<p>We spent two weeks in NYC last year over the Christmas break and saw many shows for less than full price. There are matinees every weekday for most shows over the break. The week before Christmas, there were many shows available at TKTS - and fewer people going to shows (and even less last year with the transit strike) The week between Christmas and New Year's was much more crowded and cheap tickets were harder to get. If you have some flexibility and don't mind waiting in lines there are student rush, standing room and lottery tickets available for many shows. If you have a certain show you need to see on a certain day then you should get your tickets ahead of time. As someone else mentioned, broadwaybox.com is a good website for discount codes as well as playbill.com.</p>