9 to 5 Rush...? — Page 2
#27
Posted: 3/30/09 at 11:13am
I vote lotto. Student rushes are annoying--especially when you don't LIVE in the city and you have to get there at 8 or 9 AM and then find something to do for 10 hours till the show after getting tickets.
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#28
Posted: 3/30/09 at 11:21am
Isn't it more annoying to travel into the city just to lose lottery?
#29
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:00pm
Absolutely.
Rush > Lotto
Parks, you make it seem like there's nothing to do in the city.
Rush > Lotto
Parks, you make it seem like there's nothing to do in the city.
#30
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:01pm
Rush is sooooooo much better. I'm dying to see this and I'll just get increasingly pissed as I continually lose the lotto. This is also considering the fact that it angers me when people who can CLEARLY afford regularly priced tickets enter the lotto and win.
Updated On: 3/30/09 at 12:01 PM
#31
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:01pm
I agree about rushes being better than lottos but I'd definitely put my money on this show having a lotto. Just seems like the way it works with shows like 9 TO 5 and shows that open at the Marquis.
I hope I'm wrong though.
I hope I'm wrong though.
Updated On: 3/30/09 at 12:01 PM
#32
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:09pm
I stopped by and asked about this on Sat. and the person at the box office said the front row is being reserved for either a student rush or lotto but they're pretty sure it's going to be student rush since they don't want to hire someone to do the lotto. (Sounds silly but that's what he told me.)
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#33
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:11pm
It doesn't sound silly at all - I've heard some horror stories about running lottery. It's a nightmare.
#34
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:13pm
I would get there at obscene hours to get tickets as soon as possible. Ugh. I'm dying to see this. How high is the stage at the Marquis? The only show I've seen there was MILLIE, but that was about 7 years ago.
Updated On: 3/30/09 at 12:13 PM
#35
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:15pm
Front row at the Marquis is PERFECT. The best front row on Broadway.
#37
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:16pm
If there's a rush for this, I will be VERY excited!! Please be true!
#39
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:19pm
I have heard that the producers initially wanted a student rush policy but have been considering a lottery more recently in fear that the show's "intense" fan base will make the tickets hard to obtain by making repeat visits and increasing the difficulty of availability.
In order to be more accessible to all patrons, certain members of the production staff have been pushing for a lottery. Regardless, as bwaygal1 was informed, the front row is being reserved for whatever system they ultimately choose.
Personally, I prefer a student rush, only because you are in direct control of your ability to get tickets by choosing to line up as early as you want. But when one sees NEXT TO NORMAL and hears the girls seated in the rush seats saying they've seen the show 30 times previously and have already been to every Broadway preview via rush, it's hard not to sympathize with the sentiments behind a lottery.
In order to be more accessible to all patrons, certain members of the production staff have been pushing for a lottery. Regardless, as bwaygal1 was informed, the front row is being reserved for whatever system they ultimately choose.
Personally, I prefer a student rush, only because you are in direct control of your ability to get tickets by choosing to line up as early as you want. But when one sees NEXT TO NORMAL and hears the girls seated in the rush seats saying they've seen the show 30 times previously and have already been to every Broadway preview via rush, it's hard not to sympathize with the sentiments behind a lottery.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 3/30/09 at 12:19 PM
#40
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:26pm
The other issues with a rush especially for a popular show were exemplified with the experience with student rush and Jersey Boys. The scalper issue anyone? NOT cool.
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#41
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:28pm
There's a lot to do in the city, but it usually involves money. It's hard to entertain yourself for 10 hours in the city cheaply and still have energy to enjoy the show. It's just a very long day if you have to do student rush.
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#42
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:42pm
I see pros and cons of both a lotto and student rush. I think if people want to continuously rush a show then that's their perogative. It's not necessarily unfair to anyone else-anyone who fits into the category required for the rush (i.e. student) can participate. It's all based on first-come, first-serve.
I think either allows whoever qualifies an equal opportunity to get into the show at an affordable price. I would prefer a rush but I can understand why people might not want it. I also think someone might see a lotto as a marketing tool for the show-people will see it on their way by and enter and if they don't win perhaps they'll get tickets anyway.
