Has anyone had experience lining up for the evening show on a two show day? How does that work? Do people who don't get in for the morning show get priority, or is it a free for all? What time does that line start?
Hey all- I did the line yesterday (Weds 6/14) for the evening performance. I didn't plan on waiting for tickets- I walked by the theater at 3:30pm and was expecting a huge line and was planning to keep walking. Surprisingly, there was nobody there! I asked the guy out front and he said I would be the first but they had 1 ticket they were ready to sell me for $229. I wasn't looking to spend that since I wanted standing room & had time to waste. The few people running the line told me that there's no guarantee for standing room and if they have any, they won't be sold until minutes before showtime.
Nobody else showed up until 4:30ish and by 5:00 the line was a few people deep. Around 4:45 they came out with 3 tickets. They moved the line to the staircase around 5:15 and then to the stage door at 6:00. Nothing happened until 7:40 when they released 2 tickets at a time. I wanna say at least 10 people got in between 7:40 and 8:00.
Finally at 8:00 they called me forward for standing room. They only had 2 spots available for the performance. I gladly gave them my credit card and ran to my spot upstairs!
Overall fantastic view and totally worth the $40 if you've seen the show before. You aren't able to see anything happening on the second level of the stage but for $40 and getting tickets seconds before curtain it was a great night!
Angela Remington said: "My daughter and I are travelling to NYC tomorrow (Thursday June 8th for a week (graduation gift trip). Her ultimate dream (and mine!) would be to get to see Hamilton while we are there. We plan to enter the lottery every day we are there. Is it still 10,000 people a day entering it? Or have the numbers decreased since the original cast left? Our flight gets in Thursday at 10am and we are going to drop our stuff off and head straight to the theater to try the cancellation line. If we got there at 11 or 12 would that be too late to get a decent spot in line? I was reading in the past posts that on 1 show days the line starts forming later and even saw some people got tickets that got in line mid afternoon? If tomorrow doesn't happen then we will probably try again one more time while we are there. I read all the past posts and will utilize all the tips I saw....if anyone has anything additional to offer, feel free to reply!! Wish us luck!!
UPDATE -
I wanted to post what our experience was with the cancellation line since reading all the previous posts was so extremely helpful to us....maybe we can be helpful to someone else!
Our flight got in around 11 on Thursday June 8th, and it ended up being about 1:15 by the time we arrived at Richard Rodgers after dropping our luggage off and getting a cab to Times Square. I was skeptical that it was going to work out for us, but we held onto hope with nothing to lose. We were about 12th in line at that point of people standing there...I didn't know how many tickets each wanted. Then after the lottery results got announced at 2pm, two girls left as it was their last day to see NYC and they didn't want to waste it in the cancellation line. Then, an hour or so later, another couple girls in line left as they didn't realize the tickets were going to be $229 if they got in. A couple people got called over to get tickets around 6. Shortly after that, the guy at the front of the line (who had been sitting there since 10:30am), left because his companion wasn't going to be able to go with him and he didn't want to see it alone! This put us 4th in line at 6:15. The police officer came over and introduced himself and was very nice. Explained how it would play out and asked us if we had any questions. He explained that shortly they would move the line over to the stage door and that we should expect to be there until very close to the 7pm start time. The next three got called to the box office around 6:30 putting us first in line. Finally, around 6:50 they called us to the box office!!! We got seats in center orchestra row F on the right aisle (facing stage). It was absolutely incredible and we are so thankful we did it!
As everyone in previous posts said, it was great to meet everyone in line and get to know them and then we all waved to each other inside the theater when we got our seats. There is a pizza place across the street and coffee/bathrooms close by as well. It didn't at all feel like we were in line for almost 6 hours, the time flew! I would definitely do it again!
Hi all, I'm planning to wait in the cancellation line for tomorrow (Saturday 6/17)'s matinee performance, I will be going around 5:00 am. I will gladly grab a ticket for you if you pay for mine! Or you can pay for half of my ticket if you come switch with me around 9-10am. Pm me if interested! Feel free to negotiate with me the switching time.
