Dear Evan Hansen Standing Room

[jigblob]

Has anyone been trying to do the cancellation tickets?  I have sort of an impromptu day in NYC next Saturday and am willing to pay full price for a ticket...wondering if it's worth going to the box office an hour before the show to see if I can snag a single ticket.  I got lucky doing this for Jersey Boys back in 2006 and I'm not sure if I'd be able to pull it off again...

Appreciate any help/tips!

[3NU]

@jigblob It certainly doesn't hurt, unless it'll affect you trying to get tickets to another show.  I think I wrote a couple of weeks back that the person who got a SRO ticket next to me bought his ticket 5 minutes before showtime, due to a cancellation.

[Just_John]

jigblob said: "Has anyone been trying to do the cancellation tickets?  I have sort of an impromptu day in NYC next Saturday and am willing to pay full price for a ticket...wondering if it's worth going to the box office an hour before the show to see if I can snag a single ticket.  I got lucky doing this for Jersey Boys back in 2006 and I'm not sure if I'd be able to pull it off again...

Appreciate any help/tips!

 

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I haven't done or seen the Dear Evan Hansen rush line at all but I think an hour before on a Saturday night will be much to late. Broadway is a lot more mainstream now than when Jersey Boys was the big hit.  Get there before opening if you can, or as early as you can before the show. An hour before is going to have you standing on an already long cancellation line with 0% of getting a ticket from the box office.  Also, keep checking on telecharge in the days leading up to the show.  They could release premium and house seats at regular price in the days prior. 

[MinervaMoon]

We did cancellation yesterday morning (March 4th) in the 23?F weather. Arrived sometime around 4:50 AM and ended up being 7, 8, and 9th in line. I say "ended up" because there was some shuffling around of the beginning of the line over the course of our wait so it was  difficult to know until closer to the time what our position was. Not exactly sure when the first people arrived but it seemed to be in the 3 AM hour, and I overheard that the first person had hired a line sitter for the first couple of hours then switched places. The people in spots 5 & 6 arrived around 4 AM.

About an hour before the show, someone came out and announced that they would be giving out 11 SRO tickets for the matinee and 14 for the evening, so some people in line started doing counts. The first four people claimed 4 mat and 4 eve all together. The next two wanted 3 mat between them. My group of three would have preferred matinee, but that would have claimed 10 of 11 matinee tickets, and the guy behind us wanted two for himself and his fiancee because they had tickets to another show in the evening. He had previously waited for tickets a couple of days ago and been unsuccessful, so in the interest of not screwing him over, we took 3 evening tickets instead.

I cannot emphasize enough how cold it was. We only survived by having brought blankets and actual bedding, including a down comforter, and making an impromptu fort to huddle under. It was toasty enough inside that we felt comfortable taking off our gloves, so I'm gonna do a 10 out of 10 recommendation for down comforters. All this to say, if you're trying to get tickets in the near future, don't assume people won't be out even when the weather isn't great. This is a spring break week for many colleges, and the next couple of weeks are also spring breaks in a lot of areas. (https://www.studentcity.com/when-is-my-spring-break  If there hadn't been both a matinee and an evening show today, we could easily have been out of luck if they only offered ~7 as they have done in the past, and we arrived before 5 AM.

Side note: Come From Away (across the street) ended up having a pretty sizable line by the time they let people in at 10 AM, but the first person there definitely wasn't there when we arrived and it was very short around 8 AM.

[jigblob]

Just wanted to give an update for anyone who has been trying to get (last minute) tickets, but I took the advice of whoever mentioned checking Telecharge as some tickets may become available in the days leading up to the performance.  I was able to snag a non-premium, regularly priced orchestra ticket (Thursday) for this Sunday's show on the Telecharge website, so I would definitely recommend looking into this.  Thanks again for the advice!

[Skimbleshanks2]

That's so nuts.... I went in JANUARY, showed up at 9:30 and got two SRO tickets... my how a couple months can change things.

What specifically changed between then and now, I wonder??? the weather?? Better buzz??

[LesWickedly]

The cast recording, most likely, and the fact it almost fully sold out until July. 

[South Florida]

My wife bought me the cast recording.  I didn't realize there were so few songs.  There are some memorable songs on the soundtrack.  I think the strength of this show comes from the story.  It has to do with modern issues.

Cynthia Erivo's you tube performance is incredible.  That song is great no matter how it's sung.  

 

[madela2]

We fully intended to do SRO last weekend for Sat 3/4. We brought tons of layers and entertainment for 6-7 hours in the line. However, when we got to town on Friday we went straight to the box office from LGA on the way to our hotel. We asked if there was any possibility they had two seats for Saturday evening and the first person thought not but then the guy in the back was like hang on a second I might have something. And then he did! So we got 2 orchestra seats for the next day. I don't know if those seats were visible that day on telecharge or not, though.

So, I also would definitely encourage people to keep looking or checking the BO, if you don't mind full price.

[backwoodsbarbie]

I decided to wait it out last night with Stubhub. Prices started dropping around 6:45 for an 8:00 show. I finally purchased a single ticket around 7:40. It was originally marked at $250 on Stubhub and I paid $125 with fees. It was second row orchestra and the face value was $189. Stubhub is a decent option if you can be in midtown about an hour before curtain. 

[Wick3]

madela2 said: "We fully intended to do SRO last weekend for Sat 3/4. We brought tons of layers and entertainment for 6-7 hours in the line. However, when we got to town on Friday we went straight to the box office from LGA on the way to our hotel. We asked if there was any possibility they had two seats for Saturday evening and the first person thought not but then the guy in the back was like hang on a second I might have something. And then he did! So we got 2 orchestra seats for the next day. I don't know if those seats were visible that day on telecharge or not, though.

So, I also would definitely encourage people to keep looking or checking the BO, if you don't mind full price."

When friends were visiting a few weeks ago, they experienced the same thing! Earlier in the morning they asked at the box office and show was sold out the next day. Later in the afternoon, they came back and voila! There were 2 non-premium tix available. I never know how it works but my friends weren't complaining!

 

[madela2]

Wick3 said: "madela2 said: "When friends were visiting a few weeks ago, they experienced the same thing! Earlier in the morning they asked at the box office and show was sold out the next day. Later in the afternoon, they came back and voila! There were 2 non-premium tix available. I never know how it works but my friends weren't complaining!"

That's awesome! We were very glad to not wait outside because the wind was so cold last weekend.

Keep checking for tickets people! :)