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Theatre Development Fund (TDF)’s Downtown Brooklyn TKTS Discount Ticket Booth at 1 MetroTech Center turns two years old this Saturday, July 10. TKTS Downtown Brooklyn offers same-day evening and next-day matinee discount tickets to dozens of Broadway, Off Broadway, music, dance and Brooklyn performing arts events at discounted prices to Brooklyn residents and visitors. In celebration of TKTS Downtown Brooklyn’s second birthday, specially designed red TKTS Downtown Brooklyn tote bags, courtesy of MetroTech  BID, will be distributed to TKTS Brooklyn ticket buyers on Friday, July 9 and Saturday, July 10.

“Our second year in Downtown Brooklyn has been very encouraging.  Ticket sales have increased 50% over our first year as awareness of the booth is clearly encouraging veteran and first-time theatregoers who live and work in Brooklyn to enjoy more theatre at affordable prices," said TDF’s executive director, Victoria Bailey. "We thank Brooklyn's elected officials and local businesses for their continued support, with a special thank you to Mike Weiss and his staff at The MetroTech BID for their hard work in support of TKTS Downtown Brooklyn."

In the spirit of “top 10 lists,” below are the TOP 10 REASONS CLEVER THEATREGOERS USE TKTS DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN:

(10) There is rarely a line at TKTS Downtown Brooklyn;
(9) TKTS Downtown Brooklyn opens at 11am – 4 hours before TKTS Times Square, so you can pick up your tickets early and do more important things, like shop;
(8) Marty Markowitz likes it;
(7) Matinee tickets are sold the day before the performance (i.e., Saturday matinees are sold on Fridays, etc.);
(6) Now that TKTS accepts credit cards, you can charge your theatre tickets;
(5) TKTS Downtown Brooklyn is directly outside the Jay Street/Borough Hall subway station off the A, C and F trains – only 20 minutes to Times Square;
(4) With discounts of up to 50% off dozens of shows, you’ll save so much money that you can take a cab home after the show;
(3) You can come during your lunch break from Brooklyn jury duty instead of answering e-mails on your PDA;
(2) TKTS Downtown Brooklyn is covered, so you’ll be protected in the rain; and
(1) You get some of the best theatre ticket prices in town!

TKTS DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN HOURS & LOCATION INFO: TKTS Downtown Brooklyn is located on the ground floor of 1 MetroTech Center at the corner of Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue Promenade. Hours of operation are: Tuesday - Saturday from 11am to 6pm. TKTS sells tickets to same-day evening performances and next-day matinee performances (that is, matinee performances are sold the day before the performance) at discounts of up to 50% off full price.  TKTS Downtown Brooklyn accepts credit cards, cash and travelers checks.  It is located right outside of the Jay Street-Borough Hall station of the A, C and F trains and near the Court Street – Borough Hall station of the M, R, 2, 3, 4, 5 trains and the Lawrence Street station of the M, and R trains.

TKTS is a project of Theatre Development Fund (TDF), a not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts. TDF has two other TKTS Discount Booths: the new Times Square TKTS Booth "under the red glass steps" in the Duffy Square; and the Lower Manhattan TKTS Booth at South Street Seaport at the corner of Front and John Streets.  Since TKTS first opened for business over 37 years ago on June 25, 1973, over 53.7 million tickets have been sold at discount prices to millions of New Yorkers and visitors who may not have been able to attend live performances without TKTS.  Those admissions represent nearly $1.5 billion in revenue returned to thousands of productions.

THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND (TDF) has played a unique role in strengthening live theatre and dance in New York City for the past 42 years. This not-for-profit service organization’s programs have filled over 78 million seats at discount prices (with theatre lovers who would normally not be able to attend live performance) and returned nearly 2 billion dollars in revenue to thousands of theatre, dance and music productions. Best known for its TKTS Discount Booths, TDF’s membership, voucher, access and education programs as well as its Costume Collection, help to make the unique experience of theatre available to everyone. This year, TDF published its first book, "Outrageous Fortune: The Life and Times of the New American Play." For more information, go to:  www.tdf.org.

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