Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Best way to get seats to ALNM?
#1Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 3:39pm
So, I'm taking a friend who is a big Sondheim and Peters fan to ALNM, and we don't plan to purchase tickets in advance. Do you think getting tickets at TKTS will be better than rushing and getting balcony seats? How is the balcony view at the Kerr?
Also, does anyone know if Peters or Stritch have any scheduled days off before it closes?
Thanks!
#2Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 3:53pm
Well if you get to the theatre plenty of time before opening then Rush is the best way. I got row F on the side and they were wonderful seats, and a bargain!
From everything I have read, avoid the balcony.
#2Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 4:28pmThe box office said that all of the student rush (or general rush, I forget which) are in the balcony. If you can sometimes get orchestra or front mezz seats, that would definitely be the best option, but do those seats appear often?
#3Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 4:38pmI think so. People often report side front orchestra, and when I was at the show a lot of the people in the rush line got exactly this.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#4Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 5:05pm
"The box office said that all of the student rush (or general rush, I forget which) are in the balcony."
I can confirm this isn't true, since I got side orch, and have read a lot of other people have too.
#5Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 5:09pm
Yeah, the chick who ended up in front of me in the first-row, center-left aisle seat got it in the rush line.
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#6Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 5:12pmI've always had side orchestra, and once front row center for rush.
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#7Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 7:08pmThe balcony seats at this theater are the most frightening things I have ever sat in. I wouldn't reccommend them to anyone.
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#8Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 7:42pmI too have heard horror stories about the balcony. What is so bad about it?
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#9Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/15/10 at 8:10pm
There are three rows, no leg room at all and the steepest rake you could imagine. You get the feeling that if you were to sneeze you would just plummet to your death.
A person could develop vertigo.
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#10Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/21/10 at 8:51pm
Okay, so since I need the tickets for this weekend, I'm kind of in a crunch. On telecharge and broadwayoffers it looks like seating is limited for this weekend. Do you suggest buying discount seats while you can online or risking rush this weekend? And this weekend is the only option.
All help appreciated! Thanks!
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#11Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 1:41am
I rushed the show this morning-- two seats, first row, dead center. Most people in the row were not rush tickets, so I really have no idea how the policy works, but I would say its worth a shot!
And in case you were wondering, I generally hate the first row, but the stage is the perfect height and it all felt wonderfully intimate, without it feeling like the actors were sweating and spitting all over you. Honestly, I'm still sort of reeling from the experience.
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#12Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 10:55amI'm pretty sure that when it comes to ALNM, they just sell whatever they have left for rush. However, the both times that I rushed, i got standing room because both performances were sold out. Both times though I got to move to different seats at intermission - the first time in the house left boxes and the 2nd time 5th row center. Not bad for paying $27 or whatever it was.
#13Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 11:07amI've gotten tickets twice with my daughters via student rush. The first time we got seats in a box, and the second time we were front row center.
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#14Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 12:50pm
Shrekster, there is a performance an evening performance Christmas and tickets are available on TDF, so I would assume that performance has seats available.
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#15Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 7:35pmWhen we saw it, we gor our tickets about two hours before the show from TKTS. They were balcony. This was back in August, mind you. I would recommend, if you are really set on seeing the show that night, buying your tickets ahead of time.
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#16Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 8:04pm
I'm glad someone finally commented on the dizzying balcony seating! I am afraid of heights and had no idea that the balcony seats were so close to the edge. I nearly had a heart attack trying to inch my way across the front row of the balcony to my seat. During the performance, I had to close my eyes every so often when I started to feel sick from having to look down at the stage.
Anyway, I've been considering going back to ALNM before it closes. So the rush is for all leftover seats, meaning there's technically not a set limit on seats available?
#17Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 8:35pmYeah, the layout of those seats in the balcony is VERY steep. I was kind of afraid that this old woman making her way to the front was going to fall. She was NOT happy at all with the layout lol
#18Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/22/10 at 10:35pmI went to TKTS and got front row seats! I would say TKTS is probably your best bet if you want good seats but rush tickets are better if you went assured tickets.
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#19Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/23/10 at 4:22pmOkay, I decided to get tickets in advance just in case. I'm able to get center mezanine row A or center orchestra row P. What would you recommend?
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#21Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/23/10 at 7:33pmOh, definitely go for those mezz seats then.
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#22Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/24/10 at 12:25amHow is that really a dilemma? In the middle of the orchestra or at the front of the mezz? I definitely say mezz. We sat there for the second act after being told we could move from the heavens, and it felt close and intimate; it was a very nice view.
#23Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/24/10 at 11:47amI wasn't able to get center mezz, but I got Right Mezz row A seats 22 and 24. Has anyone sat in the right mezz? Is it obstructed?
#24Best way to get seats to ALNM?
Posted: 12/24/10 at 7:51pm
Also, how is the stage door after a matinee?
Thanks for all the help!
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