FWIW, I passed by around 5:30 pm today and there were only 10-15 people in line, and it looked like one person was being called in to buy (maybe premium?) tickets. It was really cold though, so I didn't stop to talk to anyone in the line.
What exactly is the protocol for the Wednesday cancellation line, especially the 8PM performance? You still can't get in line till 5:30? Honor system or free for all?
I wanted to share our line experience here because I learned a lot from this thread and wanted to give some info back. My wife and I went to the 2pm show on Saturday, 12/17.
We had a very limited time in the city, so we wanted to hire a line sitter. Over a month ago, I PM'd HamiltonObsessed and set it up. I had plane tickets purchased, and was at the airport on Friday, on my way to NYC, when I got a text that he was cancelling because it was supposed to be cold and snow. This put me in quite a bind, so I made a new post asking if anyone else could help me out and luckily lgm20162 PM'd me and we set it up.
I got to the line at about 4am to make sure I would be close to first in line. I ended up being the first and no one else showed up until about 5:30/5:45 when one person showed up. lgm20162 came and subbed out with me at about 6am, and held my place in line until 12:30 when I came back, and then he hung out to see who all got in. He can speak more to how many people showed up and at what time, but it sounds like by about 9:30am there were 10 or so people in line. We didn't end up getting called into the box office until 1:45pm or so (15 min before show time). We got 2 unclaimed lottery tickets, front row! I texted lgm20162 to see who else got in and it sounds like they gave out 10 tickets and 1 standing room only ticket. Show was incredible, Michael Luwoye blew me away and I enjoyed all of the rest of the cast as well.
I highly highly recommend lgm20162 if you want to go the line sitter route. He's done the line a bunch of times and was knowledgeable about the process. He made friends with the people behind me in line and nobody minded at all when we came back to sub back in. Very responsive via text and gave me a lot of updates and was super flexible. Thanks man, I really appreciate it!!
I am disappointed with HamiltonObsessed and can't really recommend him as a line sitter. It seemed like it was going to work out really well, but it left me in a huge bind by cancelling at the last minute. I don't want to badmouth anybody, so I'll just say that if you are looking for a dependable line sitter, send lgm20162 a PM.
I walked by the line a few days ago at 4, and again around 7:30 and noticed mostly the same people in line.
A woman told me that they were all told that they are getting at least standing room seats, a few people turned down premium seats and most people were just waiting for $200 seats to open up. That being said, I've never seen 20 people get in. Is this normal?
Is it considered frowned upon to wait in line only for SRO and pass up a $200 ticket if it is presented? I know you'll never be forced to buy anything you don't want, but I was just wondering if that's considered OK?
ellingjt said: "I wanted to share our line experience here because I learned a lot from this thread and wanted to give some info back. My wife and I went to the 2pm show on Saturday, 12/17.
We had a very limited time in the city, so we wanted to hire a line sitter. Over a month ago, I PM'd HamiltonObsessed and set it up. I had plane tickets purchased, and was at the airport on Friday, on my way to NYC, when I got a text that he was cancelling because it was supposed to be cold and snow. This put me in quite a bind, so I made a new post asking if anyone else could help me out and luckily lgm20162 PM'd me and we set it up.
I got to the line at about 4am to make sure I would be close to first in line. I ended up being the first and no one else showed up until about 5:30/5:45 when one person showed up. lgm20162 came and subbed out with me at about 6am, and held my place in line until 12:30 when I came back, and then he hung out to see who all got in. He can speak more to how many people showed up and at what time, but it sounds like by about 9:30am there were 10 or so people in line. We didn't end up getting called into the box office until 1:45pm or so (15 min before show time). We got 2 unclaimed lottery tickets, front row! I texted lgm20162 to see who else got in and it sounds like they gave out 10 tickets and 1 standing room only ticket. Show was incredible, Michael Luwoye blew me away and I enjoyed all of the rest of the cast as well.
I highly highly recommend lgm20162 if you want to go the line sitter route. He's done the line a bunch of times and was knowledgeable about the process. He made friends with the people behind me in line and nobody minded at all when we came back to sub back in. Very responsive via text and gave me a lot of updates and was super flexible. Thanks man, I really appreciate it!!
I am disappointed with HamiltonObsessed and can't really recommend him as a line sitter. It seemed like it was going to work out really well, but it left me in a huge bind by cancelling at the last minute. I don't want to badmouth anybody, so I'll just say that if you are looking for a dependable line sitter, send lgm20162 a PM.
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So I thought I will share my own experience as well. I was also hoping to get cancellation tickets for the 12/17 matinee. I didn't put out a general request because I saw you were also interested in the show and in my convoluted analysis of the situation, I thought making the request would impede my chances. So I privately reached out to HamiltonObsessed and one other member. Since the latter member could get in line earlier, I decided to go with him. I passionately pleaded with an appeal to his honor not to flake on someone who was flying in just the see the show. But lo and behold, he didn't show up in line and didn't even notify me so I didn't realize what was happening until Saturday morning.
I don't have any negative feelings towards this member. I knew this informal line sitting agreement arranged through this forum was risky but I was willing to take on the risk for the steep discount. But I did spend most of Saturday morning cursing to myself about why I didn't go with HamiltonObsessed. Now I know that wouldn't have worked out either. Although it was cold on Friday, the Saturday weather was quite mild albeit rainy.
