A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC Rush — Page 4

"You could've gotten a seat in the balcony."


I tried but they have been sold out for a long time.

Yes I said I was tired and didn't want to stand but I didn't say I refused to stand. I stood and I'm alive, I didn't make a scene and refuse to stand to the House Manager. Everyone wants something but you won't always get it.

When I bought my ticket I understood I was standing. Sure I would have preferred to stand, who wouldn't, but I was willing to stand sot hat I could go and see other shows. I am NOT expecting to have my way at every show, I was not expecting to be seated.

My question was in these words, "Does anyone know if they have been seating the SRO people if there was any open seats? I'm so exhausted tonight and a seat would brighten up my day!"


Now tell me something, in that first question did I EVER say that I needed to sit? Did I ever say that I would refuse to stand? I accepted the fact that I was most likely going to stand. I was just hoping that maybe if there was an open seat I would be able to sit in it. I was not asking much.

"DCR, the ushers say to wait until intermission before taking any available seats. I always ask first because sometimes if they know you're eyeing a seat they'll help you get it. As for this show though, they are asking you wait until Act 1 is over.

Hope that helps! :)"


Thank you for the nice answer! A little late but it would have been helpful. It turns out it was completely sold out (or at least the Orchestra was) so I didn't bother hunting for an empty seat.

Got there today at 9:30 (incidentally, no one else showed up after me). There was about 30 people on line in front of me, so I pretty much knew I wasn't getting a ticket, but I stuck around anyway.

Once inside, they divided the line into those who wanted matinee and evening --- the matinee line was MUCH longer, so much to my surprise, I got an evening ticket (possibly the last one -- I was SR 13).

Just an FYI.

A question of a slightly different note:
How is the standing room view/spot itself? Ie: is whatever is in front of you a nice/comfortable height (particularly for someone short-ish... 5'3"... ? haha).

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Bumping up this thread. Hoping to see the show next week while I am in NYC on either Friday or Sat evening. How has the rush been lately? How early should I get there (especially if I want a Sat evening ticket)?

I was there at 10am on a pretty recent Sunday and was first in line (but the line filled up quickly after that). It was freezing that day, though. I'd say a couple of hours before the BO opens is definitely a safe bet. Also, for the person who asked about the view, I'm 5'2" and could see perfectly.

Thanks guys! I was definitely planning on arriving prior to box office open, just wasn't sure how early before. I'm staying in the Millennium Hotel on 44th, so I plan on rolling out of bed and bundling up to sit outside the theatre :).

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Anyone have anything to share about a recent Saturday experience? We're thinking about arriving around 8:30 in the morning, do you think that'll be early enough? Way too early?

Last Saturday I was able to get the 5th SRO ticket to the matinee around 11am. However, this is undoubtedly due to Angela Lansbury's vacation.

Her vacation ends tomorrow, so it'll probably go back to having to line up an hour or two before, if not even earlier due to the nice weather.


*edited - LAST Saturday, a week ago.

Updated On: 4/24/10 at 05:00 PM

Tomorrow's her last vacation day. She'll be back in on Tuesday.

I went to the box office on a Friday night, during a holiday week, with both stars in the show, around 6PM and got a rush ticket. Granted, it was the last one, but it was available.

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I did it a couple of weeks ago, on a weeknight, either a Tuesday or Thursday, I forget which it was. It's standing, but after intermission they let us take empty seats in the orchestra, so that was nice.