We shall see. But I'm grateful for either one.
I think either allows whoever qualifies an equal opportunity to get into the show at an affordable price. I would prefer a rush but I can understand why people might not want it. I also think someone might see a lotto as a marketing tool for the show-people will see it on their way by and enter and if they don't win perhaps they'll get tickets anyway.
We shall see. But I'm grateful for either one.
"A birdcage I plan to hang. I'll get to that someday. A birdcage for a bird who flew away...Around the world."
"Life is a cabaret old chum, only a cabaret old chum, and I love a cabaret!"-RIP Natasha Richardson-I was honored to have witnessed her performance as Sally Bowles.
Updated On: 3/30/09 at 12:42 PM
#43
Posted: 3/30/09 at 12:54pm
I would love a rush. I would rather get there really early and then get a ticket for sure and then do random stuff in the city than go up just for a lotto and be really mad if I came up for nothing... so my vote is for rush!
#45
Posted: 3/30/09 at 1:56pm
I think a general rush removes a lot of the risk that was present in the Jersey Boys student rush. If ANYONE can rush it, that takes a little of the "exclusiveness" off of the tickets.
But I do agree about a lottery being a good marketing tool. Especially with the location at the Marriott. I know pretty much every time I did the lottery for Drowsy and the one time I did it for White Christmas people walking by asked what was going on and several decided to enter or said they would try again at some point. Big crowds waiting for tickets when most people are out and about (as opposed to the wee hours like often happens with rushes) really does attract attention.
But I do agree about a lottery being a good marketing tool. Especially with the location at the Marriott. I know pretty much every time I did the lottery for Drowsy and the one time I did it for White Christmas people walking by asked what was going on and several decided to enter or said they would try again at some point. Big crowds waiting for tickets when most people are out and about (as opposed to the wee hours like often happens with rushes) really does attract attention.
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#46
Posted: 3/30/09 at 2:07pm
as long as they don't have the lotto at the same time as WSS, In The Heights, and Hair i'm cool with a lottery.
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#47
Posted: 3/30/09 at 2:20pm
That has in the past been the nice thing with the lotteries at the Marquis HAVE been later than the others. I wish producers WOULD stagger them a little when a new show is starting up. It's so frustrating to have them ALL at one time, which is what we have now. Start this one at 6 and draw at 6:30 or start it at 6:30 and draw at 7 ~ just not 5:30 and draw at 6.
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#48
Posted: 3/30/09 at 2:36pm
I'm grateful for anything they will do.
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#49
Posted: 3/30/09 at 2:45pm
I agree with ashley0139. I'll be grateful for any cheap tickets they offer. But... a rush would be less stressful. This show doesn't need much more foot traffic marketing. It takes up an entire block with marketing. A BUSY block, no less. If they had any more marketing, they'd be singing "Shine Like the Sun" in our bedrooms.
#50
Posted: 3/30/09 at 3:31pm
I don't live in NYC but I visit frequently and I am extremely grateful to shows that have a lotto or rush system. It's great to be able to see a show at all on a student's budget.
What kinda irritates me about the lotto is the odds. I mean, there are people who show up every day for lottos and win, like, once. I absolutely hate it when a person drops there name in for lotto 2 minutes before the draw and then they win. Okay, the law of probability is that it doesn't really matter when you drop your name in but it still pisses me off because I've been waiting the 30 minutes between when they start taking names to when they draw.
There are never any guarantees with lottos whereas with a rush system, if you're dedicated enough to show up at 8am and wait 2 hours for the box office to open, you're absolutely guaranteed a ticket.
What kinda irritates me about the lotto is the odds. I mean, there are people who show up every day for lottos and win, like, once. I absolutely hate it when a person drops there name in for lotto 2 minutes before the draw and then they win. Okay, the law of probability is that it doesn't really matter when you drop your name in but it still pisses me off because I've been waiting the 30 minutes between when they start taking names to when they draw.
There are never any guarantees with lottos whereas with a rush system, if you're dedicated enough to show up at 8am and wait 2 hours for the box office to open, you're absolutely guaranteed a ticket.
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