Hamilton Cancellation Line- Page 149

[Susanbs]

Posted: 9/7/16 at 9:13pm

I was in the area today (Wednesday) around 12:45pm and decided to check out the line, as this was the first Wednesday without Ham4Ham. The line was quite long - stretched almost to the stage door. But when I asked if this was the end of the Cancellation line, a bunch of people got off the line as they thought it was the ticket holder's line. So already I moved up a few feet. I couldn't count how many were on the line, but it was way more than 20, so I figured it was a long shot to get tickets, but since I only needed one, I decided to give it a shot. After 15 mins, the couple in front of me found seats on Stubhub for $350 each, so they played it safe and took them. Another couple directly in front of me left the line for no apparent reason even after the line started moving. The line started moving at 1:30 and at 1:40 I found myself number 5 in line! At 1:55 or so, I was offered a single ticket - row G seat 102!!!!!  The person behind me got a single standing room ticket. I am not sure, but I don't think anyone behind him got in.

The show was amazing and the seat was fabulous!!! I was very, very lucky today!

[Huss417]

Posted: 9/8/16 at 8:18am

@Susanbs

How much did you pay for the seat?

[Susanbs]

Posted: 9/8/16 at 8:08pm

Huss417 said: "@Susanbs

How much did you pay for the seat?

 

$199

 

[Huss417]

Posted: 9/8/16 at 9:36pm

Thanks for the info @Susanbs. It does mean then that the premium seat price of $549.00 did drop right before the show to the $199.00 that you paid. I have been trying to figure out if it has happened.

[yanks02]

Posted: 9/8/16 at 10:28pm

Holy cow, Susan, what luck! I hope my luck is as good at the end of September!

[ww1987]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 9:46am

Hi everyone! I am visiting New York for a week in October and really hoping to see Hamilton.

Everyone has been so generous in sharing their tips and experiences, I was hoping to get some advice!

I will be staying near Times Square and have a full week to try to get tickets - any suggestions on what days of the week I would have the best chance of getting a single ticket and what times I should try and line up? I am flexible on matinee / evening. 

Thank you very much!!!

[HannahLMcCarthy]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 10:59am

Thought I would share my experience on here as well just to keep the thread as up to date as possible! I saw  the show last night (8th September 2016, 7pm) and would say that the cancellation line is definitely worth it!

I checked the theatre in the morning and no one was queuing up at that point so I went to explore the local area in the morning. I started queuing up at 1.45ish and was only 3rd in line. The queue was pretty quiet until around 3.30 when schools started to finish and people were leaving work and then it gradually picked up. By 4.30 there were probably 15 people in line abd by the time the show came around I think there were approximately 30 people in line. At 6.40 a girl who had won the lottery had an extra ticket for the front row and so the 1st woman in line took that (she had been there for so long so it was well deserved!). A family then came along with a single spare ticket for centre orchestra and I took it for $200 (reduced from about $475). The 2 people in front of me also got through at the same time and had seats on the front row for $200. When I was in, there were still a fair number of seats to fill so I reckon if you are 10th or before in line you are almost guaranteed to get in, 10-20th it's 50/50 and after that it's difficult to know. In terms of box office rates, it shouldn't be any more than $200 and those are for the best seats in the house. Sometimes they sell standing seats for $40. People will also come along with an extras tickets and try and sell it to you for the price they bought it at, If you are in a good position in the line, stay patient as you will get tickets for $200 or less.

Waiting in line is actually a great experience in itself, everyone was super friendly and I met some great people! Because of this if you did want to run off to quickly go to the bathroom or grab some food, the odds are people will let you as everyone is in the same boat.

 

An experience I will never forget and the cancellation line is definitely worth it now!!

 

Hope this helps future cancellation liners who are willing to 'wait for it'  :) 

[HannahLMcCarthy]

Posted: 9/9/16 at 11:02am

Just replied below,  Saw it yesterday, started queuing at 1.45 for a 7pm show and was 3rd in line!

Updated On: 9/9/16 at 11:02 AM

[Andy51]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 1:08pm

I was just looking at Ticketmaster for availability for today's matinee.  There were several seats being offered by the venue (as opposed to resale) in row B orchestra, left and right.  They were offered as premium seats for $549.  Am I missing something, or aren't these standardly non-premium seats (i.e. $199 seats); and shouldn't they have been offered first to those waiting in the cancellation line at the standard price?  (I noticed in the situation BroadwayConcierge asked about above, and individual in the cancellation line bought a row G ticket for $199 after the venue put it up close to showtime and tried getting $549 for it.  I'm pretty sure row G is also not standardly premium, and that the cancellation line person paid the original face value.

I'm not clear about what's happening here.  But, prima facie, it seems somewhat problematic to me.

