Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 153

Hi, everybody! Made an account to ask a question, hopefully someone knows what's going on.

So my friend and I are planning to try the cancellation line on Saturday November 5th. I was looking at Ticketmaster resale tickets for that day just for the heck of it, and I noticed they're almost completely sold out for not just that day, but the whole weekend. And the ones that are left have astronomical prices, even compared to other resale days. Is there something special going on that weekend/does anyone know why they're getting bought up so fast compared to all the other days?

My main concern is that if there is something going on that weekend, will the line be any more crowded? We're coming in from Albany, so that day is really our only shot (ha!) at getting in. Thanks!

Wick3 said: "AHamABurr said: "So my friend and I are planning to try the cancellation line on Saturday November 5th. I was looking at Ticketmaster resale tickets for that day just for the heck of it, and I noticed they're almost completely sold out for not just that day, but the whole weekend. And the ones that are left have astronomical prices, even compared to other resale days. Is there something special going on that weekend/does anyone know why they're getting bought up so fast compared to all the other days?

My main concern is that if there is something going on that weekend, will the line be any more crowded? We're coming in from Albany, so that day is really our only shot (ha!) at getting in. Thanks!"

I just looked at Nov 5th weekend at Ticketmaster resale and they have 66 tickets for resale on Sat matinee, 93 tickets for Sat evening, and 30 tickets for Sun matinee. Perhaps on Sunday they're almost sold out but not really. Either way, I do know Anthony Ramos and Christopher Jackson are due to leave the show in mid-November.

Also, that weekend is NYC marathon weekend as well as the Gymnastics Olympics tour so maybe the same folks want to go see Hamilton too?

As for the line being more crowded, who knows. For those who are fans of Christopher Jackson and Anthony Ramos, I'd think they'd probably want to see the show one more time? Good luck!!!!





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Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it!!

HamiltonObsessed said: "A friend and I are also doing the cancellation line that day! If you want we can hold a spot for you and you can hold a spot for us (whichever group gets to the line first the other group goes next to them, since each person is allowed 2 tickets each, if anyone gets mad we can say that everyone is getting 1 so nothing's changing for the others). If you don't want to do that it's totally fine :)

The line will probably be more crowded because Anthony Ramos and Christopher Jackson are leaving mid-November.



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I just PM'ed you :)

Just a warning about Saturday waiting. Not sure if it was because it was a Saturday, or a glimpse of what's to come, or just THIS Saturday (10/22), but I got to the line around 6:30am (despite box office says it opens at 10a), and there were already 10 PEOPLE in line (not sure if they were 20 total tix if buying for 2). Person at #1 said she'd been there since show got out the night before, and #2 got there around 2 am. I was totally bummed, and this was a completely different vibe than the preceding 2 days.

I stumbled onto the line around 11 am on Thurs 10/20 when I went to the box office about SRO tickets. (yes, you can get SRO tix for $40 dollars (different line) and rumor has it that the ushers try to find you seats). But anyway, I got in the tix line at #11 and #12 around 11am. Fun day, great weather, but only 8 people got in.

Friday, I had tix to 9/11 memorial but before leaving, stopped by the line around 11 to see #9 and #10 from the previous night, and #13 and #14 (ie the people right in front and right behind me in line on Thursday),--at positions #1---4. (yes, they got in on Friday). They'd gotten in the line at about 7:30am. Vibe was good, and there were about 8 others in line at that time.

So I was determined to get Sat tix, and got up early to get in line by 6:45am. This seemed like it should work to get me at #1 position or at worst, #2 I figured. WRONG. My heart sank as I turned the corner in the dark of the cold wet morning. I do hope this isn't an omen of what is to come. But it was a totally different vibe from the fun of waiting on Thursday-- to the seemingly fierce competition of Saturday morning. I think you might do better midweek. Could be that since people don't have to get up for work on Saturday, they go for broke and sleep on the sidewalk. I never expected this, based on the two previous days. I hope it doesn't get cut-throat like that and that this was just a fluke.

Oh I hope not. But I have a feeling you're right.

I'm pretty sure SRO is in the cancellation line.

They came out and told us that if we didn't get cancellation seats "there were SRO tickets available for $40 each." It seemed like if we wanted them, we could have made that decision right then --around 5 pm when they said it--for the 7pm show. So we all thought "yay, great, we'll stay in this line and if we don't get cancellation seats, we'll be able to get the SRO seats." When I realized I wasn't getting in, (I was #11 and they stopped at #, there didn't seem to be anyone talking about SRO seats anymore. So we just assumed it must have been another line, and they were all gone. I know the last people to get in from our line (#7 and # on Thurs 10/20 got single seats separate from each other. not standing.

They start with premium seats, then go to normal priced seats, and SRO last.

I'm thinking that the airing of Hamilton's America on PBS on Friday night has piqued people's interest in seeing the show.

MyFavoriteBrunette said: "Bumping to be able to read the post starting on the next page (for some reason this happens on my end)



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That has been happening to me for months now. I see there is a new post but if its the beginning of a new page when I click on it it does not appear. Good to know this trick MFB. :)

I was part of the couple from Alaska! I had been following this forum for months and it was very helpful. Waiting in line was so much fun and the show was amazing!! I had been intrigued by the show ever since I first heard of it, and as soon as I had plans set to come to NYC for our 10 yr anniversary it was at the top of my list of things to do. But I intentionally didn't listen to the music because I didn't want to be horribly disappointed if we didn't get in. I had watched a 10 min clip from YouTube and read through the lyrics and that was enough! I loved being able to watch it hearing it for the first time and enjoy the surprise. Of all the amazing things we did during our 2 week trip it was probably the highlight for me!

Good luck to those trying it and thanks for all the advice! It is absolutely worth the wait.

Updated On: 10/25/16 at 03:29 PM

so glad you were able to get in and had such an awesome experience. Happy anniversary!!