Dear Evan Hansen Standing Room — Page 5

@jigblob It certainly doesn't hurt, unless it'll affect you trying to get tickets to another show. I think I wrote a couple of weeks back that the person who got a SRO ticket next to me bought his ticket 5 minutes before showtime, due to a cancellation.

We did cancellation yesterday morning (March 4th) in the 23?F weather. Arrived sometime around 4:50 AM and ended up being 7, 8, and 9th in line. I say "ended up" because there was some shuffling around of the beginning of the line over the course of our wait so it was difficult to know until closer to the time what our position was. Not exactly sure when the first people arrived but it seemed to be in the 3 AM hour, and I overheard that the first person had hired a line sitter for the first couple of hours then switched places. The people in spots 5 & 6 arrived around 4 AM.

About an hour before the show, someone came out and announced that they would be giving out 11 SRO tickets for the matinee and 14 for the evening, so some people in line started doing counts. The first four people claimed 4 mat and 4 eve all together. The next two wanted 3 mat between them. My group of three would have preferred matinee, but that would have claimed 10 of 11 matinee tickets, and the guy behind us wanted two for himself and his fiancee because they had tickets to another show in the evening. He had previously waited for tickets a couple of days ago and been unsuccessful, so in the interest of not screwing him over, we took 3 evening tickets instead.

I cannot emphasize enough how cold it was. We only survived by having brought blankets and actual bedding, including a down comforter, and making an impromptu fort to huddle under. It was toasty enough inside that we felt comfortable taking off our gloves, so I'm gonna do a 10 out of 10 recommendation for down comforters. All this to say, if you're trying to get tickets in the near future, don't assume people won't be out even when the weather isn't great. This is a spring break week for many colleges, and the next couple of weeks are also spring breaks in a lot of areas. (https://www.studentcity.com/when-is-my-spring-break  If there hadn't been both a matinee and an evening show today, we could easily have been out of luck if they only offered ~7 as they have done in the past, and we arrived before 5 AM.

Side note: Come From Away (across the street) ended up having a pretty sizable line by the time they let people in at 10 AM, but the first person there definitely wasn't there when we arrived and it was very short around 8 AM.

That's so nuts.... I went in JANUARY, showed up at 9:30 and got two SRO tickets... my how a couple months can change things.

What specifically changed between then and now, I wonder??? the weather?? Better buzz??

My wife bought me the cast recording. I didn't realize there were so few songs. There are some memorable songs on the soundtrack. I think the strength of this show comes from the story. It has to do with modern issues.

Cynthia Erivo's you tube performance is incredible. That song is great no matter how it's sung.

I decided to wait it out last night with Stubhub. Prices started dropping around 6:45 for an 8:00 show. I finally purchased a single ticket around 7:40. It was originally marked at $250 on Stubhub and I paid $125 with fees. It was second row orchestra and the face value was $189. Stubhub is a decent option if you can be in midtown about an hour before curtain.

Wick3 said: "madela2 said: "When friends were visiting a few weeks ago, they experienced the same thing! Earlier in the morning they asked at the box office and show was sold out the next day. Later in the afternoon, they came back and voila! There were 2 non-premium tix available. I never know how it works but my friends weren't complaining!"

That's awesome! We were very glad to not wait outside because the wind was so cold last weekend.

Keep checking for tickets people! :)

Hi,

I got to the line on a Sunday and was 7 and 8 in line, there were eight tickets being bought ahead of us. The other people in line were really nice and let us go to the bathroom and go to Starbucks to warm up. They sold 16 (all of the SRO tickets) for $42 each. They did not have an evening show, like some uninformed people thought. Remember to check what time the show is, and how long you will be in Times Square after you get tickets.



If you are worried that you won't get tickets, get there at 5:30-6:00 and you will be fine.

If anyone is planning to wait for standing room tickets on Tuesday, April 4th please let me know. My daughter will be visiting NYC and plans to sit for her and her friend so they can see the show that night. I am really uncomfortable with her sitting on her own that early in the morning and id love if she could either find a line buddy or if she and her friend could be the guests of someone waiting in exchange for the costs of the tickets.

PM me if interested.

Update: Here at 6am. There's 11 or 12 in front of me I'm pretty sure the people in the front are either scalpers or line holders for people who have yet to show up here's hoping I'm wrong about that!

I am planning to try for standing room on a Thursday morning. Does anyone know approximately when people start lining up on week days? I could imagine its later than weekends but I just want to be sure!

Did anyone try in the last 4-5 days? Would love to know what time the first person got there, I thought spring break was over, didn't think it was as crazy early this week.



Thanks!