Hedwig Orchestra Seats are $400 now?

[Testing1232]

Was speaking with the house mgr the other day, and she said that most days (7pm OR 8pm SHOW), people have started lining up by 8AM

[frogs_fan85]

^That is so crazy. I can't process waiting for 10-12 hours.

[brdway411]

Longest wait I have done was 12+ hour for Book of Mormon SRO during the height of the craziness. It was a good time, but a long ass day!

[IdinaBellFoster]

This is CRAZY! Thank god I bought my tickets pre-Tonys. Even then there were only 4 tickets left in the entire Mezz.

[ArtMan]

Oye. 12 hours!! I turned down $600 Delta Airline dollars, Monday, cuz I didn't want to SIT at LGA an extra six hours due to overbooking.

[brdway411]

actually SRO for this show is not that bad. We bring 2 people and we trade off. As long as one is in line. No Problems. closer to show time we both stay with the line but during the day, we both ran home (at different times) grabbed a shower, walked/ fed our animals, got lunch. It was not that bad.

I did forget that Tony Sunday was a special day (only one show). So people were lining up earlier than usual. When I have done it in the past we would get there around 9/10 am on a Saturday and be first for the 7 pm show.

[Jane2]

No show is important enough for me to wait on any line for any amount of time.

this is crazy!

[darreyl102]

So i guess you have never stood in Will Call or stood in line at a box office then.

[Jane2]

Correct.

[darreyl102]

Or i guess stood in line to get into the theatre or to your seat- or in line leaving either.

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Based on that god awful Tony performance, I can't imagine why they think this is worth $400/seat.

[brdway411]

it looks a lot better at The Belasco Theater.

[Jane2]

"Or i guess stood in line to get into the theatre or to your seat- or in line leaving either. "

Stop being ridiculous.

[darreyl102]

^ I was just going by what you said.

[ClydeBarrow]

What's the deal with sitting in the SRO line? Can you bring chairs or no? I've read conflicting reports.

[Testing1232]

It depends on their mood that day at the theatre--- honestly--- they dont want you to stand by the stage door (for good reason), and no sitting on the floor---

Ive seen ppl with chairs, and they have been OK

[brdway411]

We took chairs the other day. And then ran them home right before the lottery started.

[macnyc]

I have a three-legged camping stool that I used. It folds up and fits in my tote bag. The Hedwig staff didn't seem to mind that.

[Mr Roxy]

I am with Jane

No show is worth it and after watching it on the Tony's definitely not. To each his own. This is what is called modern day hero worship to the extreme.

[Sutton Ross]

Or, just people who are interested in the show, want to see it, and don't mind paying these prices. It's a great show, no hero worship needed.

[dramamama611]

Not quite sure being willing to wait in line can be defined as hero worship. (Although I'm sure that's true of SOME in line.)

I waited (2x) in line for Mormon, both times for the matinee. Why? Once I took my dd, and another time I took my sister. By then, tix were scarce and obscenely expensive. To me, in THOSE circumstances, it was worth it.

I can't imagine that I'd do it too often.

[Testing1232]

Roxy,

You are beating your own horse to death in regards to this show---- to each their own-

For $29, there are a ton of ppl that have no problem waiting on standby-- and when you say "no show is worth it"- you should either preface that (or end with) --- "in my opinion"

As far as the ticket prices---- if someone wants to spend $400--- more power to them. However, where you are totally missing the boat is your comment about "hero worship"--- I'm not really a fan of NPH-- ( like him in the show, but other than that......not much)

I think what you are missing is the fact that this show has (and has had) a huge fan base for years now.

People were waiting for it to be revived (on or off-Broadway) for years now, and I think that is what's lead to it doing so well--- just MY opinion.

[South Florida]

"Based on that god awful Tony performance, I can't imagine why they think this is worth $400/seat." That god awful awesome Tony performance?

[South Florida]

I've read in here that JCM will never have anything to do with playing the role. Not even for a week or two here or there? This could win the Olivier, right?

[FindingNamo]

In a Wall Street Journal article, the producer said that when the discussions began about the Broadway mounting, they all assumed John would do it. Then he decided not to. That was when they thought of Neil. I think the "never putting on the wig and makeup and heels again" thing about Mitchell came about after the movie was finally out. He spent a long time in that get up and then a long time looking at it in post-production. But I don't think never necessarily meant never.

The funny thing about Roxy is he had it in for this show from the beginning. But what, his asterisks don't stink? If these walls could talk! Stick a fork in him. Wildhorn DOESN'T rule. You know the rest.

[Sutton Ross]

For anyone interested, this is a good article about Hedwig that just came out today.


The Story Behind Hedwig