Maybe Happy Ending is a 110-minute musical at the 1,018-seat Belasco Theatre, with no intermission. It opened in 2024 and is in its open run. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, an in-person rush, and TKTS booth eligibility.

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Digital lottery

$20 Rush.Telecharge.com (Club 2064) lottery

2 tickets per winner

Platform
Rush.Telecharge.com (Club 2064)
Price
$20 per ticket
Entry window
Daily, opens 24 hours before each performance; closes ahead of the show.
Draw / notification
Winners notified by email; short window to accept and pay.
Quantity limit
Up to 2 per winner

$20.64 per ticket (the year the show is set in). Winning seats are prime mezzanine or orchestra locations — the production has been generous with placement.

Enter the Maybe Happy Ending lottery →
In-person rush

$49 box-office rush

Up to 2 per buyer

Format
In-person at the box office
Price
$49 per ticket
Opens
10:00 AM (Tuesday–Saturday), 12:00 PM (Sunday)
How to enter
Show up at the Belasco box office when it opens. First-come, first-served. Cash or card.
Quantity limit
Up to 2 per buyer

Limited number of $49 rush tickets daily. With the Tony momentum, expect lines.

Get directions to the box office →
TKTS booth

Same-day discounts at TKTS

Typically 20–50% off face value

Maybe Happy Ending 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 →

How TKTS actually works →

The realistic playbook

  1. Enter the lottery first. Lowest price, zero effort. Set a daily reminder; the entry windows are unforgiving.
  2. Line up early for rush on a non-lottery day. Weekday performances are the friendliest.
  3. TKTS is the fallback. Same-day, in-person — head to the Times Square booth around 3 PM for evening shows.
  4. If all else fails, compare the resale market on the main Maybe Happy Ending page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.

Next steps

Information last reviewed . Policies change frequently — confirm at the source before lining up or entering.

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