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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 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 runs through November 29, 2026 — the closing date is set, 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.
$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
Up to 50% off
Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) 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, $58–$120 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 Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.