Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 15

Sharing my experience from today! Walked by around 1 and there were about 25 people there. Including two Same Ole Line Dudes in tiny rain tents. Came back after my show (The Humans) around 4, and there were only 2 people there!!! It was people in the same SOLD tents (unsure if it was the same people from before the matinee). Got in line and shortly after one more girl joined me. We only wanted one each so decided to help each other out. Since both our decisions to join the line were last minute none of us was prepared. She went back to her hotel to get a phone charger. I decided to stay and just let me phone die (writing this on laptop). Around 5 another another couple joined us. Another girl came at like 5.30, she claimed that she'd been in line since 4, just waiting inside the BO, but as no one had held her spot, and I hadn't seen the 1,5 hours I'd been there we all agreed that she should go to the back of the line (she didn't seem too upset). A few more people joined the line the following 50 minutes. And at 6.20 they brought both line sitters plus me and the other girl inside. I got row F center Orch and she got row U center orch. For 2 hours and 20 minutes waiting we were so so happy!!! The rain wasn't so bad either, we moved the line a bit back so we could stand under the awning. So looking forward to seeing the show for the second time.

It's true! I was so surprised when I came out of the matinee today and only saw the Same Ol' Line Dudes. Congrats on your ticket, fyeahmaria!

Has anyone done the cancellation line for one of Javier's shows recently? I'd really love to see him and was wondering if it's any different from when Lin's on. I probably won't be able to do it until the spring, though.

Has anyone done the cancellation line for one of Javier's shows recently? I'd really love to see him and was wondering if it's any different from when Lin's on. I probably won't be able to do it until the spring, though.

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I did the cancellation line on Sunday, 2/14 for Javier's matinee performance. I don't think it matters because 1) people are lining up for either matinee (Javier) or evening (Lin) in the same line. 2) a lot of people in the audience were unaware that Javier performs in Sunday matinees, though people who choose to wait in the cancellation line may be more savvy. 3) Javier performs on weekends when more people have the time to wait in line so any reduced preference is balanced out by increased opportunity.

fyeahmaria said: "Post show update. At 7.30pm three more people had gotten tickets (3 or 4 tickets total) and at 8.02pm at least three more people got tickets. So assuming the Same Ole people got two tickets each at least 12 tickets were sold for the evening show between 6.20-8.02pm. My seat was brilliant, and the three people who got in at 8.02 were in the row behind me.

I was one of the people who got a ticket at 8:02pm - was offered two but only needed one. Probably the anomaly here, but I joined the line around 6pm on my way home from work when I noticed it was particularly short - the two Same Old Line Dudes in their rain tents, and then about 6-8 people in front of me. The man behind me joined about 10 minutes later, and I think he was the last one in line to get a ticket (he bought the one I didn't take). I got a seat in center orchestra row G and it was definitely worth waiting right up until curtain.

I'm heading to NYC in a couple of weeks and I'm planning on doing the cancellation line when I'm there. If anyone has done the line on a Wednesday recently, what kind of time is it best to get to there? I was thinking around 7am, but I don't know if that would be enough. Also, while I'm asking, what time does the box office actually open? Thanks!

celizst said: "I'm heading to NYC in a couple of weeks and I'm planning on doing the cancellation line when I'm there. If anyone has done the line on a Wednesday recently, what kind of time is it best to get to there? I was thinking around 7am, but I don't know if that would be enough. Also, while I'm asking, what time does the box office actually open? Thanks!

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Based upon what I am hearing, 3am if you want to be first in line. 6am if you will be near the front of the line, with a great chance of getting tickets. Anything after 9am, you don't have much of a chance of getting tickets for the matinee, but still have a good chance of getting tickets for the night show.

" don't know if that would be enough. Also, while I'm asking, what time does the box office actually open? Thanks!"

I made the Hamilton Cancellation Line FAQ thread so people could stop re-asking these questions. lol

I think 7 a.m. on Wednesday is pushing it for the matinee, but is a pretty good bet for the evening. Though it depends on the weather (as you can see from the posts above, when it was raining all day). So if you're coming on a warm sunny day in March or April, it may be harder than a cold rainy day.

"I was there a month ago and got there at 8:30am"

Unfortunately, the popularity for Hamilton is growing rapidly, and as I explained in the FAQ, what was an acceptable line up time a month or even a few weeks ago won't be soon as the weather gets better, and the show gets even more recognition and hype. 7 AM may be a good time to line up for evening-only days, but on Wednesdays there is a matinee and an evening performance.

Updated On: 3/1/16 at 12:46 PM

" but would it being a school day and only an evening show change the amount of people too?"

In that regard, probably not. You have: College students (so school day doesn't matter), Spring Breaks, warm weather and tourists.

7 am, could work as of now, but personally that would be the very latest I would arrive. That can change in a month. You should check here for anecdotes a day or two before you plan to go.

Updated On: 3/2/16 at 11:50 AM

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Last Saturday night I saw a woman settling down for the Sunday matinee at 8pm Saturday night - by 11pm there were 3 people in line already.

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Emma MK said: "The reason we are doing the cancellation line is because we can't afford resale tickets

Can anyone advise me on what to do - someone ahead of us in the line said their friend would take over from them at 8, but then they just left their chair and didn't even stay for an hour. They were gone 7 hours and their friend has just turned up to sit in the long empty chair. I don't really think this is fair as if it was, everyone could just leave a chair and go back to bed. Does anyone know if the box office are nice enough to police this?

WOW, that's ballsy! Did someone at least say something to the friend who just showed up? Maybe after 3 or 4 hours, someone should have just made the chair disappear. When the friend turned up, you could have said "Chair? WHAT chair?"

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Sorry if this has been asked already- but I wanted to find out whether it was necessary to line up at 7am on a Wednesday if I was interested in tickets for the evening performance? Based on some of the accounts, it sounds like joining the line in the afternoon was fine. Does anyone know whether tickets for the evening show could become available in the mornings? Thanks in advance for the advice.

Okay, okay, okay....First Emma. Girl, you're doing it wrong. But I hope I'm not too late in responding to this question.

First of all. Stay in line! 9 at 2 a.m. is good. You have a chance at mantinee and if not, you will almost certainly be a shoe in for the evening, which may or may not mean standing in line for another 6 hours. But suddenly being the first in line at 2 p.m may give you some courage. Go get takeout and settle in. But #9 is not bad. Read my FAQ---Have cash on hand as some people may come around before the show looking to sell their seats.

Second of all, are there people behind you? You should have rallied with them to and moved that empty chair after about 2 hours and when the "friend" came back you should have publicly called them out on it. It's too late now. Don't let this happen again.

Third, you and your friend should have been swapping out every hour or 2. If you don't get into the matinee, do this for the evening show. Sell those Smokefall tickets.

Again, stay in line, and start planning what you're going to do for the afternoon wait. You can do it! Just think you are almost guaranteed to see the evening show. #9 is too close to call for the matinee to not wait.