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Aladdin rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for Aladdin on Broadway — with the realistic odds, 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 runs through August 9, 2026 — a limited engagement, so cheap-seat demand typically rises in the final weeks. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, and TKTS booth eligibility.
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$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 — typically orchestra or front mezzanine.
Enter the Aladdin lottery →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Typically 20–50% off face value
Aladdin has appeared at the TKTS booth (Times Square, Lincoln Center and the Lower Manhattan locations) — same-day discounts of roughly 20–50% off face value. Appearance and discount level vary day-to-day; shorter-running shows and weekday performances are the better bets.
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 — head to the Times Square booth around 3 PM for evening shows.
- If all else fails, compare the resale market on the main Aladdin page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.