This is my first time here, so not sure that I am posting in the right place.
Does anyone know what the situation is about kids in the line? My 11 year old will wait with me, and we want to know if we can buy three tickets because she is "in line" or if we can only buy tickets for ourselves. We would love to invite one of her bests to join us, but not sure if they allow kids to buy tickets! This would impact how early we go!
BarbLee2 said: "This is my first time here, so not sure that I am posting in the right place.
Does anyone know what the situation is about kids in the line? My 11 year old will wait with me, and we want to know if we can buy three tickets because she is "in line" or if we can only buy tickets for ourselves. We would love to invite one of her bests to join us, but not sure if they allow kids to buy tickets! This would impact how early we go!
"I was wondering about the cancellation line and kids. If I get 2 tickets, can i send my 14yr old twins in without me. I am obviously the one purchasing the tickets and they can not, but I'd really be doing it for anyway. I would be waiting for them when the show ended. When they walk you into to purchase and you have children with you, do they let them come in?
If anyone has any updates on what the line is like now, please share! Haven't been to the city in 5 years and trying to make a plan! Would love SRO but don't know if I can convince my husband to pay for regular price lol.
Twinmommi said: "BarbLee2 said: "This is my first time here, so not sure that I am posting in the right place.
Does anyone know what the situation is about kids in the line? My 11 year old will wait with me, and we want to know if we can buy three tickets because she is "in line" or if we can only buy tickets for ourselves. We would love to invite one of her bests to join us, but not sure if they allow kids to buy tickets! This would impact how early we go!
"I was wondering about the cancellation line and kids. If I get 2 tickets, can i send my 14yr old twins in without me. I am obviously the one purchasing the tickets and they can not, but I'd really be doing it for anyway. I would be waiting for them when the show ended. When they walk you into to purchase and you have children with you, do they let them come in?"
Barblee2 - Yes, if you and your son both wait in line you'll be able to buy 3 tickets. Just make sure you tell the people in line that's how many you want. Since you may have to buy them separately, meaning leave the line to buy and then come back. And don't plan on getting 3 together, but you might.
Twinmommi - Yes, you can send your 2 kids in together, if you get the tickets ahead of time. If it gets to be closer to showtime and you don't have tickets yet, talk to BO people just to make sure it will be ok for you to buy the tickets and send them in alone. Yes, they'll let you bring the kids to box office with you.
mmmbop said: "If anyone has any updates on what the line is like now, please share! Haven't been to the city in 5 years and trying to make a plan! Would love SRO but don't know if I can convince my husband to pay for regular price lol."
It's died down considerably, but with summer coming it might pick up again. Basically, if you want to guarantee you see the show, get there by 6am-ish. If you're willing to risk it, come by the theatre later in the day and if the line is short, hop in.
Planning to do cancellation line sometime within the next two weeks, but I'm a bit worried that getting tickets will be harder now that it's summer. Has anyone tried the line in the last week or two, on a Wednesday perhaps? I'm not sure of a good time to get in line now that students are out for the summer. Thank you for reading! :)
Hi can someone clarify the difference between SRO and cancellation tickets? If I wait in line for tickets, will the tickets I receive be Standing room or full price cancellation tickets? Is there any way for me to request standing room tickets, because I would prefer not to pay 230$. Also, are standing room tickets good view? Thank you!
Daniel Knopf said: "Hi can someone clarify the difference between SRO and cancellation tickets? If I wait in line for tickets, will the tickets I receive be Standing room or full price cancellation tickets? Is there any way for me to request standing room tickets, because I would prefer not to pay 230$. Also, are standing room tickets good view? Thank you!"
Yes, you can request SRO, if it's offered. (It's all one line.) I've never done it, but never seen any reports that it's bad, but that the second level of the set is cut off, although not too much happens up there.
