A More Perfect Union - Quote of the Week

"If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet."

-Andrew Johnson

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Culture on the Cheap

TICKETplace
407 Seventh Street, NW
(between D and E Streets)
Washington, DC
202.TIC.KETS (202.842.5387)

Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed Sunday (Tickets for Sunday performances are sold on Saturday)
Online sales are available Tuesday through Friday from 12:00 noon - 4:00 pm only.

Metro:
TICKETplace is located midway between the Archives (Yellow/Green Lines) and Gallery Place (Red/Yellow/Green Lines--7th & F Street exit) Metro stations.

Theatergoers attending the Conference who have extra time in Washington may want to check out TICKETplace, the half-price ticket seller sponsored by the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington. (Because there is an additional 12% service charge, the actual price of a discounted ticket is 62% of its face value.) TICKETplace offers discounted, day-of-performance tickets to several plays and musicals (and sometimes to concert, opera and dance performances).

The TICKETplace website posts daily the shows for which discounted tickets are available, and in some cases theaters allow you to purchase discounted tickets online without having to actually go to TICKETplace. For example, in checking what is available for tonight (Thursday), I note that at least three well-reviewed plays at theaters accessible by Metro are available: Well at Arena Stage, My Children! My Africa! at Studio Theatre, and A Lesson Before Dying at Round House Theatre. Availability varies each day.

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