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The Lost Boys rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for The Lost Boys on Broadway — with the realistic odds, prices, and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
The Lost Boys is a 150-minute musical at the 1,648-seat Palace Theatre. It opened in 2026 and is in its open run. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, an in-person rush, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$45 Broadway Direct lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Broadway Direct
- Price
- $45 per ticket
- Entry window
- Opens 7 AM ET the day before, closes 2 PM ET the same day
- Draw / notification
- Winners notified within minutes; 60 minutes to pay
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
$45 lottery, one entry per person per day, up to 2 tickets per entry. Broadway Direct app or web.
Enter the The Lost Boys lottery →$45 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $45 per ticket
- Opens
- Box office opens 10 AM Tuesday-Saturday, 12 PM Sunday
- How to enter
- Show up at the Palace Theatre box office (1564 Broadway at 47th St) when it opens. First-come, first-served; seats may be partial view.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$45 in-person rush. Seats subject to availability and may be partial view — the trade-off for the discount.
Get directions to the box office →Same-day discounts at TKTS
Typically 20–50% off face value
The Lost Boys 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.
- Line up early for rush on a non-lottery day. Weekday performances are the friendliest.
- 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 The Lost Boys page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.