BEWARE OF JERSEY BOYS RUSH!- Page 3

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/2/06 at 3:35pm

She is a middle-aged asian woman who apparently LOVES Michael Longoria and has seen the show like 20 times...a few times with Michael as the lead. When I rushed the show a few weeks ago (when I knew Michael would be on as Frankie Valli), she had apparently cut the student rush line and the box office sold her two tickets anyway. No clue how she passed as a student, but whatever. I was getting SRO, so it didn't affect me, but there was apparently a huge fight at the box office.

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 10:48am

Going in a group isn't unfair but this is:

I was at Tarzan rush in April and there wasa girl waiting who was then joined by her friend. Soon after two more people "joined her," aka cut the line. I was so pissed because I was behind this charming group and they got the last tickets.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:01pm

"I was at Tarzan rush in April and there wasa girl waiting who was then joined by her friend. Soon after two more people "joined her," aka cut the line. I was so pissed because I was behind this charming group and they got the last tickets."

That really sucks, WickedGeek28. Fortunately nothing like that has ever happened to me, but if it did something would've been(probably not be me, but by my sister). I don't care who you are, you have to wait in the line like everyone else. People who cut in line should be thrown out of the line.

Also, the box office guy is really nice and when I went in May, I gave him my student id and saw it said South Brunswick on it and he started talking to me about the Vikings and how his school used to beat up on the Vikings and I just started talking about the way the sports were going now and everything. That has never happened to me cause usually no one knows who the Vikings are or SBHS.

Is there really some lady who writes her name on a piece of paper to save her spot in the rush line? I've never really seen any weird fans or people at any show, but that's really stupid that she does that, a piece of paper doesn't save a spot.
________________________________________________________________"The music is the story, not the excuse for it."
-John Lloyd Young

[wicked_mimi]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:03pm

The idea of a group buying them all out annoys me but I know that there is no way to ever enforce banning that because people could just say it was a coincidence or that they don't know them. I also kind of like the idea of only rushing once a month, but I personally have done it two or three times in one month, however I could easily adhere to that rule by finding a friend to show up and buy the tickets while I waited in line for us.

As for the Asian lady... she is actually a student. She is quite crazy though. I think her name is Doreen and she has seen the show "as many times as John's girlfriend" as she proudfully boasts. When I met her in the rush line though she stayed the entire time like everyone else though.

[LifeoftheParty227]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:10pm

Try wednesday matinees. You get there at 8:30 like I did, you'll get tickets. Granted, the seats aren't the greatest, but the show is amazing! Loved it!




Updated On: 8/3/06 at 12:10 PM

[Fosse76]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:25pm

"Michael, I think if a person is willing to wait that long for tickets, they should get them, regardless if they have seen the show in a month or not. If a person saw the show and fell in love, but only was in the city for three days, and didn't know when they were coming back, should they be banned from rushing every day? I don't think so. People who wait should get the tickets. In my case, this is six weeks I'm in the city for - I'm not sure when I'll be able to come back (hopefully my birthday), but by no means do I rush two/three times a week...not even every week I've been here."

But that's the point. You've seen it (or your hypothetical person has seen it). It's great that you like it to want to see it again, so why would you want to deny letting someone else see it and fall in love with it just because you want to be selfish and see it as many times as humanly possible? And ONLY because you can manage to get there early? It's nice that so many people have all this free time to sit around and do nothing, but what gives you the right to hog all the tickets to a show just because you can get there early? Liking a show doesn't give the right to see it at the expense of others. That's just selfish.

[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:34pm

Well, the danger, popular elphie, is that as the show progresses and maintains its sold out status, there will be more and more people taking advantage of the student rush policy.

Thinking back to what happened with the original RENT rush: there were people camping out overnight (in February weather), people literally lining up at the end of one performance to get rush tickets for the next day, and of course scalpers began paying people to wait in line and get rush tickets.

It just got out of hand, and that is when they converted to a lottery (still in my opinion the most fair way to give out discounted tickets).

[JerseyScoundrel]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 12:42pm

Just don't go again and again (repeaters). It does not make sense. I was cheated out by a group with six people (12 tickets total) who got there at 5 in the morning. what a rip off. Also, they saw the show the night before.

