Theater Tickets In New York News Updates

Billy Elliot leads the pack with 15 nominations!

Nominations in twenty-seven competitive categories were announced on May 5, 2009 and the winners will be announced on June 7, 2009 at Radio City Music Hall.

The musical sensation, Billy Elliot, about a boy defying the odds and achieving his dreams picked up fifteen nods including one for Best Musical. This successful West End transfer debuted on Broadway in October of 2008 with music by singer/songwriter extraordinaire Sir Elton John. An impressive fifteen nominations is currently the record held by The Producers. Get your tickets today for this fantastic production to see what all the hype is about. You won’t be disappointed!

Taking the second place spot for nominations this year is the new musical Next to Normal with eleven nominations and tying for third place are two more musicals; Hair and Shrek both received eight each and rounding out the musical category is West Side Story with four nominations including Beat Revival of a Musical.

In the play category is God of Carnage with six nods and Mary Stuart with seven nominations including Best Revival of a Play.

Now is the time to check out these hot productions worthy of winning the highest prize in the Broadway industry. Usually once a show is nominated for a Tony the ticket becomes an extremely hot item so don’t delay get your seats soon especially if it is on the following list. Wouldn’t you love to be able to say that you saw the production that won for Best Musical or Play?

And the nominees for the top categories are:

Best Play

33 Variations
Dividing the Estate
God of Carnage
Reasons to be Pretty

Best Musical

Billy Elliot
Next to Normal
Rock of Ages
Shrek the Musical

Best Revival of a Play

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone
Mary Stuart
The Norman Conquests
Waiting for Godot
Best Revival of a Musical
Guys and Dolls
Hair
Pal Joey
West Side Story

Check back here for a list of the winners following the June 7, 2009 telecast of the Tony Award Ceremonies.

The core of entertainment in New York City is its ‘Theater District’ – popularly known as Broadway. This is a place that is an amalgamation of cultural diversity and creative talent, unlike anywhere else. The breathtaking productions that are displayed every night have no equal anywhere else. Each year, there are more than 12 million visitors to the theaters in the Theater District. No wonder, theater tickets in New York are always at a premium, and have to be booked months in advance, to avoid disappointment.

With New York attracting visitors and tourists, as flies to mead, and every visitor wanting to enjoy at least one show on Broadway, the dearth of theater tickets in New York does not make procuring them easy. Many tourists give up after trying and failing to procure their tickets.

Theater tickets in New York for productions on Broadway – a term applied to theaters showing higher productions, which may involve actors from Hollywood – are very high priced and are mostly sold out in advance. Tickets for premium shows are sold out months in advance and are near impossible to purchase at the spur of the moment – as short-term visitors tend to.

Theater tickets in New York for premium Broadway productions are very high priced and are not easily available. However, you can get lucky and may be able to procure tickets known as Partial View tickets, and at very affordable prices. Partial view tickets have an obstructed view of the stage, and you may miss seeing a portion of the stage.

There are other ways of procuring theater tickets in New York . Maybe, the concierge at your hotel can help. Local New Yorkers have their own way of arranging such tickets, but they may come at a price. This may come as news to the visitors, but it may be possible to put your hands on theater tickets by simply visiting the theater and expecting some ‘no shows.’ Groups could have people dropping out at the last moment, and may have tickets, which you can pick up at face value.

Saturday nights are not good nights to expect to pick up extra tickets. Monday night may be a great night, or a matinee show on Wednesday may be a good time to expect to obtain Broadway tickets for premium shows and at affordable prices.

There are other ways of picking up theater tickets in New York for shows on Broadway, such as through re-sale forums, through eBay, and through ticket brokers. The first two are risky affairs, as you can be scammed with tickets that are not genuine. There are reliable and reputed brokers who can arrange tickets for ‘hot’ productions with premium seats. Of course, you have to pay premium prices for such tickets.

Theaters have many scalpers on the streets around them. You should stay away from such people, who are nothing but con men of the best kind. Your best bet is the reputed brokers or agencies.