Recession Buster: Free and Discounted LA Shows and Events

I fully support buying full-priced theatre tickets to support the arts if you can. But in the current economy, ticket prices may make some people think twice about a night out to see a show. No money is no excuse for not seeing a show or attending an event or tour while you're in Los Angeles. You can often see a play for less than it costs to see a movie with discounted tickets from Goldstar.com (free registration required), Stubdog.com, LAStageTix.com, or Plays411.com. Most of these have branched out to provide half price tickets to concerts, tours, museums and even spa treatments.

This week, Stubdog.com has FREE tickets to variety of comedy and theatre performances as well as half price tickets for Cirque du Soleil's Kooza, comedy shows at M.I.'s Westside Comedy Theater, the Hollywood Improv, ComedySportz LA and Quick Culture art tours, as well as this weekend's Speakeasy at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel and more.

Goldstar.com, also has half-price tickets to Kooza, plus Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, at the Pantages Theatre, Songs for a New World in Long Beach, Wait Until Dark in Hermosa Beach and many others. They also have discounted tickets to Medieval Times, Pirate's Dinner Adventure, the Laserium, the Aquarium of the Pacific, Dodgers and LA Galaxy games, museums, tours and dozens more opportunities.

LAStageTix.com has half-price tickets to Big River at the Actor's Playhouse in Hollywood, Baby It's You - the Musical in Pasadena, A Big, Gay, North Hollywood Wedding in North Hollywood, The Gogol Project at the Bootleg Theatre and more.

For additional discount theatre tickets, check out Plays411.com

If you call (909) 429-7469 x0 before 2 pm Saturday, Nov 7, you can get $10 off Tibbies Cabaret's Forever Fifties dinner show on the Queen Mary for the performances on Sunday Nov 8 and Friday, Nov 13, 2009.