Cheap seats, mapped
Other Desert Cities rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for Other Desert Cities on Broadway — with prices and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
Other Desert Cities is a 150-minute play at the 970-seat Hudson Theatre. It runs through January 17, 2027 — the closing date is set, so cheap-seat demand typically rises in the final weeks. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, and a rush.
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$49 Lucky Seat lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Lucky Seat
- Price
- $49 per ticket
- Entry window
- Opens daily at 12 PM ET. Weekday performances: entries close 10:30 AM ET the day before. Weekend performances: entries close 10:30 AM ET the Friday before.
- Draw / notification
- Winners selected from 11 AM ET and throughout the day as needed; winners have a limited window to purchase
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
$49 all-in (Lucky Seat: $40 + $6 ticket fee + $3 facility fee). A Lucky Seat account is required. Seats may be partial view.
Enter the Other Desert Cities lottery →Rush
$49 · Other Desert Cities Digital Rush (TodayTix)
$49 rush tickets in the TodayTix app the morning of each performance, from 9 AM ET. Up to two tickets, first-come first-served; seats may be partial view.
Other Desert Cities Digital Rush (TodayTix) →Check today's TKTS board
Not on TDF's TKTS board in any of our daily checks since they began on Oct 31, 2026. The board changes daily, and TDF lists what is on it at both of its booths, Times Square and Lincoln Center.
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.
- Try the rush on the day of the performance — details for each programme are in the rush card above.