[Huss417]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 3:58pm

That was me trying to figure out the premium seats and the prices Andy51. B and G and most center and side aisles in those rows have always come up (at least for me) as premium for $549.00. The day I was discussing this here Row G was at $549.00 until I could no longer watch it on Ticketmaster  ( An hour before curtain). A couple of people have gotten row G right before curtain at the box office right  for $199.00. It seems they are holding out on the premium price till very close to curtain then drop to $199.99 at the last few minutes. 

[Andy51]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 4:11pm

Huss, sorry about the misattribution.  The question that remains is whether those were originally premium seats, or whether the venue temporarily relabels them as such to spike the price.  I may be wrong, but I don't think row B on the sides are standardly premium seats.  If they are not, then changing their status to premium right before the show seems to me a form of misrepresentation, and the equivalent of the venue engaging in scalping.

When you say row B on the side aisles (though the seats I saw at premium went in 4 or 5 seats off the aisle) always come up as premium, do you mean just day of show or are you including what you've seen months in advance of a show?  Thanks.

Updated On: 9/10/16 at 04:11 PM

[starcatchers]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 4:23pm

Got here about five minutes before the matinee started and was only three people off of actually getting in. Came back around 4 for the evening show and was third in line. Two women who swear they were here before us have since been put in the front of the line, despite the fact that the girl at the front was here when I left around 2:15. 

[Castle2]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 8:39pm

Andy51 said: "Huss, sorry about the misattribution.  The question that remains is whether those were originally premium seats, or whether the venue temporarily relabels them as such to spike the price.  I may be wrong, but I don't think row B on the sides are standardly premium seats.  If they are not, then changing their status to premium right before the show seems to me a form of misrepresentation, and the equivalent of the venue engaging in scalping.

When you say row B on the side aisles (though the seats I saw at premium went in 4 or 5 seats off the aisle) always come up as premium, do you mean just day of show or are you including what you've seen months in advance of a show?  Thanks."

I could be wrong, but I believe that when the premium price was raised to $549 they expanded the number of seats that are premium to include the side seats you mention.  Then when they raised the premium price to $849 (shows from 31 Jan 2017 on) they included even more seats in the premium category.

It'll be interesting to see what happens at that point.  I'm guessing that there will be a lot more unsold premiums, and they'll have to lower the prices before show time to avoid empty seats.  As it sounds like they're already doing for the odd seat or two.  

[aaaaaa15]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 8:53pm

This was before the most recent price raise but when I bought tickets for June only the very outer 2/3 seats on the sides weren't premium.

[Andy51]

Posted: 9/10/16 at 9:24pm

Thanks for the helpful replies.  I'm a bit surprised, as I don't personally consider row B on the sides particularly good seats for Hamilton (the last seats I had were a mid-range premium with a $277 face value, in row L right side a few seats in - those seemed preferable to me to row B, but maybe that's just me).

[starcatchers]

Posted: 9/11/16 at 1:59am

I arrived at 4pm for the evening show and was fifth in line. I believe I was one of/the last to get in as the show was starting. 

[Emma MK]

Posted: 9/11/16 at 6:09am

Huss417 said: "Thanks for the info @Susanbs. It does mean then that the premium seat price of $549.00 did drop right before the show to the $199.00 that you paid. I have been trying to figure out if it has happened."

 

G102 is not a premium seat but a house seat, which are sold to the cancellation line if no celebrities/friends/family of the cast take them, for $199. They are not $549 seats that have dropped in price. I sat in G103 last time i went.

 

[Huss417]

Posted: 9/11/16 at 9:59am

Emma MK said: "Huss417 said: "Thanks for the info @Susanbs. It does mean then that the premium seat price of $549.00 did drop right before the show to the $199.00 that you paid. I have been trying to figure out if it has happened."

 

G102 is not a premium seat but a house seat, which are sold to the cancellation line if no celebrities/friends/family of the cast take them, for $199. They are not $549 seats that have dropped in price. I sat in G103 last time i went.

 

 

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They may be house seats but just the other day I posted a screen cap where G101-103 popped up late afternoon and they were listed for sale on Ticketmaster for sale at $549.00

[MyFavoriteBrunette]

Posted: 9/11/16 at 2:06pm

Andy51 said: "I was just looking at Ticketmaster for availability for today's matinee.  There were several seats being offered by the venue (as opposed to resale) in row B orchestra, left and right.  They were offered as premium seats for $549.  Am I missing something, or aren't these standardly non-premium seats (i.e. $199 seats); and shouldn't they have been offered first to those waiting in the cancellation line at the standard price?  (I noticed in the situation BroadwayConcierge asked about above, and individual in the cancellation line bought a row G ticket for $199 after the venue put it up close to showtime and tried getting $549 for it.  I'm pretty sure row G is also not standardly premium, and that the cancellation line person paid the original face value.

I'm not clear about what's happening here.  But, prima facie, it seems somewhat problematic to me.

