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                                                     Directory
                                                Practical Information
                                                ClubFone
                                                Tel (212) 777-2582.
                                                ∑ clubfone.com
                                                Movie Tickets Online
                                                ∑ fandango.com
                                                ∑ moviefone.com
                                                ∑ movietickets.com
                                                NYC & Company
                                                Macy’s, 151 W 34th St. Map 8 E2.
                                                Tel (212) 484-1222.
                                                ∑ nycgo.com
                                                Booking Tickets
                                                Telecharge
                                                Tel (212) 239-6200, 800-432-7250.
       The Booth Theater on Broadway (see p339)  ∑ telecharge.com
                                                Ticketmaster
       commission fee) by telephone.   section in the Village Voice lists   Tel (212) 307-4100, 800-755-4000.
       Discount tickets for shows    poetry readings, recitals, and   ∑ ticketmaster.com
       are also available at Broadway.  experi mental films. The Shake-
       com and New York Show   speare Festival at the Delacorte   Discount Tickets
       Tickets. StubHub! and   Theater in Central Park offers
       TicketsNow are the largest   free tickets – two per person –   Broadway.com
       ticket resale sites. Tickets for   on a first-come, first-served   226 W 47th St. Map 12 E5.
       sports, music, and shows are   basis (be prepared to queue).  Tel (212) 398-8383, ext. 214.
       e-mailed or couriered to you,            ∑ broadway.com
       and they come with a money-              New York Show Tickets
       back guarantee.
                                                Tel (646) 755-3452.
                                                ∑ nytix.com
       “Scalpers” and Touts                     StubHub!
       If you buy from a “scalper”              Tel (866) STUB-HUB.
       (a ticket tout), you risk getting        ∑ stubhub.com
       tickets for the wrong day,               TicketsNow
       counter feit tickets, or paying          Tel 800-927-2770.
       outrageous prices. The police            ∑ ticketsnow.com
       often monitor sports and
       theater venues for scalpers and          TKTS
       their customers. If faced with           Tel (212) 912-9770. Front & John
       no other options, insist on              sts. Map 2 D2. Duffy Square,
       the seller escorting you to the          Times Square. 47th St &
       entry gates to ensure that               Broadway. Map 12 E5.
       the tickets are genuine.  Neon lights showcasing theater   ∑ tdf.org/TKTS
                           productions in the heart of Broadway
                                                Free Tickets
       Free Tickets
                           Disabled Access      Delacorte Theater
       Free tickets to concerts, TV             Entrance via 81st St at Central
       shows, and special events are   Broadway theaters keep a few   Park W. Map 16 E4.
       sometimes offered at NYC &   spaces and cut-price tickets    Tel (212) 539-8500.
       Company (New York Conven-  for disabled spectators. Call   ∑ publictheater.org
       tion & Visitors Bureau), which    Ticketmaster or Telecharge    Summer time only.
       is open 9am–7pm Monday    well in advance for inform ation
       to Friday and 10am–5pm    and to reserve your tickets.    Disabled Tickets
       on weekends. Free or deeply   For Off-Broadway theaters, call
       discounted tickets to film or   their box offices. Some theaters   Tap (Theatre
       theater premieres are often   offer special equipment for   Accessibility Program)
       advertised in The New York   hearing-impaired patrons. Tap   Tel (212) 221-1103 (Voice).
       Times, Daily News, or Time Out   can arrange sign language for   ∑ tdf.org
       New York. The “Cheap Thrills”   Broadway theaters.




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