Cheap seats, mapped
Aladdin rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for Aladdin on Broadway — with prices and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
Aladdin is a 150-minute musical at the 1,747-seat New Amsterdam Theatre. It has been running since 2014 — a long-runner with established cheap-seat patterns. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$35 Broadway Direct (Official Aladdin Digital Lottery) lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Broadway Direct (Official Aladdin Digital Lottery)
- Price
- $35 per ticket
- Entry window
- Daily, 9:00 AM the day before the performance through 3:00 PM the day before.
- Draw / notification
- Winners notified by email; 60 minutes to pay by credit card.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
Photo ID required at pickup. Seat location at box-office discretion.
Enter the Aladdin lottery →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Up to 50% off
Aladdin has appeared at the TKTS booth (Times Square and Lincoln Center, TDF's two locations) — discounts of up to 50% off same-day performances and next-day matinees, with TDF's $8 per-ticket service charge included in the price on the board (TDF notes some tickets may carry other charges). Appearance and discount level vary day to day.
On TDF's TKTS board on 5 of the 7 days we checked, Nov 2–8, 2026: 50% off, $75–$97 including TDF's $8 service charge.
See today's TKTS list →The realistic playbook
- Enter the lottery first. Lowest price, zero effort. Set a daily reminder; the entry windows are unforgiving.
- TKTS is the fallback. Same-day, in-person — check today's list for which booth has it and each booth's hours.
- If all else fails, compare the resale market on the main Aladdin page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.