Everything did work out in the end. I ended up winning the lottery for the Phantom matinee and enjoyed the afternoon there. On Sunday, I originally held tickets to the Color Purple but I received an e-mail mid-morning indicating Jennifer Holliday called out and we could obtain refunds. I saw it as a sign so I quickly took up on the refund and rushed over to the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Although the cancellation line was too long at this point for me to get a realistic shot, I chatted with the people ahead of me and made a judgement call that they weren't willing to pay more than $200. I went on Stubhub and fixated on a seat in Row F center. Thanks to to the advice from the thread, I knew to go to the business center at the Marriott and kept on clicking refresh on that seat. At 2:39pm the price went down to $400 which was what I would have paid for line sitting so I jumped at the purchase. It took another ~12 minutes for the ticket to become downloadable on SH but I was all ready to print and dash out next door.
Unfortunately I cannot say I liked Michael Luwoye and the rest of the cast as much as I did the Chicago cast. However, having the amazing seats helped to compensate somewhat for the disparity in the quality of the two casts. Next time I am in Chicago I will be able to get similarly awesome seats.
supersam1026 said: "Is it considered frowned upon to wait in line only for SRO and pass up a $200 ticket if it is presented? I know you'll never be forced to buy anything you don't want, but I was just wondering if that's considered OK?
Quite OK. People pass up $500 tickets waiting for $200 ones all the time. The venue is also constantly releasing $500 tickets through out the day.... I'm guessing after the cancellation people turn them down.
Hi guys, me and my friend are first in line in the cancellation line for the 8:00 show for tonight. We will able to buy two more tickets when we are called. Please PM me if you are interested.
Scott Rosson said: "Hi all, quick question: How much are SRO and rejected Lotto tickets ?
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I belive SRO is $40 and unclaimed lotto tickets are the full price of $199. Though, with one of the biggest weeks on Broadway starting Saturday (Christmas-New years), prices of losing lotto seats may reflect prices they sold the rest of the house at.
Hi All! My dad and I are planning to do the cancellation line on the 30th. I am very confused on the protocol for two show days. If I am arriving for matinee what time should I arrive? I also only have time to do the line once so I really want to be at the ground of the line and I am willing to arrive as early as possible. Also what happens if you do not get matinee tickets do you stay outside in the line or what happens I've heard mixed things so I thought this forum would be the best place to find out! Thanks
Hey guys, I'm Ben and I've been lurking in the forums since the summer
Last week Thursday's matinee show was pretty good for tickets (30 total), with a lot of them J row cancellation tickets which was pretty good, some front row, and others row F and G and H and 5 of the 30 tickets were standing room tickets
They brought out tickets a lot earlier since they seemed to have been cancelled earlier. I think there were at least over 10 tickets given out for the evening show.
I've noticed a lot of people come REALLY unprepared to the line, so come prepared. If It's gonna be even remotely cold and you think you're prepared; bring extra stuff anyway
And PLEASE!!! Tickets aren't always released at 10am when the box office opens (12pm on Sunday), the fine folks the work for the theater are people just like you - so be corteous to them; they get asked the same question you're about to ask them 100's of times a day. So imagine if your job was the same with trigger happy nervous people asking you the same questions every 5 secs.
Happy Holidays, and I'd be happy to answer any questions you have since I live in NY and I'm at the theater every week
IamthatBen said: "They brought out tickets a lot earlier since they seemed to have been cancelled earlier. I think there were at least over 10 tickets given out for the evening show."
Great info, thank you. I was always under the impression that they didn't give tickets to the wait line until much closer to the show - is this not the case anymore? Don't you still have to go into the theater immediately after purchasing?
No, you do not have to go directly into the the theatre. The reason that is said is because many times, the tickets are not sold to the line until just before show time. I've done the line 4 times. On one occasion, my friend and I got tickets to an added matinee. They were sold to us at 11:30 am, for a 2pm show. We were free to leave the line and do whatever we liked until around 1:30. Other times, we haven't been sold tickets til anywhere from an 1 prior, all the way down to 5 minutes before the performance. It can vary greatly and there are many factors.
I did the line this past Saturday. Tickets were 239. The majority of the tickets were right before the show. I got mine about 5 min before showtime so did go right in.
We also did the line on Saturday the 24th. We where the 1st ones in line and arrived at 5:45 a.m. The people in line were great and the time went really fast. I would like to reiterate how important it is to dress extra warm. If your standing and sitting it's a lot colder than walking. My daughter got 7th row center orchestra for cancelation price ($239). I got standing room for $40. Definitely worth waiting for!
Hamiltonmom said: "We also did the line on Saturday the 24th. We where the 1st ones in line and arrived at 5:45 a.m. The people in line were great and the time went really fast. I would like to reiterate how important it is to dress extra warm. If your standing and sitting it's a lot colder than walking. My daughter got 7th row center orchestra for cancelation price ($239). I got standing room for $40. Definitely worth waiting for!
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Did you choose to wait for a standing room ticket or was that all that was available after the 7th row ticket? And do you remember what time the first tickets were sold? Thanks for the update!
We waited for the standing room tickets since I didn't want to spend more. We let about 5 people get cancelation tickets ahead of us. The standing room tickets were sold about 10 min before show started. My daughter got her ticket about an hour before the show. The cancelation tickets don't come out all at once.
Hamiltonmom said: "We waited for the standing room tickets since I didn't want to spend more. We let about 5 people get cancelation tickets ahead of us. The standing room tickets were sold about 10 min before show started. My daughter got her ticket about an hour before the show. The cancelation tickets don't come out all at once.
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So, for standing room, where abouts do you stand? A normal back of the house section?
Hello everyone. My daughter and I are planning on camping out to see Hamilton for the Friday January 6th show. We only need two tickets so if you want to see the show and you do not want to stand in line in the cold and you are willing to help us out please send me a pm. We can get two additional tickets and we just spent over $200 on items to help us stay warm so we are now prepared.
My daughter and I are going to the cancellation line on Wed 12/28 - If we don't get tickets, I would be interested in splitting 2 tickets for the Jan 6th Show.
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