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The Outsiders rush, lottery & cheap tickets
Every legitimate cheap-seat tactic for The Outsiders on Broadway — with the realistic odds, prices, and the small print. No paywalled "premium tier" nonsense; just the public-facing routes ranked.
The Outsiders is a 145-minute musical at the 1,080-seat Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre. It opened in 2024 and is in its open run. Multiple cheap-seat routes are in play: an official lottery, an in-person rush, standing room, and TKTS booth eligibility.
$49 Telecharge Digital Lottery (rush.telecharge.com) lottery
2 tickets per winner
- Platform
- Telecharge Digital Lottery (rush.telecharge.com)
- Price
- $49 per ticket
- Entry window
- One day before the performance, 12:00 AM until 3:00 PM.
- Draw / notification
- Winners drawn at 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per winner
$49 digital lottery, limit 2 per winner. Telecharge also lists a separate Digital Cancellation programme at rush.telecharge.com — prime locations released through the rush programme, bookable until 30 minutes before the performance, limit 2 tickets; no price is published.
Enter the The Outsiders lottery →$45 box-office rush
Up to 2 per buyer
- Format
- In-person at the box office
- Price
- $45 per ticket
- Opens
- When the box office opens on the day of the performance
- How to enter
- Go to the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre box office, 242 West 45 Street, on the day of the performance when the box office opens. First-come, first-served.
- Quantity limit
- Up to 2 per buyer
$45 general in-person rush, limit 2 per person subject to availability. Open to everyone — no age or student ID required. Under-30 buyers can use the cheaper $30 Under 30 programme at the same window (separate buyingOption).
Get directions to the box office →$45 standing-room only
Day of the performance only, and only after that performance has sold out. Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre box office, 242 West 45 Street. Limit 2 per person subject to availability. Moments may be out of view due to the mezzanine overhang.
Standing-room is the longest-odds tactic — sold only when the house is full at curtain. Plan a backup.
Same-day discounts at TKTS
Typically 20–50% off face value
The Outsiders 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.
- Standing room as last resort when the show is sold out — only available the day of, at the box office.
- If all else fails, compare the resale market on the main The Outsiders page — sometimes resale dips below face for less-popular performances.