Dear Evan Hansen - Cancellation Line/Lottery — Page 19

Srg67 said: "broadwaykayla0826 said: "Srg67 said: "broadwaykayla0826 said: "Today like 5 minutes before the matinee, tickets were as low as $99

 

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How does this work though, since there's no way to get your butt in the seat in time if you buy the tickets 5 minutes before the show starts, and they don't let latecomers in?

 

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I saw Hamilton last year in June, and I literally bought the tickets 4 minutes before the show. I ran as fast as I could from the Marriot Marquis (where I bought the tickets from on the 8th floor) and didn't even miss the opening number. Pickup is another story though, I'm not sure if you could run from 39th to 45th street in 5 minutes.

 

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Sorry I'm confused! Is the ticket pickup at the Marriott or 39th street? Why don't all sellers make the tickets available through mobile download?

 

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The sellers choose if its instant download/print or pickup. If its pickup, its at the Stubhub center on 39th. If it isn't then the Marriot is just where you can print out tix if you download them. I don't know why they're not all available for download though

I think the no late seating policy refers to the fact that they won't seat you until intermission. They'll still let you in and stuff I would presume but once the show starts they won't let you sit in your actual seat until intermission of you come late. But I assume they could probably make exceptions?

They certainly do not make you wait until intermission to go to your actual seat. When I was there they brought a couple to 2nd row center orchestra during the computer lab scene. Of course it was an older couple that moved slowly and apologized loudly while people stood to let them get their seats in the center of the row. 

Still hoping to find tickets for this Wed or Thurs - let me know if you guys have any leads!

michaelhale said: "I don't know why they're not all available for download though"

Scalpers buy physical tickets at the box office with cash, since that way they aren't restricted by ticket limits the way they are online.

There are $200 tickets (before fees) on stubhub for later this week/this weekend bc Ben is on vocal rest, if anyone is looking for prices nearer to face value. 

How early should I get there if I want to get tickets for the cancellation line?

I may be wrong, but from my understanding, front row is considered partial view and is sold directly through the box office as such. I believe they also sell some of the front row as lottery.

Not any more likely than anything else. Partial view is also sold out/saved for lottery for the near future.

youwillbefound2 said: "How early should I get there if I want to get tickets for the cancellation line?"

Not a direct answer:

Today the first person got there around 6am and the second arrived a few minutes ago.

(Also, Come From Away has 12 ppl, Great Comet 32)

We had tickets for July during Ben's vacation and because we had purchased them back in April before his vacation was announced, we called the box office and they gave us a refund. I suspect it also had to do with the fact that we were from out of town and they were premium seats, because she mentioned that she noticed we were out of state on our order #. We saw Great Comet instead that time (luckily, since it's closing!) and we ended up coming back last weekend and buying Stubhub tickets so we got to see him and rest of the OBC on Friday (lucky timing)! After Ben leaves I would bet they won't give refunds.

I wanted to post my experience using stub hub today: 

So after reading this board multiple times, I decide to try and get a ticket at the stub hub pick up center to see if the price would go down before the matinee started... Got there 30 minutes before the performance, the girl who worked there had told me that yesterday went down to $45, so I was hopeful and we stared watching the listings together so that she could grab me the ticket as soon as I paid and I could run to the theater... we got to maybe 5 minutes before show and the two listing that were available had barley gone down a couple of dollars and I didn't think I would get to go, because I couldn't pay the $238.75 that the guy was asking for, when the manger of location came up to me asked me if I was looking for Evan Hansen tickets and when I said yes, she handed to me ticket and said  "go see the show on us" I could barley believe it and after thanking her like a hundred times... I ran like a manic and got to the theatre two minutes before it started... 

The seat was orchestra row b seat 11 partial view, I only missed a few things (not that I'm really complaining, I've already seen the show with both Ben and Michael and was kinda happy to see Colton and I got to see it for free)

So thanks to everyone who has posted here about using Stubhub... I never would though of using it and I'm really glad I did.

This sounds like a business opportunity--you set up a laptop, printer and mobile data connection (you can use Schubert Alley's) by the Starbucks. "I can print your tickets 2 minutes before curtain, for a fee"