I've sat in row B on the aisle (seats 2 & 1, 3) and the face value was premium priced.  I don't know if all aisle seats are premium and the rest regular priced.  Row F seat 7 was also $549 direct from the theater via TM.  

Now with the new 1/31/17 pricing, IDK if they can keep the $849 pricing.  Doesn't seem that anyone is really paying that much to get a ticket anymore.

 

[yanks02]

Posted: 9/12/16 at 12:43am

yanks02 said: "Okay so I have a question that's sort of been answered but I just want a clarification.  (I did the cancellation line in February before all the changes and am coming back to NYC at the end of Sept and want to try again)

So I'm flying in at like 7 AM on a Wednesday and think that'll be too late to really have a chance for matinee tickets by the time I make it to Times Square from JFK. So since I probably won't be there with a chance to get matinee, I was going to try for the night show. So my understanding is that after the matinee show starts, they disburse the line and then the night show cancellation line starts at 5:30. So do I need to just get there around 5 ish to line up right when the line starts after the matinee crowd leaves? Or is there an order of the line that gets written down before they make everyone leave the line and then when the line starts at 5:30, everyone goes back into their original places? If so, does the theatre keep that list or like random people in the line keep that list and it's sort of self policing? Do the people that were in line need to stick around the theatre until the line restarts or is that a good time to go and grab food and rest up in order to wait again at 5:30? 

Thanks for any help anyone can give me!

 

"

Bumping this in case someone has some information for me about 2 show days and the cancellation line.

Thanks!

[Sarah Phillips2]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 6:20pm

First off, thank you everyone for your help! My husband and I are heading to NYC to celebrate our 10 year anniversary in Oct and after reading all these comments we're going to brave the cancellation line.

It sounds like lining up around 1 or 2 for a 7pm show gives you a pretty good chance at getting in.

Anyone tried the cancellation line on a friday evening recently? I was wondering if it's busier since it's a friday, or since the show isn't until 8pm if showing up at 2 or 3 is early enough?

Updated On: 9/13/16 at 06:20 PM

[starcatchers]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 6:42pm

I got in line at 4pm for the 8pm show on Saturday and was fine. I'm not sure how it is on one show days, though. 

[Cfict]

Posted: 9/13/16 at 7:44pm

Hi everyone! I posted last week about going in the cancellation line on the Wednesday the 7th but didn't get round to updating you on my experience. (Sorry this is long)

It turned out that I couldn't go in the morning for the matinee so I went to the theater at 5pm and sort of hung around nearthe cancellation line sign. I noticed 4 people arriving and standing to the right of the box office door so I stood behind them (wishing I had stood there straight away so I would be first in line haha) Then not long after security came and told us to stand at the side (no later than 5:30) We were 4th in line (technically 3rd as a pair in front were getting standing room tickets)

The waiting experience was overall great!! I met some really nice people and time went by so quickly! At around 7:30 they started offering tickets. Towards the end i got worried because security said it was "tight" that night but we ended up getting centre orchestra row j tickets ($199 each) which were amazing - I could see the tears streaming down the actors faces. I spotted quite a few people who were behind us in the queue in the audience so there really wasn't anything to worry about :)

The show was amazing - what's new haha. As I hoped I saw Andrew chappelle as laf/Jeff and he was phenomenal - especially as Jefferson, honestly it's like he was born for the role. Brandon was amazing as burr. Unfortunately i didn't see Anthony Ramos as Laurence/phil. Funnily enough I did see him exit the box office door with jasmine as i was waiting. Tbh I wasn't a fan of thayne jaspersons portrayal but hey you can't win em all. I wasnt expecting michael playing ham that night and although he was very good at some points his acting just wasn't very.... believable? Idk he didn't didn't have much chemistry with either angelica nor Eliza. I guess that's just due to being an understudy. Anyway overall I enjoyed his performance.

Again sorry this was long lol. It may have been a one off but the Wednesday evening line wasn't chaotic or dramatic at aIl as I heard - in fact it was surprisingly very easy. From my experience I would definitely recommend waiting - and in the end its worth it!

Updated On: 9/13/16 at 07:44 PM

[Huss417]

Posted: 9/14/16 at 8:34am

Was just looking online at tickets for tonight 9/14 and there already seems to be premium seats up. 2 each in rows G, H & K  Center Orch @549.00 each. Hopefully Emma MK will see the ones in row G and now know they do put them up for $549.00 and dont seem to drop to 199.99 till right before curtain if not sold. 

[yanks02]

Posted: 9/14/16 at 10:12pm

Cfict said: "Hi everyone! I posted last week about going in the cancellation line on the Wednesday the 7th but didn't get round to updating you on my experience. (Sorry this is long)
 

 

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Thanks for your input on the Wednesday matinee! I'm planning on doing cancellation line in 2 weeks!