DRS lotto (Updated- I lost, & cast absences)

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 3:33pm

Is this a hard lottery to win? I'm thinking of trying tomorrow. is the line usually very long for a matinee?

Updated On: 6/14/06 at 03:33 PM

[mijofly19]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 3:35pm

I did lotto for a Wed. matinee in April. My friend and I literally got there just after they finished calling the names, and asked the guy if he had any more. He just gave us a piece of paper and said go ahead in. So we won lotto after the lotto was drawn, and without having to show any ID. I think your chances should be pretty good.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:09pm

Get there early, the show is pretty popular.

Buy a ticket if you don't win, you won't be sorry

[SirLiir]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:46pm

I say the chances of winning that lotto are a solid 75-80%. Plus if you dont win, you can get fantastic seats for $55 at TKS. Last time, I got Orchestra Row B, left side. Phenomenal!

[filmgirl325]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:52pm

Yeah I've won the lottery twice...it's fairly easy....but it's true...when I was there a few weeks ago for a Wednesday matinee, I went to the TKTS booth and scored front row seats.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 5:52pm

Or if you wanna save a little more, you can get the rear mezz $41 tickets. But I'd say your chances should be great if you go to the matinee--last week I heard there weren't even people for seats--it may be a little harder if you go at night. Either way, enjoy!

I'm going Sunday for Rachel York's last.

[bigrab1018]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 5:55pm

its super easy...i did a saturday matinee with my friend and there were only about 15-20 people there. both of our names got called.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 5:57pm

Try sweet talking the guy. My mom sweet talked him and we were the first name drawn. He seemed really nice. I went on a Friday night and it was pretty packed. I was suprised, but if you don't get a lotto ticket, just buy a house seat. The lotto seats are partial view anyways.

[mint0621]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 7:24pm

Does the lotto guy sometimes announce rear mezz seats for a cheaper price?

I remember reading this somewhere, but can't remember the specifics....any help would be appreciated!

[MissElphie]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:24pm

I did a Tuesday evening. It was my first lotto in NYC and I won. There were not that many people there.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:39pm

Mint, see my above post.

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:08pm

"Try sweet talking the guy. My mom sweet talked him and we were the first name drawn."

How can sweet talking increase your chances? The lotto is a random drawing of names. Did you fold it a certain way hoping that he'd pick it if you "sweet talked" him?

[ILoveWicked330]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:16pm

When I did it, it was COMPLETELY random. Though really, it always is (and should be...). When I saw they had 3 (or 4?) different color pads, I thought "Oh this is gonna be SO fixed! He's gonna pick his favorite color which could be yellow!" but when he picked it, he looked all the way to the side without seeing what color he was choosing. Fortunetly, I won .

[Dre2387]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:37pm

it's an easy lotto to win. gone 7 times and either me or the person I am with wins. and the guy is hott. as my friend said, "Now I see why you come back so often."

[SirLiir]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:40pm

Dre, its because he knows you think he is hot that you or your lotto buddies always win.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:43pm

do you think so??? lol.

gonna miss that guy. He also does Drowsty lotto too. he changed out of the tux and into jeans and regualr shirt for it. got to see him twice. was very happy. hehehe.

Updated On: 6/13/06 at 09:43 PM

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/13/06 at 10:08pm

Yay. Thanks guys.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 12:55pm

As luck would have it, I lost. For anyone else going tonight, Norbert is out.

[MusicAndPassion]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 2:39pm

What Norbert out last night?

[NBC]

Posted: 6/14/06 at 3:46pm

Norbert was in last night.

He and Jonathan Pryce are just hysterical together. Lots of adlibbing.

[latheatrelover]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 3:47am

It was just my luck that I had a ticket on the 14th night to see DRS and was very disappointed that Butz was out. I think he would have probably made the show funnier for me than it was. If I had known before getting there that he was out, I would have tried for a VIP ticket to Jersey Boys. As it was, DRS was the last show I got to see before ending my vacation in NYC (I had purchased most of my tickets in advance). And now I feel a hole because I should have see JB. Try and get a ticket now.

[IloveNorbert]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 11:54am

Is the lottery for box seats or for front row seats?

[mijofly19]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 11:55am

The DRS lotto is for box seats.

[IloveNorbert]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 11:59am

thanks, i got really confused. Online it said box seats but when i did the lottery in February they were front row. Does anyone know when they changed it?

[Rachel2789]

Posted: 6/16/06 at 2:45pm

Quick question: does Norbert tend to not be at many Wed. matinees?