A ‘Hamlet’ With Oscar Isaac, Once Canceled, Will Run at the Public Theater

The casting is amazing but it's always so hard to get tickets to things a the Public.

Question regarding membership. If I buy the membership that includes 1 discount ticket, can I buy 2 tickets during the priority sales (one member priced and one non-member priced)?

Keegan Michael Key!!! (im SO there)

Also why is it not in the Newman? They don't even want people to be able to get tickets...



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The capacity of the Newman isn't that much smaller. Anspacher is 270, Newman is 299 max.

Tickets to their shows aren't too crazy. Especially in Previews. Not sure Isaac's is gonna make this a hot ticket. Plus they always do lotteries with Today Tix.

Like all supposedly "sold out" shows at the Public: the website will say it's completely sold out for months, then once performances start, trickles of tickets will be released 1-2 days in advance. Remember that because it's a membership theater, a large number of tickets have to be held back for member exchanges, and returned tickets are often then offered for sale.

Neon, thanks for clarifying. I didn't know that. I gave up my membership a few years ago, but when I was a member, exchanges were fairly straightforward and never an issue. I'm guessing they're in a situation now where they've taken on too many members and can no longer accommodate their demands. Everyone ends up getting shafted. If member exchanges are no longer a guarantee, then I really don't see the point of being a member anymore.

That said, in the past few years as a non-member, I've never had trouble scoring a ticket to any of their sold-out shows (including the mega-sold-out shows like Hamilton or Tiny Beautiful Things), usually a day or so in advance at full price.

Updated On: 2/24/17 at 09:42 AM

I started a few minutes late by accident, but eventually was able to grab C-1 for a late August performance. I forgot to ask people if they wanted to go, so I only bought the one...

Availability was fine right at 11, but I imagine it went quickly.

I did have to manually refresh the page as it didn't seem to do it automatically, but managed to snag seats in the center section row e, so not bad at all. I had prepared for a mess from what i'd seen on here, so relatively pain free this time it seems.

Anyone know if the Public is gonna do one of their Free First Previews for this show? (I'm guessing no?)

abbagirl said: "Anyone know if the Public is gonna do one of their Free First Previews for this show? (I'm guessing no?)



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It's listed on the calendar with the symbol they use for free first previews, and you can't select June 20th when buying tickets, so I'd say they are.