Guide
Broadway Lottery & Rush Tickets: Every One We Track
Every Broadway lottery, rush and standing-room sale EvenAisle tracks, with prices and platforms, plus how each one works and why entering every day matters.
Every current Broadway lottery and rush we track
32 Broadway shows EvenAisle covers run a lottery, a rush or a standing-room sale. Prices are as each platform or box office lists them. "Checked" is the date we last reviewed that show; each show's rush and lottery page has the entry windows and rules.
| Show | Lottery, rush and standing room | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Crystal: 860 Through Jan 3, 2027 |
| Oct 19, 2026 |
| Aladdin |
| Sep 6, 2026 |
| The Book of Mormon |
| Sep 27, 2026 |
| Buena Vista Social Club |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| Chicago |
| Nov 2, 2026 |
| A Few Good Men Through Jan 10, 2027 |
| Oct 30, 2026 |
| The Great Gatsby |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| Hadestown |
| Nov 2, 2026 |
| Hamilton |
| Sep 20, 2026 |
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child |
| Nov 2, 2026 |
| Here There Are Blueberries In previews Through Jan 10, 2027 |
| Nov 6, 2026 |
| The Imaginary Invalid Through Nov 22, 2026 |
| Oct 30, 2026 |
| It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play In previews Through Jan 3, 2027 |
| Nov 6, 2026 |
| & Juliet Through Jan 3, 2027 |
| Nov 2, 2026 |
| Just in Time |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| The Lion King |
| Sep 6, 2026 |
| The Lost Boys |
| Sep 6, 2026 |
| Maybe Happy Ending |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| MJ the Musical |
| Sep 6, 2026 |
| Much Ado About Nothing In previews Through Jan 10, 2027 |
| Nov 6, 2026 |
| Oh, Mary! |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| Operation Mincemeat |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| Other Desert Cities Through Jan 17, 2027 |
| Oct 19, 2026 |
| The Outsiders |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| Paranormal Activity Through Feb 28, 2027 |
| Oct 19, 2026 |
| The Rocky Horror Show Through Feb 28, 2027 |
| Sep 27, 2026 |
| Schmigadoon! Through Apr 4, 2027 |
| Sep 6, 2026 |
| Six the Musical Through Jan 3, 2027 |
| Sep 20, 2026 |
| Stranger Things: The First Shadow Through Jan 3, 2027 |
| Sep 27, 2026 |
| Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) Through Nov 29, 2026 |
| Sep 23, 2026 |
| Wanted In previews |
| Oct 19, 2026 |
| Wicked |
| Sep 6, 2026 |
Rush and lottery tickets are how a regular person sees Broadway cheaply. They are also easy to misunderstand, because each show runs them its own way, on its own platform, with its own rules. The table above lists every one we track; this is how they work.
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What “rush” and “lottery” actually mean
There are two separate things, and the names get confused all the time.
A lottery is a drawing. You enter online (every Broadway lottery we track is digital) for a chance to buy 1–2 tickets at a fixed low price. Winners are notified by email or in an app. You haven’t bought anything by entering; if you win, you get the chance to buy a real ticket at that price.
A rush is first come, first served on the day of the performance. In our records on November 2, 2026, 14 of the 17 shows with a box-office rush open to everyone start selling it at 10 AM, most of them at noon on Sundays; each show page gives the time where the show publishes it. The first people in line can buy a limited number of tickets at the rush price. There is no drawing.
Some shows also run a digital rush: the same idea, in an app. Several shows we track run theirs in the TodayTix app, and Operation Mincemeat runs one on Telecharge’s rush site.
The other terms you will hear:
- Standing room only (SRO): sold at the box office on the day of the performance, and at the shows we track only when that performance is sold out. You stand at the back for the whole show.
- Student rush and age-based programs: rush or discount programs open only to students or to an age group. More on these below.
What you actually pay
Each show sets its own prices, and the table above has every current one. Two things are worth knowing when you read it:
- The prices are the figures each platform or box office displays. Lucky Seat, Telecharge and the TodayTix rushes build their fees into that figure: Hadestown’s $49 Lucky Seat lottery, for example, was $40 plus a $6 service fee and a $3 facility fee on November 2, 2026.
- In our records, every rush has a single price. You don’t pay one price for the orchestra and another for the balcony at the rush window; you get whatever seat comes with the rush ticket.
How a daily lottery actually works
Most lotteries run on one of a handful of platforms: Broadway Direct, Lucky Seat, Telecharge’s rush site and TodayTix. A few shows run their own: Hamilton’s goes through the Hamilton app and Lucky Seat, and Lincoln Center Theater runs LCTLottery for A Few Good Men. The table names the platform for each show.
The cadence differs show by show:
- Entry windows vary. In our records, most lotteries close on the day before the performance. Two stay open into the day of the show (The Lion King, Maybe Happy Ending). Hamilton’s and Harry Potter’s Friday Forty run weekly, for a whole week of performances at once.
- Some shows draw more than once a day. Several draw at 10 AM and 3 PM the day before the performance.
- Winners have limited time to buy. In our records it ranges from 60 minutes at some shows (Aladdin, MJ, Six and The Lion King among them) to as much as six hours at others (Oh, Mary!). Miss it and the seats go to someone else.
