Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 180

Those are mezz seats, right?

Thanks, I'll take an entire day to dedicate to Hamilton!

I got cancelation seats in row a mezz center, so not necessarily

Had tickets to another show but just went by this morning to check out line. At 10am there were only 5 people. I was kicking myself so much. I had thought line would be so long that there wouldn't be any use to even try.

Updated On: 5/6/18 at 10:12 PM

Has anyone had success trying for SRO lately? I know that it is extremely unlikely, but I was hoping to try on Wednesday.

Anyone had success with this recently? How early did you go?

Just adding in bc this thread was really helpful to me as I planned our one-day trip. We already had DEH matinee tickets for yesterday and my daughter was hoping to see Beautiful with Marissa Benoist but I didn’t realize it didn’t have a Weds pm show so I thought we’d try for Hamilton even though we have tickets to see it when it comes to our city. We arrived in nyc and got to the box office just before it opened. at 9:50am there were two line sitters and two other tourists ahead of us (so we were tickets #7 and waiting for 8pm tickets plus 6 people waiting for matinee tickets. The first line sitter got called in and got his clients’ tickets when the box office opened. Then one single matinee became available and one person in a party of three got that. Then nothing. We waited abt 30 mins before I asked the line sitter and the box office and they told me it was unlikely they would have that many evening performance tickets available before the matinee. I was told on two-show days, the pm ticket cancellations start coming in during the intermission of the matinee. I wasn’t going to be able to wait for that So we took off and checked into our hotel and went to soho to shop before DEH. By 4:30 when DEH got out I ran over to the line and learned that everyone in the morning (incl the two guys who had been waiting for pm tickets) had gotten tickets for the matinee and only one line sitter was still waiting for pm tickets. I was 6th in line (My daughter stayed to do stagedoor At DEH) but the 4-5 people in front of me had only arrived in line just minutes before. Eventually about 10 -15 more people got in line behind us and from looking around at intermission, it seemed like everyone got in (we were literally high fiving each other). The line sitter (Adonis!) said Hamilton has slowed down a lot and Harry Potter and Mean Girls are the hottest tickets. Lines may be longer in the summer and def on weekends but you never know. He said they usually have around 12-20 tickets every performance. He’s seen them have 30+. The unclaimed lottery tickets go first. Then house tickets and Standing Room (if any) become available closer to curtain time so being first in line is not necessarily the way to the best seats. The line sitter had arrived at 5:45am, waited all day, and got his clients’ tickets (unclaimed lottery Row A) at 5pm. Then another lady got called in right after him and she got two $229 tickets on the aisle Row G. Two other people got called in at 7 they got more Tow G. Then two ladies got side orchestra Row J and K. Then nothing. At 7:45 a solo lady ahead of me got called and she got Row F seat 103. Then I got Row F seats 105/107 in the center orchestra, exactly in line with the conductor. These tickets list on stub hub for $2,660!! People behind us also seemed to get house seats Rows (K and L? ). I didn’t hear of anyone being offered $749 tickets. The box office lady told me they often put those back up for sale on Ticketmaster. All in all waiting in the cancellation line was the smartest three hours investment of my time. We got to see Michael Oluwe and he was fantastic and Gregory Treco was understudy for George WShington and was freaking amazing. Good luck!

Updated On: 6/14/18 at 07:41 AM

(Insert Clever Name) said: "Yes, they are 229 and a total rip off IMO"

Oh, so you haven't seen it. You should play the lottery and see if you can get tickets that way for your own education.

Also, if you had bothered to 'educate' yourself by reading some of the thread, you would have read my own experience in the line. But, thanks.

Just wanted to provide useful info for all. Arrived Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 5:00AM at cancellation line – two line sitters were already there, having arrived at midnight. We needed 4 tickets. A single person (2 tickets) arrived at 7:00AM. Then various others arrived starting at around 9:00. Line peaked at around 20 people. Several people did not stick it out until the end.

The rules state that you cannot swap people out of the line, but the line sitters left around 11:30, when their clients arrived. This rule was not enforced. When the box office opened at 12:00, the first two people bought 4 tickets. Then, we waited until 2:00 for two tickets, then we got our other two tickets at 2:45. In the theatre, I noticed that many people from the line did get in. Our seats were Orch Row A, Center, which is the 2nd row. There were two empty seats in front of us the whole show, which leads me to believe that there were enough cancellation line tickets for all who were in line. Our other pair was in Orch Row J, as were many of the people behind us in the line.

Hope this info is helpful! (Show was AWESOME!)

5PM may be a little too late. I got there one Friday at 2:00 and a couple people who came a while after me got in (don't remember what time) so there's a chance. If you're local and you feel like walking by to check out the line, you might as well. You never know.



BTW, officer Sullivan who is usually there outside keeping order told us Tuesdays and Thursdays have the shortest lines.

I actually did the line last Friday. I got there around 9:30 but i REALLY didn't have to. There were 7 people ahead of me and about half of them left by 12:00 as they didn't want to wait any more. A couple people got tickets and at 2:00, i was the ONLY person in line. Around 3-4:00 several more people got on line. I got my ticket at 4:00. 2nd row, no problem.