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Schmigadoon! rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for Schmigadoon! on Broadway — with the realistic odds, prices, and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
Schmigadoon! is a 145-minute musical at the 1,232-seat Nederlander Theatre. It runs through January 3, 2027 — a limited engagement, so cheap-seat demand typically rises in the final weeks. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, an in-person rush, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$45 Broadway Direct lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Broadway Direct
- Price
- $45 per ticket
- Entry window
- Open 10 AM–2 PM the day before the performance
- Draw / notification
- Winners drawn as soon as entries close; 1 hour to pay
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
$45 lottery is $5 more than in-person rush but no line — enter daily on the Broadway Direct app or web.
Enter the Schmigadoon! lottery →$40 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $40 per ticket
- Opens
- Box office opens 10:00 AM Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 PM Sunday
- How to enter
- Show up at the Nederlander Theatre box office (208 W 41st St) when it opens at 10 AM the day of the performance. First-come, first-served; a line often forms before open.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$40 in-person rush at the Nederlander box office, same-day, first-come first-served, limit 2. Cheaper rush exists on Broadway (The Outsiders and Rocky Horror at $30), but $40 sits well below the median.
Get directions to the box office →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Typically 20–50% off face value
Schmigadoon! 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.
- Line up early for rush on a non-lottery day. Weekday performances are the friendliest.
- 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 Schmigadoon! page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.