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It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on Broadway — with prices and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play is a 90-minute play at the 1,186-seat Broadhurst Theatre, with no intermission. It opens November 18, 2026 — currently in previews. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, an in-person rush, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$49 Telecharge Rush (Rush.Telecharge.com) lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Telecharge Rush (Rush.Telecharge.com)
- Price
- $49 per ticket
- Entry window
- Opens 12 AM the day before the performance and closes 3 PM the day before (the show's own FAQ).
- Draw / notification
- 10 AM and 3 PM. The show's FAQ does not name the day; entries close at 3 PM the day before the performance. Winners are notified by email and have five hours to claim and buy online.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
$49 each, fees included, by credit card. Seats may be in any section of the theater, and pairs may be split up. Tickets are emailed.
Enter the It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play lottery →$49 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $49 per ticket
- Opens
- When the box office opens on the day of the performance: 10 AM Monday–Saturday, noon Sunday (the show's FAQ, box-office hours from November 4).
- How to enter
- Go to the Broadhurst Theatre box office (235 W 44th St) when it opens on the day of the performance.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$49 each, fees included; cash or credit card. Seat locations vary, subject to daily availability. A $49 Telecharge digital rush also opens at 11 AM the same day.
Get directions to the box office →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Up to 50% off
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play 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 4 of the 7 days we checked, Nov 2–8, 2026.
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.
- Line up early for rush.
- TKTS is the fallback. Same-day, in-person — check today's list for which booth has it and each booth's hours.