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Standing Room- how early?

Posted by: ThePinkSuperhero 11:42 am EDT 09/06/13
In reply to: B - Matilda : Shubert Theatre *** Update 5/6/13 - T.B._Admin. 09:34 pm EDT 08/24/12

How early are people lining up these days for standing room tickets? Thinking of going tomorrow (Sat 9/7) for tickets for the evening show.


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Posted by: bwaydiva1 11:47 am EDT 09/06/13
In reply to: Standing Room- how early? - ThePinkSuperhero 11:42 am EDT 09/06/13

It has been slow, PinkSuperhero (think 7-8 AM, and perhaps leaning towards 7 for a Sat.) And-they don't sell standing room until it's sold out (and according to a friend who went today, they didn't have it-they did have $47 seats, though).


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Posted by: ThePinkSuperhero 11:55 am EDT 09/06/13
In reply to: re: Standing Room- how early? - bwaydiva1 11:47 am EDT 09/06/13

Thanks. So I take it the box office opens at 9? The show website doesn't say.


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I did standing room last Saturday

Posted by: thtrgoer 12:37 pm EDT 09/06/13
In reply to: re: Standing Room- how early? - ThePinkSuperhero 11:55 am EDT 09/06/13

1st, keep in mind you'll be seeing either Craig Bierko's understudy, or 1 of Bierko's 1st perfs. So maybe not the best time to go.

Box office told me the web info is wrong about only selling the s.r. when a perf is sold out. They said they sell the standing when b.o. opens at 10 a.m., sold out perf or not. b.o. opens noon on sundays.

I got there 9.15 a.m. last Saturday and was about the 10th person on line (usually safe to assume that most people are getting 2 tix and 1 or more of them will be joined by 1 or more friends as the hour draws near.) The evening sold out its standing room to the 3rd person ahead of me. I got 1 of the last 2 standing slots on house left, for the mat. I guess what with tourists, people would rather go in the evening and have their aftnoon free.

Remember this was the final weekend for Bertie Carvill and Lauren Ward, which should have +'d demand. otoh, Labor Day wknd -'d demand. All in all, once school starts (whenever that is), I think demand will be even less.

The Fri eve lottery, I went and there were about 80 people. If about 13 people will win 2 tix each, those odds are only about 1 in 6 for 1 person, 1 in 3 for 2 people, which is very good. All in all, a partial view seat near the front would trump a s.r. slot imo. If you can see their mouths moving, it can help in understanding the lyrics. p.s. as ever you can sit on an armchair downstairs by bathrooms during the interval to rest up a tiny bit.

p.s. there is a website called the rush report which gives weekly info on this stuff. But, a talkative horse's mouth like me is even better!


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re: I did standing room last Saturday

Posted by: twocents 11:33 am EDT 09/08/13
In reply to: I did standing room last Saturday - thtrgoer 12:37 pm EDT 09/06/13

(usually safe to assume that most people are getting 2 tix and 1 or more of them will be joined by 1 or more friends as the hour draws near.)
You bet. These shenanigans will drive me up the wall! Really bad for my blood pressure.


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Sold Out Policy we were told today...

Posted by: BLB 10:28 am EDT 09/07/13
In reply to: I did standing room last Saturday - thtrgoer 12:37 pm EDT 09/06/13

Went today for standing room, and they came out an told us they only sell when it's sold out, and that there wouldn't be standing room for any performance this weekend.

:-(


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re: I did standing room last Saturday

Posted by: ThePinkSuperhero 01:26 pm EDT 09/06/13
In reply to: I did standing room last Saturday - thtrgoer 12:37 pm EDT 09/06/13

Really helpful, thank you. Very much hoping to hit the show on Saturday night (we have a babysitter in place; with a child, it's hard to be spontaneous!), so I have to decide whether to hit standing room in the early morning, or risk it with the lottery....decisions, decisions.


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re: I did standing room last Saturday

Posted by: thtrgoer 01:50 pm EDT 09/06/13
In reply to: re: I did standing room last Saturday - ThePinkSuperhero 01:26 pm EDT 09/06/13

Well, you will probably get s.r. if you're there by 9am or 845 am. But, you cant depend on winning the lottery, or even probably winning it. otoh, you could buy something else with a discount code for $80-ish if you didn't win the lottery at 6pm. If you got a babysitter you can't really count on the lottery as yr only option. Maybe another show has a lottery later than 2 hrs before. Or maybe another show might still have general rush at 615pm (as BEST MAN did w/j. e. jones).


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re: I did standing room last Saturday

Posted by: bwaydiva1 03:21 pm EDT 09/06/13
In reply to: re: I did standing room last Saturday - thtrgoer 01:50 pm EDT 09/06/13

I walked by today, and someone was exiting the theater and told me they did not have SRO today. They instead bought a $47 ticket.


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