Music Venues
Lincoln Center
www.lincolncenter.org
70 Lincoln Center Plaza,
New York, NY 10023
(212) 721-6500
Madison Square Garden
msg.com/entertainment
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Radio City Music Hall
7th Ave & 32nd Street,
New York, NY 10001
(212) 465-MSG1
B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
www.bbkingblues.com
237 West 42nd Street,
New York, NY 10036
212-997-4144
Nokia Theatre Times Square
nokiatheatrenyc.com
1515 Broadway, 44th & Broadway,
New York, NY 10036
Bowery Ballroom
www.boweryballroom.com
6 Delancey Street between Bowery and Chrystie St.
New York, NY 10002
Knitting Factory
www.knittingfactory.com
74 Leonard St.,
New York, NY 10013
(212) 219-3006
Theater Tickets
Broadway on Broadway
Broadwayonbroadway.com
(Right smack in the middle of Times Square)
Kick off the theater season in September with performances from new shows and old favorites for free. Get there early, or you’ll have to compete with 50,000 others to see the stage.
TKTS/Theater Development Fund
Tdf.org
(Times Square & South Street Seaport)
You have to pay cash, but you can get same-day tickets for current shows at a deep discount. It's a best bet for when mom and dad come to visit.
Student Rush Tickets
Talkinbroadway.com/boards/rush.html
Speaking of Broadway shows, it's always good to make yourself familiar with theatre policies on student rush tickets. Many shows offer deeply discounted prices on same-day purchases, standing room only, or ticket cancellations. Visit their website for policies about student seats for cheap.
High 5 Tickets
Highfivetix.org
Here you'll find listings of events in the city that are offering a limited number of student tickets for $5 on weekends and $2.50 on weekdays. It’s a great way to get into Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Broadway shows, as well as getting exposure to some smaller and lesser-known production companies.
www.Broadway.com - For tickets to all broadway and off-broadway shows.
TV Shows
ABC
If morning talk shows are your thing, ABC is the studio.
Good Morning America tapes in the heart of Times Square. For tickets, call (212) 580-5176.
The View tapes at 320 West 66th Street (at West End Ave.) and you can request tickets online at abc.go.com/theview/tickets/tickets.html. There is currently a nine-month wait for tickets, but they also have a standby policy. Since the show is live at 11 a.m., make sure you get there early enough to be at the head of the line.
Live with Regis and Kelly also tapes at this studio, but ticket requests are on a 1-year delay. For standby, arrive at the studio (30 W. 67th St. at Columbus Ave.) by 7 a.m., Monday through Thursday
CBS
The Late Show with David Letterman (1697 Broadway between W. 53rd St. & W. 54th St.) is completely booked for the near future, but you can submit an online ticket request. The only way to get standby tickets is to call (212) 247-6497 at 11 a.m. on the day of the show.
NBC
49th St. & Rockefeller Plaza.
For free tickets to Late Night with Conan O’Brien or Last Call with Carson Daly, you can call NBC's ticket hotline at (212) 664-3056. These shows also offer standby tickets on the day of the performance, usually very early in the morning.
For Saturday Night Live, expect to get on line in the early evening the night before. For exact ticket information, visit www.nbc.com/nbc/footer/Tickets.shtml.
For more spontaneous, desperate attempts to see a show, you can always visit the Today Show. Notorious for its glass studio, maybe your face will make it on TV through the windows – or better yet, you can shake hands with Al Roker himself. The Today Show tapes from 7-10 a.m. Monday through Friday at NBC's Rockefeller Center studio. During the summer on Fridays, Today features performances from famous singers outside the studio.