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icecreambenjamin said: "Hey, would it be wise to buy tickets in the last row of the Music Box? How's the view?"

It's a great view - don't hesitate to buy them. The last row or two there is where I almost always sit when I'm seeing a show there.

I did SRO tonight, I got 2 tickets at around 3:15. And I was in the house right section of SRO, so they were using as much of the back as they could for sure. View is great.

How high is this stage exactly, where the view from mid-to-back of the house is more ideal than the front of the orchestra? Maybe Mezzanine is best vantage point for this show?

Question for anyone who's won the lottery: how exactly does it work? Does the person who won have to physically pick up the tickets/show ID?

SRO is offered when the show is sold out. If the show is sold out when the box office opens, then they should be selling standing room tickets immediately. But again, it all depends on whether the show is sold out or not.

icecreambenjamin said: "Hey, would it be wise to buy tickets in the last row of the Music Box? How's the view?"

The view is fantastic unless the person in front of you decides to lean forward for no apparent reason.

Apparently the lottery is closed until January.

Yeah they did suspend it I think the twitter posted about it. But standing room is still available each performance. You have to get there super early though the line is really long over this holiday break.

It's definitely NOT a thing if more than 2 total tickets are being purchased! Switching out is cool, or meeting a friend on line IF it doesn't impact the people behind you is cool, but it's definitely not okay to save spots for people to cut the line. (It's one thing if someone is running a little bit behind and you inform whoever is behind you, or someone leaves for 15m to bring back food or get coffee, but what you're describing is not cool.)

I was also in the line yesterday and realized that was happening at around 945ish, but it did not impact me...so I'm not sure if they actually bought more than they said they were going to.

How many SRO do they give out each day?

Also, line cutting is definitely not cool here in NYC. Ask the Hamilton cancellation line folks. Since each person is allowed to buy up to 2 standing room tickets, it's ok if a friend shows up 5 mins before but only if they are going to buy 2 tickets total for the two of them (not 4 tickets as that hurts the people behind you.)

Personally, for standing room tickets I think the box office should just sell 1 ticket per person to avoid line cutting drama as the box office opens.

The day I got a ticket this week probably the last people to get tix were in line by 8:30. But this week is unique because it's winter break and lots of high school and college kids were in NYC for the holidays.

Updated On: 12/29/16 at 11:31 AM

Monday I got there at 7:45, and I was fourth in line. But I was first for the evening. Wednesday my friends got there at 7:20 and were second (they had enough people to get me a ticket already so I didn't just cut the line). I got there at 7:45 again and the line was already near the imperial. I definitely would even aim for 7:15 if your planning on going this week. It gets pretty crazy. And yeah 16 tickets for SRO, but that doesn't mean they sell all 16 tickets to the line. The family and friends of the cast and crew got to get SRO before hand, so some spots were already taken before that day.