS office but I want to lock these tickets down now and not leave it to last minute availability. Any advice is greatly appreciated..

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Go to the Book of Mormon website itself. I think you get directed to ticket master.
I just saw that show..it was terrific but I was able to get the tickets at the box office about 4 days prior. It is available pretty frequently at Tkts.

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Fantastic show! I've seen it 3 times - twice on Broadway and once in Austin, Texas. After doing some current research, here is what I would suggest if you want to lock in tickets and not wait: go to the Book of Mormon official website, which does direct you to Seatgeek, and purchase your tickets from them. They have the best ticket prices and lowest fees. Ticketmaster is mostly resale on Book of Mormon tickets, from random dates I plugged in, and ticket prices and fees are high, as are some other third party vendors (like Broadway.com).

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Always start here: https://www.broadway.com/ - the links they provide are the original, legit sources from which to buy the tickets.

Also, just an FYI - do you know what you're getting into with BoM? I saw that show blind without knowing what it was about or who wrote it and discovered fast it was NOT my cup of tea. Not being judgy about it, just making sure you know the content - and it's definitely not one to bring the kids to!

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From broadway.com terms and conditions: Broadway.com is for the secondary sale of tickets, and the price of a ticket we offer for sale may exceed the established price of the ticket. See below for certain refund guarantees that protect you in the case of a cancelled or postponed event. Broadway.com is not a ticket selling agent of any venue, box office, or event for which tickets are purchased through Broadway.com, and we do not act on their behalf.

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I loved The Book of Mormon! I’ve seen it 3 times - twice on Broadway and then a third time in Boston, MA. Have a great time!

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Two websites that sell discount tickets are theatermania.com and broadwaybox.com. I have used both before. Right now, broadwaybox has a discount code for Book of Mormon:

https://www.broadwaybox.com/shows/the-book-of-mormon/

As someone else mentioned, the TodayTix app also has deals, so it’s worth checking that out. A number of productions have rush tickets available through TodayTix.

In addition, Playbill’s website lists discounted tickets: https://playbill.com/discount

What I like to do is compare all of the prices on the sites listed above and look for the best deal.

I don’t recommend broadway.com; tickets through there are sold at a markup.

Enjoy your trip!

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Thank you everyone for the kind help nailing down tickets. After comparing Broadway Box, Today Tix, and SeatGeek for the same orchestra seats the winner was Today Tix with no additional fees. SeatGeek adds an additional $14 to a ticket and Broadway Box added $45 a ticket. I wanted to pass on my comparative shopping experience to everyone.

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Another safe solution is to go to the Playbill (the program printing company) site, where they have a table of shows, with links to the "Official Seller". It is true that there is no longer a single predominant "Official Seller." Even the not-for-profit Roundabout has set up its own ticket company, to get all the various fees added to the ticket price, as if multiple companies were actually involved. And SeatGeek is a scary name, but it's for real. It's all about the fees and deals, alas.

Some of the companies named, like BroadwayBox, are "safe" sites for discounted tickets, when they exist. But they also accept ads and the like from third-parties that charge outrageous fees, and poorly-disclose that they are re-selling tickets owned by Vinnie the Investor in Tickets. You have to be careful what you click on, just like the rest of the Internet.

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Above posts by ArtsCourier reported.

Stick to official websites when buying theater tickets.