Crowd-sourced version of "Rush Report" (update: first report published!)- Page 2

[aaaaaa15]

Posted: 8/19/16 at 12:39am

We can only hope.

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 8/19/16 at 8:03am

Thanks, guys! And thanks for the reports that have been submitted thus far. I'll definitely do a report Monday, 8/22, and I'm hoping to start getting more and more responses so it's more accurate. Keep them coming over the weekend!

[somechrysanthemumtea]

Posted: 8/19/16 at 8:06am

Thank you for this idea - of course, if you have the time, theatremonkey has an excellent system of a table with individual experiences listed for each show in chronological order, with older entries archived. That might be easier to try and see a general trend, or see when a show was last reported on, without having to scroll through many posts.

I'm going to NYC at the end of the year and plan to rush lots of shows - I'll definitely be sending you my reports!

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 8/19/16 at 8:28am

Thanks! And yes, I want to get this very basic version developed first, but my hope would be to eventually have it update live, maybe with an app or something like that. We'll see!

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 8/22/16 at 9:36am

The first rush update is up! https://broadwaycrowdsourced.wordpress.com/

Feel free to check it out and share so we get even more accurate reports for next week.

[LuminousBeing]

Posted: 8/22/16 at 5:40pm

Submitted 2 responses with weekend experiences. Thank you for doing this!

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 10:34am

Thank you for participating! This week's updates are up and highlighted in blue. https://broadwaycrowdsourced.wordpress.com/2016/08/29/rush-update-august-29-2016/

[somechrysanthemumtea]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 10:54am

Thanks for doing this - is there any way to get more specific data, aka actual seat numbers and specific dates? That's what helps me most when I'm trying to see which days I should try to rush shows.

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 8/29/16 at 3:14pm

I'm usually not given the specific seat numbers, and often not the specific days. Do you have a specific question though? I can look at the spreadsheet and try and give you some better answers. 

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 9/7/16 at 12:27pm

This week's rush update is up, albeit a day late. Apologies for that! Thanks for the great submissions this weekend.

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 9:55am

Update posted - has anyone rushed Something Rotten lately? Would love to see an update on that.

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 10:45am

I was looking at Playbill's list of current rush and lottery policies and noticed they have started reporting on arrival times and chances of getting tickets:

http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-rush-lottery-and-standing-room-only-policies-com-116003

For example, under The Humans it says "AS OF 9/7: First Person in Line: 9:00. About 25 more people in line at 9:45. Number of lottery tickets available: Subject to daily availability Seat locations: Determined at the discretion of the box office." and under The Color Purple it says "AS OF August 29: First person in line: 6:00am, Last person to purchase tickets: 10:15 Most of line not served tickets that day" etc.

Updated On: 9/12/16 at 10:45 AM

[isaac.evans]

Posted: 9/19/16 at 12:31pm

Interesting! In any case, still published this week. 

[Jshan05]

Posted: 10/26/16 at 5:21pm

Wondering if this will be updated soon? Coming in town this weekend and hoping to rush for Natasha/Pierre!

[loveinnewyorkcity]

Posted: 10/26/16 at 11:34pm

Jshan05 said: "Wondering if this will be updated soon? Coming in town this weekend and hoping to rush for Natasha/Pierre!

 

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I've heard Great Comet isn't a terribly hard rush to get. Someone who lost the lottery showed up to the theatre maybe an hour before curtain and got rush-priced tickets in the back of the orchestra. I don't think they were actually the rush seats, but they gave her the rush price. That's actually happened to me a few times recently: during the closing week of An American in Paris and at Beautiful.

 

[Jshan05]

Posted: 10/27/16 at 12:38am

loveinnewyorkcity said: "Jshan05 said: "Wondering if this will be updated soon? Coming in town this weekend and hoping to rush for Natasha/Pierre!

 

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I've heard Great Comet isn't a terribly hard rush to get. Someone who lost the lottery showed up to the theatre maybe an hour before curtain and got rush-priced tickets in the back of the orchestra. I don't think they were actually the rush seats, but they gave her the rush price. That's actually happened to me a few times recently: during the closing week of An American in Paris and at Beautiful."

Oh that's good to hear! I got worried on the great comet thread when someone mentioned a heavily sold show one evening and only a handful of people got tickets. Maybe I'll call the box office tomorrow and see what time they recommend. Thanks!

[Bekelly913]

Posted: 10/27/16 at 10:58am

Any updated info on this? 

Was hoping to rush The Color Purple soon- gotta see Jennifer Holliday!

I think I'm just going to have to get there at like 6am to be safe.