| The New Amsterdam Cancellation line |
| Posted by: CamMacFan 02:23 pm EST 12/30/22 |
| In reply to: House seats? - aleck 10:34 am EST 12/30/22 |
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I actually used to work at the New Amsterdam in the early days of The Lion King and was in charge of their cancellation line for a while.(so I can only speak for that theatre..)
A Lot of what goes to the lines are House Seats that aren't used for whatever reason. Not all House Seats are released at the 48 hour point. It could be 24. It could be 2. It just depends on the specific person's contract.
In addition to these seats, in order to deter scalpers from hanging around outside the theatre, the Box Office would often take tickets back from people and "try" to sell them to the cancellation line. These were usually people who had members of their party that had gotten ill or were not able to make it for some reason. Sometimes it was brokers who were not able to get rid of their overpriced seats. This is often why you were asked to have cash available for these tickets. The Box Office would basically be acting as the middle man. The person leaving the tickets would then come back right before showtime or the next day to collect their money.
In all the years I was there, I would say we averaged 15-20 people getting into the show a night. |
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