Hedwig Discounts?

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 11:17am

So I wanna get tickets to Hedwig, but I don't wanna pay full price. Anyone know of any discounts yet? If not, what do you think is my best bet. I'm not close enough to the city to go in with the possibility of getting rush tickets - I need to know I have them.

[oasisjeff]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 11:48am

Hedwig hasn't announced a lottery or rush policy yet, or whether SRO would be available (the current production in that theater does have standing room, so that's a safe bet).

So, it sounds like your option is waiting for them to release a discount code, if your only options are a guaranteed seat or a discount.

[mzk2004]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 11:55am

Don't hold your breath on discounts. It is selling extremely well. If anything there might be some for weekdays during previews, but just looking at availability on telecharge right now, I'd doubt even that.

[kdogg36]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 12:30pm

I'm a little wary of judging ticket sales by Telecharge availability. I just bought tickets today for April 19 at 8:00 pm, with plenty of availability showing in the mezzanine and balcony (though not in the front of either section). Yesterday, for the same performance, only scattered tickets were displayed. So who knows what any of it means? :)

[DramaTeach]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 12:54pm

So maybe I should just suck it up and buy full-price tickets?

[macnyc]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 5:22pm

I decided to pay full price. I do that two or three times a year. This was my thinking: Hedwig has a devoted core of fans. Neil Patrick Harris is a big name. He's contracted for only a limited amount of time. The Belasco is not a huge theater (a bit more than 1,000 seats). So, for you, it depends on how big a fan you are. Would you be that disappointed if you missed it?

On the other hand, there's almost always a way to get in to a show. Let's say you decide to wait for discounts, and none materialize. Failing everything else, you could show up at the box office 15 minutes before curtain with cash in hand, and buy a full-price ticket from the cancellation line. If the weather happens to be miserable that day, so much the better.

I decided I didn't want to pay full price for Bullets Over Broadway, so I'm waiting for that rush policy to be announced. If it's a big hit, I'll miss out.

[Matt Rogers]

Posted: 2/3/14 at 8:27pm

You're just falling for the producers' strategy. They want you to get nervous that you'll get shut out altogether and buy the ridiculously priced non-discounted seats. Don't fall for it. Even Bullets Over Broadway just put out a discount code. Hedwig will release one. They don't start previews until the end of March so I suspect there will be a code anywhere from mid February to early March. Hang in there!

[pathman2]

Posted: 2/4/14 at 10:24am

I fell for this with Glass Menagerie when we came to NYC the first weekend of December. Paid full price because there were no discounts and I was getting nervous. The theater was maybe only at 60% capacity, could easily have bought at TKTS 50% off minutes before showtime. Seems to be a new, but prevalent strategy.

[macnyc]

Posted: 2/4/14 at 11:09am

Pathman, I'm thinking that the market for musicals tends to be broader than for plays, and that's why I bought my ticket to Hedwig and I'm biding my time for All the Way. Despite the star power of that play, I'm hoping it will show up on TKTS.



Updated On: 2/4/14 at 11:09 AM

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 2/4/14 at 1:18pm

Using Telecharge's availability to judge tickets sales is a false indicator. Many theaters with Select Your Own Seating have what's called a SYOS Suppression Hold that is applied to various locations throughout the house as a way of reverse dressing to make the theater look fuller than it is without actually comping yet to encourage people to buy tickets to what appears to be a nearly sold out performance.

[oasisjeff]

Posted: 2/4/14 at 4:28pm

And a lot of shows hold the first few rows until they load in, lock down the set, etc. I've bought third row to a show in advance, since it was the closest row available only to see rows one and two light up as available later, closer to opening...

You can usually tell when Telecharge is lying, though. The front orchestra holds are to sort out whether they can make those premium later, etc., but safe bet that if the middle of the side orchestra is only available, they didn't really sell out the ones further over. Same with the mezzo/balcony. If lots of row 4 is available, but 5 back is sold out? Nonsense.

[tmbyru]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 1:05pm

Has anyone received a mailer for this? I usually get my discount mailer by now...

[oasisjeff]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 1:12pm

Hedwig discounts...
Broadway Offers link

[tmbyru]

Posted: 3/21/14 at 4:42pm

thanks a bunch!

[Baiseur82]

Posted: 3/26/14 at 2:38pm

I just tried using that link with no luck! I guess the window to use it is now closed! Looks like I will be trying for standing room because I really want to see this and the only tickets left on the day I can go are $300!

[round2]

Posted: 11/20/14 at 3:19pm

I was surprised to find no discounts for Hedwig tickets on BroadwayBox.com. Are there none? Excited to see John Cameron Mitchell!

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/20/14 at 3:36pm

TodayTix has discounts.

You can even use code UFVCU to get $20 off your first purchase.

Not my code, I just grabbed the last one posted in the thread. You're welcome, gstrus2. Updated On: 11/20/14 at 03:36 PM

[round2]

Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:11pm

Thanks haterobics. Am I right that TodayTix is only for buying tickets within the upcoming two weeks, so not good yet for JCM in Hedwig? Also, if I won the TodayTix lottery for the $20 tickets for On The Town, did I miss my opportunity to use a first-time purchase discount code?

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:13pm

Yeah, you can't get too far in advance with TodayTix AFAIK. I am a seat snob, so I never used it, really.

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:18pm

There is a discount code floating around for performances up to and including 12/21.

[haterobics]

Posted: 11/20/14 at 4:30pm

The odds of them putting a JCM Hedwig discount code out this early is pretty slim. Still TBD whether seats will be there to be discounted, or whether you will be kicking yourself for not buying a $139 seat when you had the chance.

Right now, they are probably more concerned for getting butts in seats for MCH.