Oh, I missed the previous comment that the OP was looking for tickets for a weekend performance.
I think the OP can pretty much forget about getting anything at a price cheaper than what has already been found. Weekend performances for Wicked pretty much sell out well in advance. By the way, if OP had been able to get tickets through Ticketmaster, they would have been at least $20 cheaper.
(PS: In the interest of full disclosure, like htty, I was underwhelmed by Wicked!)

HowardR, I appreciate your input and also your opinion of Wicked. The reviews are overwhelming positive so its good to hear another side.

What do you recommend for a musical commonly available at TKTS these days? Just curious what your experience is of a top notch show?

How to Succeed in Business, Sister Act, Memphis, and Spiderman are all available at the TKTS booth. I will tell you that Spiderman is the worst musical I've ever seen in my long life of watching musicals...just my opinion. Memphis has a great story line...lots of the original cast still there. Sister Act is funny and entertaining...all but one person from original cast is still performint. How to Succeed in Business has a great story line too, is funny, entertaining. On my recent trip, How to Succeed was my favorite (next to Wicked, of course).

I usually agree with HowardR on everything, but Wicked is the one thing we've disagreed on.

I love it. I love musicals and it's my favorite musical ever. I've seen it many times (you don't want to know how many)

Yes, if you were going to buy the tickets you need to buy them directly from Ticketmaster. Broadway Box is great for discount codes, and you are linked to the official ticket seller to actually purchase the tickets. I agree that splitting up the group is a good way to get better seats for particular shows.

I highly recommend buying the CD ahead of time and listen to it first. I absolutely love the music. I don't agree that reading the book is important. The book is a hard read and IMO the musical is "inspired" by the book but doesn't follow the book.

I prefer buying discounted tix via Broadway Box ahead of time vs spending vacation time waiting in line at the TKTS booth. I didn't mind the line when there was a booth at the World Trade Center because the wait was inside - a/c or heat. The discounts at Broadway Box are often as low as the discounts at the TKTS booth. I agree that How to Succeed, Sister Act and Memphis are great choices. I'm seeing Memphis on the national tour next week.

Have a great trip!

If you're talking about a weekend performance, I honestly can't strongly recommend any show that have a good chance of being available at TKTS. And, I emphasize the word "strongly." On second thought, there is one: Chicago.
Instead, I'd recommend looking for a discount offer for Anything Goes.
My second Wicked PS: I readily admit that we Wicked detractors are definitely in the minority.

I didn't like Wicked, either, I just thought it was silly and didn't have any great music. Few musicals do, however, but that show only has one good song IMO. A bunch of adolescent behavior and jokes, that's why it appeals to young teen girls, I guess. It's okay to view if you don't pay a lot of money. There aren't a lot of great musicals on Broadway nowadays.

I disagree with the whole concept of buying a soundtrack ahead of time and listening to it before the show. First, I don't think that soundtrack is any good so I wouldn't want to own it. But the whole concept of (most) musicals is that the music is never that great and doesn't mean much without the show. It is supposed to be related to the show and the songs are supposed to enhance the action and plot and be related to it, listening to it in a vacuum in advance doesn't make any sense to me at all. I can understand buying it afterward if you really like it and replaying it aftger you have seen the show and the songs make sense in some context and you can remember what was going on.

Now Chicago is a good musical, with good choreography, I'd much rather go to that if it's available. That is a good show. There have been good musicals (I consider Rent, Les Miz and others in that category, as well as old timers such as South Pacific), but a lot of shows now don't have very good musical scores. That includes Billy Eliot which I don't think is very good, either. The score of that isn't going down in history (unlike South Pacific, Oklahoma, Carousel, etc.).

I might consider Memphis.

Christina,

I love your out-spoken opinions about Wicked and musicals in general. Now, sit back and wait for the attacks from those who are so insecure about their preferences that they are outraged by those who don't share them.

HTTY

PS If I have to read a book and listen to a soundtrack before going to a musical, I'm not going to it either.

Just one person's opinion

Question; Our trip to NY is to celebrate my sister's 60th birthday. She said she would love to see a show with political satire. I don't know the specifics but if anyone has something to suggest the might fit her request, I would love to hear. Thanks!

The only show that comes to mind is "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," which will be playing on 2/18. This one-man show is about as far as you can get from "Wicked."

http://www.publictheater.org/compone...id,141/id,1043

Here is the New York Times review:

http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/10/1...bs-review.html

HTTY

That's great happytrailstoyou. I am passing this on to my sister. Yes, certainly different than Wicked! She does want to see a musical and something political however.