In your case Miles, since you already have your plans set for your upcoming work trip, I would suggest for the next time you are in the city that you leave a slot or 2 open and watch to see if a good seat pops up day of.
I'm seeing Hadestown today, & I just checked Ticketmaster to see if they do anything similar. There are no singles center orch, so the few left are still $349. There's one off to the side orchestra at $249. Considering side mezz is regularly $199 now, they probably consider that discounted. Anyways, I definitely won't be able to see Hadestown twice this trip as I do want to see the other last couple things I have tickets for before I fly home tomorrow night.
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