"EXACTLY. Which is why the producers should be ashamed of themselves for selling these seats. By far the worst "best deal" in town. If you're going to see this, do the standing room and don't bother wasting your time trying to beat out two hundred other people for the chance to not see a damn thing."
I don't know about that. When I saw the show, I had won the lottery and was in the second row next to the banister. I kind of envied the people on the aisle for, while they didn't have as good as view, the actors did interact with them. The only interaction I got was when I went to dance on the stage. I also got to see James Rado while waiting for the name pulling to start, which was probably because I went during previews, but it was still really cool.
Also, when I went, two very large people, who wouldn't have fit in the normal seats had the last row of lottery ticket seats. I don't think they were lottery people because I didn't remember them in the crowd but I was glad that these two people were able to see the show because I've met similarly large people who have had to return tickets because they couldn't fit in the seats.
I'd also like to add that I got the same (okay, not the same since it was a different theatre, but you know what I mean) seats when I got student rush at Exit The King and I do enjoy the pleasure of not having to stand up for people to get past me or have to look over 10 rows of people's heads and I still say the aisle seat in Hair has its benefits of interacting with the audience while the inner seat has the benefit of a better view. I've had both some really crappy rush/lottery seats, Spring Awakening was partial-view and Doubt was nosebleed section, and some awesome rush/lottery seats, I sat next to Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates during the Pillowman and Jose Llana gave me free candy during Spelling Bee, and Hair definitely falls into the better rush/lottery seat category.
It makes sense that the first row in this show isn't lottery since that's the row Berger talks to during his opening monologue. Why let the poor people get hugged and kissed and allowed to hold his pants? That's a luxury that's reserved for Hillary Clinton.
I also like that the show no longer has to cater to the rich people in the middle of the orchestra who paid top dollar ticket and can interact with the whole audience, regardless of how much or whether they paid for their ticket.
Waiting for tickets to Hair August 2008
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