[Lori2]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:02pm

Wow I never seen that asian lady. That is kind of scary in a way, how many times has she met Michael? Just curious

[wicked_mimi]

Posted: 8/3/06 at 1:43pm

Jersey Scoundrel... did you rush this past Sunday? Because there was a group of 12... well 6 who bought tickets who all got there at 5 AM together. It is SO annoying that they did that. Even the guy who deals with student rush and SRO at the box office aswell, as some of the cast, thought it was completely rude to buy them all out like that.

She's seen Michael like 5 or 6 times I would guess, but she stage doors every time she has seen the show so chances are she has met him around 20 some odd times. She usually leaves a note for Dan Reichard with her seat number on it so he'll wave to her. Not like they can't see everyone in the rush seats anyways. Last time she was there Bobby Spencer acted sort of afraid of her, as did John.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 8/4/06 at 1:17pm

"Just don't go again and again (repeaters). It does not make sense. I was cheated out by a group with six people (12 tickets total) who got there at 5 in the morning. what a rip off. Also, they saw the show the night before."


That is really incosiderate(spelling??) of that group of six that bought out all of the student tickets, but if they saw it the night before how were they able to student rush it again? I thought the August Wilson Theatre had in the policy that you could only get 8 tickets...oh wait ignore that. The box office shouldn't allow people who just saw it like the night before, rush it again the following day and there is no real reason that someone should have to rush the same show more than once a month.

You know there shouldn't be like BIG groups student rushing this. When I student rush it, it's usually me, my mom, and my sister(who everytime we go, wants to get the first seat on the side by the staircase, that's her favorite seat especially when John and Daniel are in).
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"I don't care that he won the Tony, my name goes first."
-J.Robert Spencer

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 8/4/06 at 3:11pm

Now that I've seen the show for the last time this summer (last night), I can say that I won't be rushing anymore like I have before :).

Anyways, I HAVE seen that woman, but she started waiting from 6AM on, and had someone with her. JLY was on that show (matinee), but not the night.

worrell4077, that's a great seat :). I personally like A5, the first rush seat on the left. When Daniel, Jennifer, and Donnie are in the show, I get winked, waved, and looked at :).

I miss this show already!

ETA: For those that want an update on how the rush line is: I got there at 10:40 yesterday and was second in line (by a very narrow margin). All the spots were filled up by about noon.
Updated On: 8/4/06 at 03:11 PM

[Lori2]

Posted: 8/4/06 at 6:15pm

"She's seen Michael like 5 or 6 times I would guess, but she stage doors every time she has seen the show so chances are she has met him around 20 some odd times. She usually leaves a note for Dan Reichard with her seat number on it so he'll wave to her. Not like they can't see everyone in the rush seats anyways. Last time she was there Bobby Spencer acted sort of afraid of her, as did John. "

Wow I don't blame them! That is creepy!

"Anyways, I HAVE seen that woman, but she started waiting from 6AM on, and had someone with her. JLY was on that show (matinee), but not the night. "

What day was this? This past Wed?

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 12:05am

I'm almost sure this won't work out but...

What time do they start selling rush tickets for a Friday show?

Edit: Nevermind, I read they go on sale at 4:30. If it was at like 2, I'd have a chance. Oh-well.

Updated On: 8/6/06 at 12:05 AM

[smashingasian]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 10:43pm

I was just about to ask that. What time do people usually start lining up for Thursday or Friday shows?

I also have another question. My cousin from the Philippines is visiting and she's interested in watching JB. She's a college student and has a student ID from there. Would the box office accept that?

[DreamFlyer22]

Posted: 8/6/06 at 11:00pm

Whew. Boy, am I glad that the next time I'm seeing the show I purchased tickets in advance... granted, I had to buy them back in February and I thought August would never get here...

[smashingasian]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:12am

Haha time goes by pretty quickly!

[worrell4077]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:10pm

"worrell4077, that's a great seat :). I personally like A5, the first rush seat on the left. When Daniel, Jennifer, and Donnie are in the show, I get winked, waved, and looked at :)."

