Shakespeare in the park ticket...how early to line up

[brdway411]

I did first preview and got there at 6 am (4th in line).  Had a blast both in line and at the show. Not sure about now that it got a rave review. My friend Sam made some of the costumes. 

[tsondie21]

It's almost over for the year, so this might not matter so much, but just to add more standby ticket data to the mix:

I got there at 5:30 on Wednesday night and did not get tickets. There were approximately 60 people ahead of me.

I got there at 2:45 on Thursday night and there were approximately 16 people ahead of me. One guy had 5 of his family members join him at around 5 which was aggravating, but technically fine under the Publics line waiting rules. I got two tickets but they were not together, it looked like they had about 6 tickets after me - but that was just the first batch. I've heard they try to pack people in there even after it starts. 

They used to have a policy of 1 ticket per person for standby, but this has changed to two. To the people reading this next year when it might actually be helpful, greetings from the past!

[MusicAndPassion]

Closing weekend is here! I just got two tickets for tonight. Got in line around 6:15 this morning. When I looked back after getting my tickets it looked like my place was about 2/3 from the front. (The staff had cut off a chunk of people who definitely got there too late.)

I tried the cancellation line on Wednesday, getting there at 6 pm and it was way too late. Counted 250 people in front of me. Cancellation line seems to be more successful earlier in the run.