BOOK OF MORMON Standing Room (Wednesday)

I'm making a plans to try and score standing room seats for THE BOOK OF MORMON for August 17th. What time should I get to the theatre and are my odds of getting a standing room spot better because there are two shows?

(I know there are threads on this, but your help is greatly appreciated).

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Anyone know how early the line HAS been forming? (I'm looking at trying for SRO next wednesday.)

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I walked past today at 9:20am and there was already a line. At 1:00 there were about 30 or so people in line. It looked like people might have already been in line for the evening performance.

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I don't think that is a stupid question cause I was wondering the same thing dramamama haha

yep, there's basically an outside box office window where the SRO line starts. it's clear to see.

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Also, what is the stagedoor like during a matinee?
-Who comes out?
-Is it a mob scene?

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Thanks...sounds awfully crazy.

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Were you 5th and 6th of everyone or of the evening sro people?

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They sell the tickets an hour before curtain right?
Wow....that's a long time in line.... o__O
How early are people getting in line for the matinee?

Slightly off topic but I didn't want to start a new thread...

So I just spent far too much money on a premium ticket for the first Sunday matinee in September when I'm going to be in NY, but am considering still trying Standing Room earlier that week (due to other commitments I've got doubts about actually being able to get to the queue early enough) and, if successful, possibly returning my ticket on Sunday.

I've never returned a ticket before, is it just a matter of walking up to the box office and saying I'd like to return the ticket I bought, they then re-sell (presumably without any problems) and the money goes back on to my credit card?

Also just if anyone else is also looking to splurge, there were at least 4 or 5 single premium seats available on Telecharge for each performance between Thursday 1st and Sunday 4th September! I would guess maybe some are around for other performances around then too?

Weekends have been a lot more competitive, but if you go during the week you should be fine getting there mid to late morning. On super-hot days (like last week) you can get there around 1pm and be fine, but then you have to struggle through the weather.

I did SRO this past Wednesday and it went down like this:

I got there at 8...I was about 17th in line and was only interested in tix for the matinee (I cannnot imagine staying in line until the evening show from that time until 6pm!)

Luckily a number of folks only got one ticket -- because I got my tix as did a number of people after me. There were a few people that won the lottery...and at least one of them them ALSO bought SRO tix.

Most of the people in line were friendly and all was good. But there was one older woman (even older than me!) that was a PIA. I had mentioned to the folks around me that my sister and niece were arriving but that they were NOT getting in line for additional tix. Any time my sis came near me, she got all nervous and kept watching them like a hawk. We were all putting our names in for the lottery but didn't win. Just as the lottery was ending, the paranoid lady started telling us to be careful of line crashers that "always" happened. Right after that a woman a person or two in front of me asked if I wanted her 2nd ticket for my niece -- or maybe I asked her, I really don't remember. (My neice had planned to go shopping if we didnt win lottery, getting us 3 tickets.) Then the lady came up to the small group of us that had been chit chatting -- including the lady that offered me her 2nd ticket and kept asking me how many tickets I was getting. All I said was that I was purchasing my 2 "allowed" tickets. She kept me asking about the OTHER folks in front of me. And she kept saying over and over....but there are three of you, not two of you -- there are three of you. I didn't tell her about the gal giving us her 2nd tix...it didn't seem like any of her business, and I'm sure she was going to make a stink abou it.

Even after we got our tix she kept staring and pointing at my sister. I thought my sister was going to belt her. I'm hoping what we did wasn't wrong...every person in line IS entitled to two tickets after all. BTW, the woman I was discussing did indeed also get tickets.

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Updated On: 8/5/11 at 10:27 PM

I had a woman like that when I did SRO.

My friend and I got there at 6:30am and I was leaving that like around 7:30am to do the Spider-Man rush, but coming back after to keep him company. I was not buying any tickets for the SRO spots. Well, I got back there and there was this older woman who kept counting the people while I was there and when I got back, she created this huge fuss about how there was one extra person but she couldn't figure out who it was. I finally told her that it was me because she was being incredibly obnoxious and I explained the situation and she was just acting like a word they say repeatedly in Hasa Diga Eebowai. :P