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Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) on Broadway — with the realistic odds, prices, and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is a 130-minute musical at the 1,077-seat Longacre Theatre. It opened in 2025 and is in its open run. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, an in-person rush, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$48 Telecharge Rush (Rush.Telecharge.com) lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Telecharge Rush (Rush.Telecharge.com)
- Price
- $48 per ticket
- Entry window
- Entries open 12 AM the day before the performance
- Draw / notification
- Drawn 10 AM and 3 PM the day before the performance
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
$48 lottery. Enter daily for the highest cumulative odds.
Enter the Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) lottery →$42 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $42 per ticket
- Opens
- Box office opens 10:00 AM Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 PM Sunday
- How to enter
- Show up at the Longacre Theatre box office (220 W 48th St) on the day of the performance. First-come, first-served, subject to availability.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$42 in-person rush at the Longacre box office from 10 AM on the day of each performance, limit 2 per person — well under the show's official floor of $59.
Get directions to the box office →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Typically 20–50% off face value
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) 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 Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.
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Where to sit
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) seating chart →
Section-by-section guide to the venue: orchestra vs mezzanine, partial views, best-value seats.