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The Outsiders rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for The Outsiders on Broadway — with the realistic odds, prices, and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
The Outsiders is a 155-minute musical at the 1,080-seat Bernard B. Jacobs 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.
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$49 Outsiders Official Digital Lottery lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Outsiders Official Digital Lottery
- Price
- $49 per ticket
- Entry window
- Daily, 12:00 AM the day before the performance through 3:00 PM the day before.
- Draw / notification
- 10:00 AM for matinees, 3:00 PM for evening performances.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
Seat location at box-office discretion. Pickup at the Jacobs with photo ID.
Enter the The Outsiders lottery →$45 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $45 per ticket
- Opens
- 10 AM weekdays, 12 PM Sundays
- How to enter
- Arrive at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre box office when it opens — 10 AM weekdays, 12 PM Sundays. First-come, first-served.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$45 general in-person rush. Open to everyone — no age or student ID required. Under-30 buyers can use the cheaper $30 Under 30 program at the same window (separate buyingOption).
Get directions to the box office →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Typically 20–50% off face value
The Outsiders 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 The Outsiders page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.