I did the cancellation line on Friday 6/24 as a singleton -- got a ticket 5 minutes before curtain thanks to the great tips from you all! Here's how it went down. I joined the line around 12:30pm and was #17. First person had arrived at 6 am. Everyone on line was just buying a ticket for themselves, so a true #17, but I'd heard the night before only released 6 spots. A group of three people decided to leave the line around 5:45 (WHY?!) so I moved up to #14. They didn't release any tickets until around 6:45 pm at which point they gave 5 seats (2 pairs and 1 single). 2 more people decided to get last minute stubhub tickets, so I was now #12 from the original start, #6 without a ticket yet. No movement again until about 7:30 pm and then they called in 1 ticket, a pair, and another pair, each about 5 minutes apart. I got called in at 7:55 and went straight to my seat. 3 more people behind me (who only joined the line around 6 pm) ended up getting in. All of the seats (total of 15) were the cancellation tickets at $229 -- mine was orchestra row G seat 107, an AMAZING seat! No standing room was available for the line that night.
I had a great time hanging out and making friends in the line - everyone was so nice, held spots for food/drink/bathroom breaks, and cheered and gave high fives all around whenever someone was called to the box office to buy their tickets. Best part was we all ended up sitting together in a 2 row section (probably better for the other patrons, too, since it was HOT outside and no one had time to shower!) Such a fun experience!
SRO are just that..standing room. Cancel tickets are patrons or performers who don't need tickets and offer them via the box office. If someone buys their ticket via Ticketmaster, the box office will not re-sell it for the customer. The box office will try to sell patron or performer premium for full price if they can. If not, they sell them at the last moment at a discount.
chuckydisc said: "katiesalmon said: "Is my cat allowed to stand in line for me? He has a credit card."
You hadn't heard? This is a cat'ist theatre ... ONLY mice are allowed on the cancellation line."
You don't know how right you are!
One time when I was waiting the RR staff brought out a mouse that they had found backstage to release it. (Even though it probably just found its way back in an hour later.) The mouse proceeded to run directly through the cancellation line. You'd think it was going to maul someone the way everyone jumped up. I thought that was just a movie/TV cliche.
10086Sundays said: "chuckydisc said: "katiesalmon said: "Is my cat allowed to stand in line for me? He has a credit card."
You hadn't heard? Â This is a cat'ist theatre ... ONLY mice are allowed on the cancellation line."
You don't know how right you are!Â
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The 2nd time I did the line, there was apparently a mouse living under the stairs of the stage door. It was running under our pillows. After it ducked back in his hole, we blocked it in.
I had the craziest experience today. I was in the Times Sq about 2:20pm today. I passed TKTS and saw Little Foxes listed for 40% off and thought about getting on line to wait till they opened at 3pm. Then I thought I'd go see how the cancellation line looked for Hamilton. No one outside. I went in and a woman standing inside asked if she could help me. I said I was wondering where the cancellation is, and she said tickets were given out already. But she said to check with the box office. I asked if they had any tickets left. She said you just need one. I am like just 1. She said she has 1 for 229. I said I'd take it.
Row, seat 2. I am in shock that I literally went up to the box office and got a ticket for tonight without paying a premium price.
On 7/1 my friend and I decided to try the cancelation line after we got out of the Great Comet matinee. We got in line 4:30pm and we're 7/8 in line. The first people in line got their tickets around 6:00pm. The 4 people in front of us were waiting for SRO. We got our tickets at 7:00pm. I'm not sure how many tickets were sold after us that night but everyone I talked in line to got into the theater. I'm guessing at least 10 people behind us got tickets.
I'm rushing for Charlie and the Chocolate factory right now. The Hamilton cancelation line has about 20 people 5 minutes before the box office opens. The line stops at the end of the steps.
yaoqian said: "Hi all, I'm planning to wait in the cancellation line for tomorrow (Saturday 6/17)'s matinee performance, I will be going around 5:00 am. I will gladly grab a ticket for you if you pay for mine! Or you can pay for half of my ticket if you come switch with me around 9-10am. Pm me if interested! Feel free to negotiate with me the switching time.
curious if 5 am was necessary and how did it work out for you...?
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