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Operation Mincemeat rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for Operation Mincemeat on Broadway — with prices and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
Operation Mincemeat is a 145-minute musical at the 802-seat John Golden Theatre. It opened in 2025 and is in its open run. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, an in-person rush, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$59 Rush.Telecharge.com lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Rush.Telecharge.com
- Price
- $59 per ticket
- Entry window
- Daily, 12:00 AM the day before each performance through 3:00 PM the day before.
- Draw / notification
- Drawings at 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM the day before each performance.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
Pickup at the Golden Theatre with photo ID.
Enter the Operation Mincemeat lottery →$49 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $49 per ticket
- Opens
- 10:00 AM (Monday–Saturday), 12:00 PM (Sunday)
- How to enter
- Show up at the Golden Theatre box office (252 W 45th St) when it opens. First-come, first-served.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$49 in-person rush — the cheapest seat at this show; the digital lottery is $59.
Get directions to the box office →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Up to 50% off
Operation Mincemeat 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: 30% off, $104–$170 including TDF's $8 service charge.
See today's TKTS list →The realistic playbook
- Enter the lottery — no queue and zero effort, though it is not the cheapest route on this page. 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.