Hadestown Rush/SRO Updates- Page 18

[magictodo123]

Posted: 7/30/19 at 10:30am

VanillaIceCream2 said: "Regardless of the producers’ intent when they eliminated rush - which likely was about safety concerns - I think this new policy will backfire. Because they are still offering the 14ish standing room spots, people are still going to camp out at the theater, probably arriving even earlier because there are fewer tickets available."

Oh gosh...no offense, but I hope you’re wrong. I don’t know if this is possible but I’d hate for them to eliminate that as well because of people ignoring the time guidelines. 

[SneakySylveon]

Posted: 7/30/19 at 10:36am

magictodo123 said: "VanillaIceCream2 said: "Regardless of the producers’ intent when they eliminated rush - which likely was about safety concerns - I think this new policy will backfire. Because they are still offering the 14ish standing room spots, people are still going to camp out at the theater, probably arriving even earlier because there are fewer tickets available."

Oh gosh...no offense, but I hope you’re wrong. I don’t know if this is possible but I’d hate for them to eliminate that as well because of people ignoring the time guidelines."

Does anyone know what time your supposed to start lining up for SRO? I was gonna try and get there for 11 on Thursday but im not sure what time to get there now that they changed the policy. If anyone is on line today and knows or could ask the box office that would be super helpful 

[JBroadway]

Posted: 7/30/19 at 10:43am

VanillaIceCream2 said: "Regardless of the producers’ intent when they eliminated rush - which likely was about safety concerns - I think this new policy will backfire. Because they are still offering the 14ish standing room spots, people are still going to camp out at the theater, probably arriving even earlier because there are fewer tickets available."

 

Exactly!! As long as they are keeping the SRO line the same, then the "safety concerns" logic completely crumbles. Because the logistics and safety concerns can only remain the same, or get worse for the reason you mentioned. Fewer tickets = higher demand = people lining up earlier to try to maximize their chances. 

Also, as I said before - from this thread it seemed like the new policy was mostly successful at getting people to stop lining up overnight. It seemed like most of the time the line would begin in the morning, except on matinee days when the line would indeed begin overnight. But if it's only happening on matinee days, why not get rid of rush just for matinees? 

 

magictodo123 said: "People were being (for lack of better word, I guess) greedy with wanting to see the show and completely ignored the consequences of their actions to others who wanted to rush in the future."

 

It's virtually impossible to put a rule in place that prevents people from lining up before a given time. I've seen several Off-Broadway theatres attempt policies like that, and it never works. And it's not because people are greedy - it's because the theatres are naive. When a show is in high demand, and they tell everyone that they can't begin lining up until, let's say noon for example (I don't know what the actual time was in this case) - the best case scenario is that a dozen or more people will all arrive exactly at noon, which will result in a mad-dash, and heated arguments over who actually got there first that will be difficult to resolve because everyone got there at the time they were supposed to. Which is a much worse scenario than people respectfully forming an "unofficial" line before noon. 

[SneakySylveon]

Posted: 7/31/19 at 6:47pm

Has anyone been on line with the new policy? How was it?

[SneakySylveon]

Posted: 8/1/19 at 11:59am

Im on line today. Got here around 11, it’s currently 12pm and Im the first and only person on line. I thought it'd be busier cause the weather is beautiful today but, its just me rn.

[mdibs21]

Posted: 8/1/19 at 12:55pm

SneakySylveon said: "Im on line today. Got here around 11, it’s currently 12pm and Im the first and only person on line. I thought it'd be busier cause the weather is beautiful today but, its just me rn."

That’s good to hear!

Updated On: 8/1/19 at 12:55 PM

[SneakySylveon]

Posted: 8/1/19 at 2:23pm

2:20 and there are 6 people on line

[Renthead1980]

Posted: 8/1/19 at 6:04pm

how many people ended showing up by 5 ?

[SneakySylveon]

Posted: 8/1/19 at 6:21pm

Renthead1980 said: "how many people ended showing up by 5 ?"

18 or 19. Im not sure how many tickets were sold, I was first and left pretty much right after I got mine. Ill ask around before the show starts maybe and try to see how many they sold.

[atuomala]

Posted: 8/2/19 at 10:27am

I’m going to try the new SRO policy for Saturday’s (8/3) matinee and report back.

[Renthead1980]

Posted: 8/2/19 at 3:16pm

Anyone trying sro for tonight ? How is the line

[chuckydisc]

Posted: 8/3/19 at 12:14pm

SneakySylveon said: "Renthead1980 said: "how many people ended showing up by 5 ?"

18 or 19. Im not sure how many tickets were sold, I was first and left pretty much right after I got mine. Ill ask around before the show starts maybe and try to see how many they sold."

Did the box office give you and the rest of the line any prior heads-up about whether or not SRO would in fact be given out at 5PM or were you in the dark until that time?

 

[SneakySylveon]

Posted: 8/3/19 at 12:18pm

A few different people asked at different point throughout the day, but they purposely kept us in the dark and only gave us super vague answers. We were just basing it on how many non-resale seats were up on ticketmaster. It showed it was sold out on ticketmaster, but thwy still wouldn’t give us any info. We got no word from anyone until they started taking us inside to buy the SRO tickets

[chuckydisc]

Posted: 8/3/19 at 12:40pm

SneakySylveon said "It showed it was sold out on ticketmaster"

When did it sell out?  Before you arrived at the line or simply shortly before the SRO was handed out?

 

[bekk99]

Posted: 8/6/19 at 2:35pm

Any reports for today, Tuesday 8/6?

[amandamelody]

Posted: 8/8/19 at 10:49am

Anyone know how many people are in line today, Thurs August 8th?

[amandamelody]

Posted: 8/8/19 at 12:17pm

Got here at 12:10, I am third in line!

[NicholasStack1999]

Posted: 8/8/19 at 12:52pm

Any update?

[amandamelody]

Posted: 8/8/19 at 2:09pm

NicholasStack1999 said: "Any update?"

as of 2:09 pm there are 12 people in line 

 

[Tito3]

Posted: 8/9/19 at 7:51pm

StubHub and TickPick have some amazing steals for tonight. $60 Mezzanine and $120 Center Orchestra, fees included.

[petewk87]

Posted: 8/10/19 at 11:19am

Is anyone trying SRO today? What’s the line like? I want to try the evening one. Thanks so much!

[CarmenA3]

Posted: 8/15/19 at 2:20pm

Walked by the theatre at 1:40p. 7 people in line if anyone is looking to go.

 

[RSN]

Posted: 8/20/19 at 1:01pm

Here on Tuesday Aug 20.  Our group of 5 arrived super early at 11am.  At 12:45, 1 other person arrived.  (So at 1pm there are six total so far.)

[bwayoutdoors]

Posted: 8/21/19 at 8:05am

Arrived at 9am and am tenth in line. (Wednesday August 21)

 

Edit: By 9:15 14 people are in line. 

Edit 2: 12 standing room tickets were sold for the matinee. 

Updated On: 8/21/19 at 08:05 AM

[CarmenA3]

Posted: 8/22/19 at 12:58pm

I am 4th in line today at 12:56pm. The 3 people in front of me arrived around noon. A nice breeze is helping mitigate the heat so it’s not as hot as I was expecting.