The curtain has risen on Philadelphia’s newest tourist attraction. To the delight of theatergoers, TKTS Ticket Booth Service comes to the Independence Visitor Center on Market Street, ready to provide audiences with a variety of discounts for Philadelphia’s performing arts scene.
The TKTS booth will open Thursday in partnership with Visit Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation. The ticket service offers 30-50% discount on tickets for shows on the same day or up to 72 hours in advance.
And while Market Street may not be Times Square, all tickets for Philadelphia’s performing arts scene are sold in person, just like New York City’s famed TKTS Booth location.
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Here is the current list of performing arts companies in the Greater Philadelphia region participating in TKTS:
- 1812 Productions
- Arden Theater Company
- BalletX
- Cabaret for bearded ladies
- EgoPo Classical Theatre
- Ensemble Arts Philly
- FringeArts
- Hedgerow Theater Company
- Theater company Inis Nua
- interACT Theater Productions
- Lantern Theater Company
- The Media Theater
- Penn Live Art
- Philadelphia Ballet
- Philadelphia Theater Company
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Quintessence Theater Group
- Theater Ariel
- Theater exile
- Theater horizon
- The Wilma Theater
The performing arts companies and theaters are located in Philadelphia and surrounding counties, such as Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery.
“The TKTS program will be a tremendous boost for Philadelphia’s theater and live performance industries as they recover from the pandemic,” said Patricia Wilson Aden, president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. “The arts and culture sector has a combined impact of $3.3 billion in Southeastern Pennsylvania. This new TKTS booth will amplify that impact by supporting our performing arts community and generating additional revenue for Philadelphia’s restaurants, shops and hotels.”
TKTS Booth Service is open daily from 10am to 6pm at the Independence Visitor Center on Market Street. Interested in purchasing one or two tickets? Call TKTS Philadelphia at 267-514-4758 to see what tickets are on sale that day.
In addition to the new stand in Philadelphia, TKTS has stand services in Times Square and Lincoln Center in New York City, London and Tokyo.
