TKTS Giveaway

Midtowners: If you truck over to the new TKTS booth in Times Square (like, right now) Target is paying for the first 1000 Broadway tickets sold. The giveaway starts at 3PM.

Broadway legend Bernadette Peters just announced from the podium at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening the revitalized Duffy Square and new TKTS Booth, that the first 1,000 tickets sold will be courtesy of Target. Ticket buyers standing in line for the booth's 3pm opening will have the opportunity to receive one or two vouchers, each redeemable for one free ticket.

Theatre Development Fund (TDF)'s new TKTS Discount Booth, located "under the red steps" in Father Duffy Square (Broadway and 47th Street, Manhattan), offers same-day discounts of up to 50% off for tickets to Broadway, Off Broadway, music and dance productions to performing arts lovers from the world over.

Later today, from 6:30pm to 7pm, Tony winners Brian Stokes Mitchell, John Leguizamo, Sutton Foster and emcee Julie Halston will join members of the Broadway community for the Inaugural Lighting Ceremony to illuminate the magnificent red glass staircase under which the TKTS booth sits, after which they will welcome the new Duffy Square and TKTS Booth by singing "Give My Regards To Broadway."

The new booth features 12 selling windows, each equipped with the ability to accept credit cards for sale of same-day discount tickets to Broadway, Off Broadway, music and dance productions. There is a special "Play Only" window where there is rarely a wait for tickets to non-musical productions. Hours of operation for TKTS Times Square are: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 3pm to 8pm for evening performances, Tuesdays from 2pm to 8pm for evening performances; Wednesday and Saturday from 10am to 2pm for matinee performances; and Sunday from 11 to 3pm for matinee performances and 3pm to 7pm for evening performances.