I don't know if this has already been talked about or if day-old advice is obsolete already, but I went to the theatre at 7:45 AM on Wednesday to get a spot for ham4ham right in front of the theatre -- for the record I overshot, but no regrets, because made friends with the cancellation line. A LOT of people got in for the Wednesday matinee. A woman I met who was there by herself offered to get me a ticket if I would put her name in for the lotto, and she was about 10th in line and had only gotten there a few minutes before I did. By the time the lotto came around at noon, she had already been offered tickets for row J center (even after passing up row M side about an hour prior). When we saw the show, she even recognized people who had been behind her who had been offered tickets after she left the line. I wouldn't have thought Wednesday matinees would have so many spare seats since no lotto seats would go unclaimed, so I feel lucky to have seen it.
After the matinee I dashed to Brooklyn to drop off some checks for a new lease then made it back in time to see Shuffle Along in the evening. As I was entering my aisle in the theatre I suddenly realized that the couple ahead of me was Leslie Odom Jr. and his wife, so that was a good show to have been in attendance. Watching Brandon Victor Dixon knowing LOJ was there felt like a privileged experience.
I never posted here about this but I actually gave in and bought tickets for Daveed's last show, so I saw it last Friday too and it was [fire emoji x 100,000]. All in all a pretty successful trip, even aside from the major purpose of finding a new apartment . . .
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