- Pickup rules vary. Some shows require photo ID at the box office. Check the show’s rules before you go.
The detail that matters most is the time to buy. People win while they’re in a meeting and miss it. Turn on notifications for the platform’s emails or app, and treat a winning email as urgent.
The odds
None of our sources gives the odds for any lottery we track, so this guide doesn’t estimate them. What we can show is why repeated entries matter.
If your chance of winning on a given day were 2%, entering every day for two weeks (14 entries) would give you about a 25% chance of winning at least once. At 5% a day, it would be about 51%. That assumes each drawing is independent, and the real daily odds for a popular show may be lower than either figure.
The takeaway: a lottery is not a one-off bet. It is a habit. Set a reminder, enter every day you could go, and keep a backup plan.
When in-person rush makes sense
In-person rush is the better play if:
- You’re in the city and can get to the box office when it opens without losing your morning.
- You’re flexible on date and would go to whichever performance has rush available today.
- You like the ritual. Some people enjoy the morning queue.
It is the worse play if you’re visiting for a few days and can’t tie up a morning. The digital lottery, or a digital rush, is a better use of your time.
Not every show runs an in-person rush. The table shows which do.
Student and age-based programs
Some shows sell cheap seats only to students or to an age group, alongside or instead of a general rush:
- Student rush: Six and A Few Good Men both run one at the box office for students with valid student ID.
- The Outsiders’s “$30 Under 30”, sold at the box office.
- Membership programs: Lincoln Center Theater’s LincTix (ages 18–35) and Roundabout’s Hiptix (ages 18–40) sell discounted seats to members; see A Few Good Men and The Imaginary Invalid.
If you qualify, check these first. Prices and rules are on each show’s page.
Standing room only — the last-resort hit-show play
In our records on November 2, 2026, 6 of the 29 shows we cover sell standing room. The table above shows which.
The catch: at the shows we track, standing room is sold only when that performance is sold out. On a night that isn’t sold out there is none, and the box office will sell you a regular seat instead.
If you want to see a sold-out hit and rush and lottery didn’t come through, standing room is the legitimate last resort. Ask at the box office on the day.
Finding each show’s details
The table above links each show to its rush and lottery page, which has the entry window, draw times and rules for that production. On our shows index, the Lottery $XX badge on a card marks a show with a lottery.
Daily-entry discipline — the practical playbook
If you’re set on seeing a specific show through its lottery:
- Bookmark the lottery page and the show’s official ticketing page on your phone.
- Set a daily reminder inside the show’s entry window. It’s on the show’s rush and lottery page.
- Enter every day for the dates you could go. Skipping days is the easiest way to lose.
- Have a backup plan: a budget for a regular seat, or a rush, if the lottery doesn’t come through.
- Be ready to buy fast when you win. The time to buy can be short.
The lottery is not luck dressed up as strategy. It’s a real channel that real people win every day. The discipline is in the daily entry.
What about resale platforms?
Resale (StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats) is a separate channel where prices track demand, so compare dates. Our main how-to-buy guide covers the resale market in depth.
The short version: resale is the right answer when you need a guaranteed specific seat for a specific date. Lottery is the right answer when you’re flexible and price-sensitive. They serve different jobs.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a Broadway rush and a Broadway lottery?
A lottery is a drawing: you enter online (every Broadway lottery we track is digital) for a chance to buy tickets at a fixed low price, and winners are notified by email or in an app. A rush is first come, first served: you buy at the box office when it opens on the day of the performance, or in an app if the show runs a digital rush. Each show sets its own prices and rules; the table at the top of our rush and lottery guide lists every one we track.
What are the odds of winning a Broadway lottery?
None of our sources gives the odds for any lottery we track, so this guide doesn't estimate them. The arithmetic of repeated entries still holds: if your chance on a given day were 2%, entering every day for two weeks would give you about a 25% chance of winning at least once, and at 5% it would be about 51%. That assumes each drawing is independent.
How does a Broadway lottery entry window work?
Each show sets its own. In our records, most lotteries close on the day before the performance; two, The Lion King's and Maybe Happy Ending's, stay open into the day of the show, and Hamilton's and Harry Potter's Friday Forty run weekly. Winners are notified by email or in the app, and the time to buy ranges from an hour at some shows to as much as six hours at others, so act on the notification straight away. Each show's rush and lottery page on EvenAisle has its window.
Which Broadway shows currently have a digital lottery?
The table at the top of our rush and lottery guide lists every show EvenAisle covers that runs a lottery, rush or standing-room sale, with the price and the platform or box office for each. It is built from our show pages, so it changes when they do.
What is standing room only at a Broadway show?
Standing room is sold at the box office on the day of the performance, and at the shows we track only when that performance is sold out. You stand at the back of the theatre for the whole show. In our records on November 2, 2026, 6 of the 29 shows we cover sell it; the table at the top of our rush and lottery guide shows which, and at what price.
When does in-person rush make more sense than a digital lottery?
When you can be at the box office as it opens on the day of the show (10 AM at 14 of the 17 shows with a box-office rush open to everyone in our records on November 2, 2026, most of them noon on Sundays) and you'd rather queue than rely on a drawing. If you can't spare the morning, enter the lottery, or try a digital rush where the show offers one.