Visit Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation have partnered with the not-for-profit Theatre Development Fund (TDF) to bring the famed ticket booth service TKTS to Philadelphia.
The TKTS Philadelphia booth will open November 21 at the Independence Visitor Center on Market Street and will offer 30-50% off tickets for live performances within 72 hours to 20 participating performing arts companies in Greater Philadelphia. Like the New York TKTS booths, all tickets will be sold in person for Philadelphia’s dance, music, and other live performing arts.
The arts and theatre organizations currently participating in TKTS Philadelphia follow:
- 1812 Productions
- Arden Theatre Company
- BalletX
- Bearded Ladies Cabaret
- EgoPo Classic Theater
- Ensemble Arts Philly
- FringeArts
- Hedgerow Theatre Company
- Inis Nua Theatre Company
- interACT Theatre Productions
- Lantern Theater Company
- The Media Theatre
- Penn Live Arts
- Philadelphia Ballet
- Philadelphia Theatre Company
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Quintessence Theatre Group
- Theatre Ariel
- Theatre Exile
- Theatre Horizon
- The Wilma Theater
“Having served nearly 70 million audience members over 51 years, TKTS is one of New York City’s most enduring and impactful accessibility programs for the performing arts, and a tremendous source of pride for all of us at TDF,” said TDF Executive Director Deeksha Gaur in a statement. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with Visit Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation to bring this transformative service to their vibrant performing arts community. Making the arts accessible
for all is TDF’s chief mission, and the opening of TKTS Philadelphia
marks a meaningful new step in our continued work toward that goal.”
“The TKTS program will be a tremendous boost to Philadelphia’s theatre and live performance venues as they continue their rebound from the pandemic,” added Patricia Wilson Aden, president and CEO for the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. “The arts and culture sector has a combined $3.3 billion impact in Southeastern Pennsylvania. This new TKTS booth will grow that impact by supporting our performing arts community and generating additional revenue for Philadelphia’s restaurants, retail, and hotels.”
TKTS is famous for its Times Square location in Duffy Square. That success has led to expansions, including a second New York City location at Lincoln Center as well as outposts in Tokyo, London, and, now, Philadelphia.
In its 51 years, TKTS has sold 69,472,209 tickets to Broadway and NYC's performing arts. TKTS’ service fees are used to support TDF's mission to remove the financial, physical, and invisible barriers to attending the theatre.
Visit PHLVisitorCenter.com/TKTS.
