Once Rush Ticket Options

I plan on rushing this coming Wednesday for Once. Has anyone tried/had any luck asking the box office which show (matinee or evening) they have better rush options for?

Also, where have people been sat recently that have rushed? I did it a few months back and landed box seats that essentially cut off half of the stage. Even for $35, I felt kind of underwhelmed.

Gotcha- I was under the assumption from some earlier posts that there were not set seats for rush. I knew 20 tickets were sold, and I assumed the boxes were always included, but I thought that some people had been placed in different seats around the theatre.

Are the orchestra seats always the same ones with severely obstructed view?

It's the luck of the draw. The 2 times I got seats in the orchestra it was the 2 seats in the last 2 rows on the right on the aisle and the view was perfect. I know that they have sold some of the obstructed seats. It changes every show.

Rushed within the last two weeks - was first - and was in the second row (to the right).

Yes, a little, but it wasn't bad. I had the better of the two seats, and I could tell even just a seat over was a huge difference for my friend (although she'd seen it before and I hadn't, so I sat in the better one). I stayed there through Act 1, and the leads were never out of view. A pretty good portion of the back right side of the stage was blocked, but not much ever seemed to go on back there - as I said I never lost sight of the leads and most of the ensemble. However, the two seats to my left were open, and I moved over for Act 2. My friend told me she was glad I did, for I would have missed one moment she didn't want me to miss in Act 2....without giving anything away if you haven't seen it. But had I stayed in my rush seat, I don't think I would have missed much.

For the price, and the fact I could always see most of the action? I was extremely pleased.

**Edited to note that my friend didn't care for her seat (one more to the right of mine). But I think she really wanted a full view - I was happy seeing most of the view

Updated On: 8/13/12 at 01:13 AM

The first time I saw Once was a couple of weeks ago and it was a Saturday matinee. I got in line at 6 a.m., got a box seat, and WOW... they weren't kidding when they said "partial view." I saw enough to know that I wanted to go again, but only once it popped up on TKTS.

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