# TodayTix Shows Scraper (`crawlerbros/todaytix-scraper`) Actor

Scrape live theater, comedy, musical, and entertainment show listings from TodayTix (todaytix.com) across NYC, Chicago, LA, SF Bay Area, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide - pricing, venues, reviews, and full show details. No login or API key required.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/crawlerbros/todaytix-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Crawler Bros](https://apify.com/crawlerbros) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, Developer tools, Travel
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TodayTix Shows Scraper

Scrape live theater, musical, comedy, and entertainment show listings from [TodayTix](https://www.todaytix.com) across New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, the SF Bay Area, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Get pricing, venues, reviews, and full show details. No login, cookies, or API key required.

### What this actor does

- **Two modes:** `browseCategory` (browse a city's show listings) and `showDetails` (fetch full detail for specific shows)
- **10 cities across 3 countries** — US, UK, Australia
- **9 categories** — Broadway/West End, musicals, plays, comedy, dance, family-friendly, deals, and more
- **Filters** — max starting price, minimum review score
- **Empty fields are omitted**

### Output per show

#### Browse mode

- `showId`, `showUrl`
- `name`, `category`, `city`, `venue`
- `description`, `startDate`, `endDate`
- `priceDisplay`, `currency`, `priceFrom`
- `maxDiscountPercentage`, `savingsMessage`, `salesMessage`
- `reviewScore`, `reviewsCount`, `avgRating`
- `posterImageUrl`, `heroImageUrl`
- `hasPromotion`
- `recordType: "show"`, `scrapedAt`

#### Show details mode

All of the above (where available) plus:

- `subcategories[]`
- `venueName`, `venueArea`, `venueType`, `area`
- `shortDescription`, `about`, `runTimeAndIntermission`, `ageDescription`
- `castAndCreatives` — writers, director, producer, and cast list
- `startingDate`, `availableFrom`, `bookingTo`, `previewsFrom`, `closingDate`
- `reviewScoreDescription`, `reviewAdjectives[]`
- `averageRating`
- `genres[]`

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | string | `browseCategory` | `browseCategory` / `showDetails` |
| `city` | select | `nyc` | City/market to browse (mode=browseCategory) |
| `category` | select | `all-shows` | Show category to browse (mode=browseCategory) |
| `showUrls` | array | – | Show URLs or `city/shows/id[-slug]` paths (mode=showDetails) |
| `maxPrice` | int | – | Drop shows above this starting price (mode=browseCategory) |
| `minReviewScore` | int | – | Drop shows below this review score, 0-100 (mode=browseCategory) |
| `maxItems` | int | `50` | Hard cap (1-500) |

#### Example: Broadway musicals under $150

```json
{
  "mode": "browseCategory",
  "city": "nyc",
  "category": "musical-shows",
  "maxPrice": 150,
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Example: highly rated London shows

```json
{
  "mode": "browseCategory",
  "city": "london",
  "category": "all-shows",
  "minReviewScore": 85
}
```

#### Example: fetch full details for specific shows

```json
{
  "mode": "showDetails",
  "showUrls": [
    "https://www.todaytix.com/nyc/shows/1-wicked",
    "nyc/shows/127-the-book-of-mormon"
  ]
}
```

### Use cases

- **Theater ticket aggregators** — bulk-import live show listings and pricing
- **Entertainment discovery apps** — surface what's playing in a given city
- **Price tracking** — monitor starting prices and discount promotions over time
- **Review/reputation research** — track audience review scores across shows
- **Travel & tourism content** — feature "what to see" recommendations by city

### FAQ

**What's TodayTix?** A live-entertainment ticketing platform for Broadway, West End, and other theater/comedy/dance shows across major US, UK, and Australian cities. See [todaytix.com](https://www.todaytix.com).

**Why did I choose TodayTix over AXS?** AXS (axs.com) is fully protected by Cloudflare Bot Management — every request, including from a real automated browser, is served a JavaScript challenge ("Just a moment...") that blocks scraping without paid residential proxies or CAPTCHA-solving services, which this project's zero-cost policy forbids. TodayTix serves the same category of data (live-entertainment ticketing) via plain server-rendered HTML with no bot wall.

**Are all categories available in every city?** No — smaller markets (e.g. Perth, Adelaide) have fewer categories populated. A category/city combination with no matching shows returns an explanatory status message and zero records; that's expected behavior, not a bug.

**What's the difference between `priceFrom` and `reviewScore`?** `priceFrom` is the lowest listed regular-ticket price in the show's local currency. `reviewScore` is TodayTix's aggregated audience score (0-100 scale, distinct from `avgRating`, a 5-star rating).

**Is a proxy required?** No. The actor works entirely with public, server-rendered pages — no proxy, cookies, or login needed.

**Why did I get fewer shows than my `maxItems`?** TodayTix's public category page (`mode=browseCategory`) always renders a single fixed-size batch of shows per city/category combination (no working pagination parameter is exposed on that page). If a city/category has more shows than that batch size, the run's status message reports the real total available and how many were returned, and points you at `mode=showDetails` with specific `showUrls` to pull additional shows individually.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

What to fetch.

## `city` (type: `string`):

TodayTix market/city to browse.

## `category` (type: `string`):

Show category to browse. Not every category is populated in every city.

## `showUrls` (type: `array`):

Full TodayTix show URLs or `city/shows/id[-slug]` paths, e.g. `https://www.todaytix.com/nyc/shows/1-wicked` or `nyc/shows/1-wicked`.

## `maxPrice` (type: `integer`):

Drop shows whose lowest listed ticket price is above this amount (mode=browseCategory only).

## `minReviewScore` (type: `integer`):

Drop shows with a TodayTix review score below this (0-100 scale, mode=browseCategory only).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap on emitted records.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "browseCategory",
  "city": "nyc",
  "category": "all-shows",
  "showUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `shows` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped TodayTix show listings.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "mode": "browseCategory",
    "city": "nyc",
    "category": "all-shows",
    "showUrls": [],
    "maxItems": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("crawlerbros/todaytix-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "mode": "browseCategory",
    "city": "nyc",
    "category": "all-shows",
    "showUrls": [],
    "maxItems": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("crawlerbros/todaytix-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "mode": "browseCategory",
  "city": "nyc",
  "category": "all-shows",
  "showUrls": [],
  "maxItems": 50
}' |
apify call crawlerbros/todaytix-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,crawlerbros/todaytix-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/jB9LvC57EnMkaEI8D/builds/UhOzhY9sXUy3ZEsnd/openapi.json