Company Student Rush..

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:47am

has been changed to three hours before curtain instead of two for the last couple of weeks.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:49am

I wonder if they'll stick to that or just continue to arbitrarily sell it whenever. When it was two hours before, they were selling it three before and earlier, so maybe now they'll just go four, and so forth.

[misschung]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:45am

I think so because when I got there tonight she said they were all out of student rush tickets. I was like "what?" hehe

[thtrbear]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:48am

Where do the seats tend to be? Thanks!

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:49am

In the front row! It's amazing!
Updated On: 6/15/07 at 01:49 AM

[jochang621]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 3:08am

in my experience, it tends to be fairly arbitrary as well, altho for the MOST part, they will start selling as soon as the box office opens.

[misschung]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 3:10am

Are rush seats usually in the front rows for other shows as well? I'm unfamiliar with the process, and I know they do for Rent, but does that ever bother people who pay upwards of $200 for a seat in the third or fourth row?

[ben4]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 6:37am

I rushed Journey's End, and Moon for the Misbegotten, and both of them were in the front row.

But I also rushed Coram Boy, and that time I was in the rear mezzanine (I couldn't even tell that the two lead children weren't boys), so all in all it can be a crap shoot.

As for the people in the third row, they can suck it.

#1 they still have pretty good seats (some people prefer sitting slightly back from the stage),

#2 they're old and are more likely able to afford 100 dollar seats, and

#3 for the most part I find that people who pay that much are usually doing so for the 'security' aspect. Perhaps they're only in town for a short while or they have a pretty set schedule. They could always go to the TKTS counter and get 50% off orchestra seats (They may have to be flexible about what show they see in that event).

[Craww]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 9:27am

Are rush seats usually in the front rows for other shows as well?

3 out of 5 of the shows I've rushed were first row. That's including Company. Out of all the shows I've seen, first row seemed to work the best for Grey Gardens. I enjoyed Company from first row, but was extremely thankful I saw it from front mezz first.

[misschung]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:22am

lol ben, I agree. thanks for the info.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:59am

Company's rush usually goes like this: front row --> boxes --> whatever's left.

I wish they would create a policy and stick to it, especially in these last two weeks. I'm glad I work in midtown, though, so at least getting there isn't an inconvenience.

Updated On: 6/15/07 at 10:59 AM

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:11am

I wish they wouldn't just arbitrarily start selling them whenever...if they had a set time, I'd show up a little beforehand, so I could definitely get the front row tickets. Last time I got stuck in a box even though I showed up before the tickets were supposed to go on sale, and I hated those seats.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:13am

I really want to sit at the tip of the diamond one last time (love me some good intimidation...) but now I haven't a clue what time to get there for those seats. If I went at 10 a.m. for a night show on my way to work, they'd probably tell me it was too early.

[Katecab99]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:15am

me too!

i'm going to try one day next week right at 10am and see what happens...

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:17am

Seriously irritating. I went on good faith at like 5:15, hoping they were sticking to the rules, and got stuck in a box seat.

On a side note, how can they get away with selling those as anything other than partial view? I couldn't see anything to the right of the column! (from a house right box)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:23am

The first boxes are amazing seats. Beyond that, you lose like half the stage. But they only sell them as rush, which is as good as partial view, I guess?

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:27am

Well, even at SA, where the rush seats are often partial view, they have the courtesy to stamp them as such. At the BO for Company, though, they are priced for $86.25/$101.25/$111.25(!) depending on which day of the week it is. I just think nobody buys them because the show isn't filling and, if it were, the rush would just be what's leftover.

I agree that when buying rush, you can't be picky about the seats, but I may not have bought them if I had been told they were partial view. I don't know HOW they get away with trying to sell them for over $100. If I was sold those at full price, I would have demanded a refund!

[obsessedjb]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:28am

anyone else going on Wednesday night?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:37am

What I'm saying, though, is that I think the boxes are ONLY rush. I think that for most performances (if not all?) you *can't* buy them as regular seats. Many shows do that with their partial view seats -- sell them as rush.

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:47am

The sign in the BO has a scale for them, I can't imagine they would post that if they wouldn't sell them to you.

[Katecab99]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:49am

i think i'm going to try wednesday night too!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:49am

Huh. Well, at this point, misinformation wouldn't surprise me, but maybe it's just that nobody buys them.

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 11:51am

that's what I was trying to say:

"I just think nobody buys them because the show isn't filling and, if it were, the rush would just be what's leftover." (from earlier post)

[misschung]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:00pm

Last night obsessed and I were stuck in the rear mezz for Act 1, and noticed 4 empty right box seats, so we moved during intermission. The couple behind us had paid for those seats, and was not happy about the view

For rush, I agree that you can't be as picky as you would if you spent $100+, but I agree that they should still let you know.

[Born To Reign]

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:06pm

I think you moved into my seats, misschung :) I was supposed to be in box E