The only reason my sister loves that seat is the fact that during "Apple Of My Eye", John's sitting there watching them(The one time we had that seat, she was like hyperventalating), that and Daniel pointed at her at the end of "Walk Like A Man" cause she had a Michigan University shirt on(For those of you who didn't know, Daniel went to Michigan.) It was funny to because he just pointed at her while holding his jacket and it kinda looked like he was going to give her his jacket.

This is kinda funny but John emailed me back after I sent him a congratulations email and I mentioned in my reply that I was going to see the show on the 23rd and yada yada yada. So, I was recently on AOL checking my mail and doing some other stuff when I get another email. It was from John and all it said was "See You Then". It was really cool, he's such a nice guy.
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"The music is the story, not the excuse for it."
-John Lloyd Young

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:19pm

smashingasian, all the spots were filled up by 12 for student rush this past Thursday. I got there around 10:45 and was second in line (the girl in front of me only got there a second before me, and a group of four came a second after).

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:37pm

I don't know...I agree if things get so out of hand that people camp overnight for tickets, then the lotto is a better alternative. But I was thinking about it, and overall I prefer rush.

Michael, by your same logic, what if a person does the lotto every night? Sure he/she may not win every night, but you got to figure they'll win multiple times. Meanwhile, someone who would love to see the show has one night to lotto. Gotta figure chances for them are bad.

At least with rush if they really, really want to see it, they can have a good chance to get the tickets. If they're on vacation, they likely have time to wait on the rush line...and workers can take a personal day. Rush isn't perfect, there are flaws, but at least you have a bit of control as to whether you see the show or not. Look at Wicked lotto now. With all the people there, no one can plan on winning. say someone would travel from the suburbs to see Jersey Boys...they do the rush line, figuring if they're there early enough, they'll probably see it. But no way the same person would commute in to see Wicked if their only chance is lotto. Just my opinion.

[Princeton78]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:41pm

Just offering another alternative here.
I got to the theatre Saturday morning around 8.30 and the SRO line had *just* filled up and it was with a large group, so SRO might be an option. I opted for cancellation tickets. They sold 9 tickets to the cancellation line right when the B.O. opened. I was the 10th in line, but at around 11.15, they opened the window and started selling tickets. I got great seats. By the time I got to the theatre for the show, I saw that everyone in the cancellation line with me, was no longer in line, so i'm guessing they got tickets. If you have the cash, and you get there, even on a Saturday between 8-9, and you're willing to wait, you'll get tickets.

*SIDE NOTE*
I also just wanna say that even with all the hype for this show and the maddening rush for tickets, the B.O. staff at this theatre couldn't be nicer. YAAAY for them!

[smashingasian]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 1:11pm

Really popular_elphie? You think it would be like that on a friday? I was supposed to go with my mom on her birthday but it seems like she has others plans, so my cousin and I were planning to go when she visits in the incoming weeks. (She's very much interested in seeing the show)

Well, another thing is, she's from the Philippines and she has a student ID from there. Does the box office care if they're out of country students?

[bitey dog]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 1:27pm

Now that I finally am no longer working 13 hour days, I wanted to take some time to rush JBz.

I was actually thinking about going tomorrow, since weekdays seem a little easier and I want to take my dad and a 7pm show works out the best.

Has anyone ever rushed Tuesdays before? Is the policy any different? What time would tickets go on sale? Is anyone going to be out/on vacation, that people know of? Also, what's the running time of the show?

And seeing what everyone posted, assuming I got there 9:30ish, I'd be fine, right?

Updated On: 8/7/06 at 01:27 PM

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 1:36pm

smashingasian, I don't think the ID would matter. As long as it's a student ID, they're fine with it.

bitey dog, I think you're all set. Tomorrow shouldn't be too bad. None of the main guys should be out. There may be a chance Peter Gregus may be...not sure about that.

9:30ish for a Tuesday is good! The tix go on sale at 3:30 on Tuesdays.

[SCBWannabe]

Posted: 8/8/06 at 9:35am

Probably going to rush this tomorrow, even though JLY is out. Haven't seen Michael's take on Frankie.....any one else student rushing tomorrow?