Cheap seats, mapped
The Great Gatsby rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for The Great Gatsby on Broadway — with prices and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
The Great Gatsby is a 150-minute musical at the 1,763-seat Broadway Theatre. 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.
$45 Rush.Telecharge.com lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Rush.Telecharge.com
- Price
- $45 per ticket
- Entry window
- Opens 12:00 AM the day before each performance; closes 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
Photo ID required at pickup.
Enter the The Great Gatsby lottery →$40 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $40 per ticket
- Opens
- 10:00 AM (Tuesday–Saturday), 12:00 PM (Sunday)
- How to enter
- Show up at the Broadway Theatre box office (1681 Broadway) when it opens — first-come, first-served, subject to availability.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
Same-day rush availability varies; not a daily guarantee.
Get directions to the box office →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Up to 50% off
The Great Gatsby 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: 40–50% off, $61–$130 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.
- If all else fails, compare the resale market on the main The Great Gatsby page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.