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Wicked rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for Wicked on Broadway — with the realistic odds, prices, and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
Wicked is a 165-minute musical at the 1,933-seat Gershwin Theatre. It has been running since 2003 — a long-runner with established cheap-seat patterns. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, and TKTS booth eligibility.
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$55 Broadway Direct lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Broadway Direct / TodayTix
- Price
- $55 per ticket
- Entry window
- Daily, 12:01 AM ET the day before through 9:00 AM ET on performance day.
- Draw / notification
- Approximately 11:00 AM ET on performance day; winners notified by email.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
Winners get up to two seats at $55 each ($65 for Friday evening, Saturday matinee/evening, and Sunday matinee). Seat location varies — typically orchestra or front mezzanine.
Enter the Wicked lottery →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Typically 20–50% off face value
Wicked 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.
- 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 Wicked page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.