Cheap Tickets During the Holidays

[Sondeim]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 4:18pm

Me and a friend are wanting to take a day trip to NYC wednesday and one of the big things we want to do is see a broadway show. We get in around 6 so we would be able to try from rush tickets for a show if we think we can get tickets. My first choice would be The Great comet and they seem to have a fairly good rush policy. A few other choices would be Something Rotten or School of Rock. It would also be amazing to see Waitress or Hamilton but that is even more unlikely and expressive. So has anyone had experience with trying for rush or possible lottery during the holidays? What would be your best suggestions to go see a good Matinee for fairly cheap?

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 4:25pm

It was noted by someone who works at School of Rock that there isn't rush available during the holiday season and with Something Rotten closing on New Year's Day I feel like that will be fairly busy but 6am seems like it would work out for you.

You also could try the digital lottery for Great Comet and Something Rotten among others. 

Edit: Waitress has standing room, which is available when the performance is sold out. Same for Dear Evan Hansen, but given the holiday time frame - they should be available. 

Updated On: 12/26/16 at 04:25 PM

[petewk87]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 4:32pm

6am should be safe for Great Comet, and Dear Evan Hansen and Waitress should sell standing room when the box offices open if the shows sell out. Plays are easier to rush, I would think. 

[Notreallysilent 2]

Posted: 12/26/16 at 5:12pm

Matilda also suspended their rush and lottery for the remainder of their run. I actually think a good amount of shows stopped their rush and lottery for this week.

however, waitress, SOR, Dear Evan Hansen and Matilda standing room are really good. For dear Evan Hansen you have to get there really early, so it's pretty much like a rush but your getting standing room. I got there at 7:45 (for a 10 am opening) and i was fourth in line. By 10 the line was VERY long, so I'd plan accordingly if you chose that route. Matilda is selling their SRO to the people waiting in rush at least that's how it was today. Waitress they normally make you wait til Half an hour before curtain to get SRO even if it's already sold out. I don't know if that's how it is this week though. School of rock I got mine like 45 minutes before the show. I would check before hand though how sold out the show is and plan around that. Just as a note for most of these shows, it's a good sign that it's sold out online but that might not generally be the case for if they are sold out for standing room. Like today school of rock sold out online but I still had to wait like an hour before they sold standing room.

I can't say anything for great comet since today they had no show so I couldn't see the rush line, but before the holidays it was very popular so I'd definitely get there early like maybe 6:30/7 for a 10 opening and a 7:30/8:00 for a 12 opening.

btw dear Evan Hansen is $42, Matilda is $27, school of rock is $32, and waitress is $32. Hamilton you can get standing room but you'll have to wait early in line too. id double check with great comet maybe try calling the box office if you can, but that's hard to get, so if not get there early enough and if you find out they aren't selling any rush, you'll still have time to try standing room for other shows!

Hope this helped!

EDIT: completely forgot about something rotten. It has a lottery that you can enter up until 10 am I think the day before the performance.

Updated On: 12/26/16 at 05:12 PM