"Brian Tannam" wrote:
We'll be visiting New York for the first time next week and
wondered if we should buy tickets for a musical online or at
the theatre.

Check out www.playbill.com which covers both broadway,
off-broadway and London. It provides synoppsis, threatre
information, and directs you ticket sources, some with special
"playbill" discount codes (usually for midweek or matinee shows).

For the best seats and avoid the risk of a sell out, buy ahead of
time. If you're willing to stand in line for discounted day-of-show
prices and not set on a seeing a particular shaow, there's a 'Tkts'
booth at Times Square. =R=