How does one score Opening Night tickets to Broadway shows?!?

[washu2002]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:45am

No matter how early I seem to purchase tickets online, the date for the opening night show is always missing from the list of potential dates for which to buy tickets... Are tickets for the opening night to most Broadway shows sold to the general public? Were there tickets to the Color Purple opening night available to the general public?

[BigGuy]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:49am

Play-by-Play gets opening night seats for big musicals, from time to time. So, if you pay your $100 to join, you'll get your money's worth if you use the service just once.

What I think happens is in very big cast shows rather than have many cast members disappointed that there are insufficient house seats for parents and spouses, no house seats are sold at all, but are instead released to services to paper the house.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 10:52am

I find that many times, if you go on Ticketmaster/Telecharge the day before, or in many cases, the day of, the performance, you'll find tickets available. That's how I was able to attend the opening night of Wicked (with a discount!!!!). The same thing happened with Chitty, although I was someone in the cast's guest for that. Friends of mine were able to get great seats the day of the show.

[Tom1071]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 12:21pm

Opening night is usually reserved for everyone involved in the production and their family members, business associates and industry people. Once all the invited guest have been taken care of and if there are any seats left over they are usually released the day of at the box office or as others have stated to "some" ticket services although the producers want to be careful of that so as to keep the riff-raff out.

[GYPSY1527]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 2:41pm

Tickets for opening night are released very often. The Color Purple, The Odd Couple and Sweet Charity all had tickets avialable for opening night a day or two before the performance.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 2:44pm

You either have to know someone, be invited, or buy them. Not really a complicated process...

[DBillyP]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 3:40pm

Opening tickets were available at TKTS for the most recent MAN OF LA MANCHA revival.

[mlsheehan]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 6:06pm

Gee, that's not exactly a good sign to have Openning Night Tickets at TKTS.

[Gingersnap]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 6:10pm

The grand auction at the Broadway Flea Market had some, too. Not cheap, but they included passes to the after-parties.

A friend and I picked up the pair for "Lestat."

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/2/05 at 8:12pm

You are logged on to BWW way more than you should be so that when someone posts I have an extra ticket to this show's opening night, you're the first to PM and receive the ticket