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| re: Rush Violators on Broadway | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 08:39 am EST 12/26/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 08:35 am EST 12/26/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Rush Violators on Broadway - WaymanWong 05:10 pm EST 12/25/21 | |
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| Most of the time the box office/theatre management prefers not to get involved with the rush lines. Generally, it is up to the people in line to maintain discipline, establish rules and protocol, and also deal with professional grifters and line cutters. I started coming to New York in '93 with my partner, but didn't discover rush, standing room, and cancelation lines until '97, when The Lion King opened. Back then every time I did rush, there were always several ATC-ers in line with me. It was much easier to manage things when you're part of a united group. I became close friends with several of them. They taught me the tricks of the trade. When I was planning a trip, I would e-mail them my list of shows, and they would advise me what time to get in line for each of them. Eventually I learned how to do this on my own. Like you, I love doing rush because I meet a lot of friendly people, and the time just flies by. I'm not sure why this has happened but today almost none of the people in rush lines are ATC-ers except me. The last time I encountered an ATC-er in a rush line was for the off-Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along in Feb., 2019. The earliest I ever got in line was 2:00 AM for Bette Midler in Dolly and for Ben Platt in Evan Hansen -- I was the first person there both times. I got in line at 3:00 AM for Mean Girls but was the 2nd one there. I can only think of a handful of times when the Broadway theatre management got involved in maintaining discipline and warding off violators for rush/standing room lines. Specifically, for La Boheme ('02 at the Broadway); Next to Normal ('09 at the Booth); How to Succeed (with Radcliffe -- '11 at the Hirschfeld), (with Criss -- '12 same theater); Newsies ('12 at the Nederlander); Rocky ('14 at the Winter Garden); Hedwig ('14 at the Belasco); Evan Hansen ('16 at the Music Box); and possibly a few others that I can no longer recall. I should mention that every time I did rush at off-Broadway theaters like the York, the Public, CSC, and the Vineyard, the lining up has been indoors, very organized, and completely under the control of the excellent customer service of these theaters. I agree with you about digital lotteries and digital rush. While it was fairly easily to get digital rush or win lotteries in October and November of 2021, pre-pandemic it was almost impossible to get digital rush tickets for very popular shows like Soft Power, American Utopia, and others. Physical rush lines are a guaranteed thing if you know how to do it. |
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