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The Outsiders rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for The Outsiders on Broadway — with prices and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
The Outsiders is a 145-minute musical at the 1,072-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, standing room, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$49 Telecharge Digital Lottery (rush.telecharge.com) lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Telecharge Digital Lottery (rush.telecharge.com)
- Price
- $49 per ticket
- Entry window
- One day before the performance, 12:00 AM until 3:00 PM.
- Draw / notification
- Winners drawn at 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
$49 digital lottery, limit 2 per winner. Telecharge also lists a separate Digital Cancellation programme at rush.telecharge.com — prime locations released through the rush programme, bookable until 30 minutes before the performance, limit 2 tickets; no price is published.
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
- When the box office opens on the day of the performance
- How to enter
- Go to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre box office, 242 West 45 Street, on the day of the performance when the box office opens. First-come, first-served.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$45 general in-person rush, limit 2 per person subject to availability. Open to everyone — no age or student ID required. Under-30 buyers can use the cheaper $30 Under 30 programme at the same window (separate buyingOption).
Get directions to the box office →$45 standing-room only
Day of the performance only, and only after that performance has sold out. Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre box office, 242 West 45 Street. Limit 2 per person subject to availability. Moments may be out of view due to the mezzanine overhang.
Standing room is sold only for sold-out performances. Plan a backup.
Same-day discounts at TKTS
Up to 50% off
The Outsiders 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: 50% off, $68–$121 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.
- Standing room as last resort when the show is sold out — only available the day of, at the box office.
- If all else fails, compare the resale market on the main The Outsiders page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.