Cheap seats

High 5
Junior-high and high-school students are eligible for $5 tickets to dance, music and spoken-word events, and to Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater. Purchase online at high5tix.org, or call 212-445-8587; a teen with a school ID must be present to pick up tickets at the box office, but each eligible student can purchase an additional $5 ticket for an adult or a younger child. Check the website for event listings.

School Theater Ticket Program
Grade-schoolers, college students and school personnel, plus their families, can save 30 to 50 percent on tickets to many Broadway and Off Broadway shows, as well as to dance, opera and music concerts. Either pick up the coupons at your child’s school or the local library, or grab discount coupons online at schooltix.com to use when purchasing tickets at the box office.

TKTS
TKTS is a Theatre Development Fund (TDF) program through which many Broadway and Off Broadway shows offer same-day tickets at a discount. TKTS booths are located in Times Square (outside the Marriott Marquis on 46th St between Broadway and Eighth Ave) and at South Street Seaport (199 Water St; enter at the corner of Front and John Sts), where lines are shorter and all matinee tickets are sold on the day prior to the performance. Payment by cash or traveler’s check only. Call 212-221-0885, ext 461, or go to tdf.org.

TDF discount-ticket program
The Theatre Development Fund offers an online discount-ticket program for eligible individuals: Students (high school and college), teachers, union members and retirees can purchase Broadway tickets for as little as $28, as well as TDF vouchers for select Off and Off-Off Broadway theater and dance performances (four vouchers cost $28). Go to tdf.org.

Rush seats
Many Broadway and Off Broadway theaters make last-minute tickets available for as little as $10 on the day of the performance; call theater box offices and ask about their rush ticket policies.

Hit Show Club
Half-price Broadway tickets can be purchased at box offices by presenting Hit Show Club vouchers. For more information, visit hitshowclub.com.

Broadway Bucks
Coupons for discount tickets are also available through Broadway Bucks. For details, visit bestofbroadway.com.