Re #224, that is good information. I only knew about tdf . When D2 was there she said even on discount the Broadway shows were over $70. (or at least the ones she wanted to see were). And the “hot” shows mostly never showed up at all.
Other things were discounted, but she didn’t necessarily want to see those things.
But that was a number of years ago. The situation indeed seems to be a lot better now than she described previously, looking at those sites. Tix4students seems to have many choices, now at least, ranging from $34 to $50 mostly. A movie there is about $15 IIRC. (in most cases, + transportation costs, usually subway or shared taxi).
Also its possible to get more lucrative part time jobs than my D2 had. She had a great part-time job, but it was on-campus and did not pay enough to cause her to feel that she had sufficient discretionary funds there. No doubt some people get much higher paying part time jobs.