Waiting For Lefty Tickets

Buy Waiting For Lefty Tickets

See the ground-breaking play live with Waiting for Lefty tickets. Waiting for Lefty was written by Clifford Odets in 1935, and was the first play by the legendary playwright to be performed. It follows a small group of taxi-cab drivers who are organizing a strike and tells its story through a handful of brief scenes which incorporate the audience as fellow dissidents. Waiting for Lefty premiered at the Civic Repertory Theatre in 1935 before moving to Broadway later that year. The play went on to become popular with theatre troupes and labor organizations across the world, in part due to its direct engagement with the political issues of its time. It has been widely celebrated by critics for its unique use of the audience as one of its characters.

Odets began writing Waiting for Lefty in response to the New York City Taxi Strike of 1934. Much of the play’s dialogue is taken verbatim from transcripts of the union meetings leading up to the strike. The union’s leader was drugged and beaten for his efforts, and Odets mirrors this in the play’s end where protagonist Lefty is killed. Get your Waiting for Lefty tickets today to see this daring play on stage.

Waiting for Lefty was such an explicit commentary on the Great Depression that Odets himself was forced to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee in the 1950s. Though initial productions of the play met with controversy in the form of government censorship, the work has stood the test of time as one of the great pieces of American political theatre.

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• Premium Orchestra Seats: $325-450 per ticket
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Waiting For Lefty 2025 Show Schedule

Check the Waiting For Lefty schedule above to find a date and venue near you. For resident productions, shows are typically scheduled Tuesday through Sunday with matinées on Saturday and Sunday. Don’t miss your chance to see Waiting For Lefty live in 2025.

When Do Waiting For Lefty Tickets Go on Sale?

Waiting For Lefty tickets typically go on sale 24-48 hours after new dates are announced.

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