Hamilton Cancellation Line- Page 44

[Wick3]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 7:46am

MinervaMoon said: "What I actually need to do now is start advertising my services as a line-sitter that day to recoup some of the cost of this shame."

lmao actually don't! To be competitive as a line sitter you'd have to wait 30+ hours! I've waited in cancellation for 17 hours and was wide awake during the show but I don't know about 30+ hours. 

If you paid that much to sit in center orchestra, you want to be wide awake the entire time! :) :) :)

 

 

[MinervaMoon]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 8:02am

Wick3 said: "MinervaMoon said: "What I actually need to do now is start advertising my services as a line-sitter that day to recoup some of the cost of this shame."

lmao actually don't! To be competitive as a line sitter you'd have to wait 30+ hours! I've waited in cancellation for 17 hours and was wide awake during the show but I don't know about 30+ hours. 

If you paid that much to sit in center orchestra, you want to be wide awake the entire time! :) :) :)

 

 

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Hahaha, I know, only kidding! I would probably collapse of exhaustion, throw the entire cast off by sleeping conspicuously in the second row, and ruin everyone's night. Worse than Madonna on her phone the whole show.

[TishTash]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 8:56am

IMHO, it's more difficult now than it was, say, in August when the show just got to B'way. I showed up twice that month to Sunday matinees about a half-hour before showtime: Once I was sixth in line (out of eight), another third (out of just three!). The first time only two opened up; the second time, three, so all of us sat next to eachother front mezzanine, like cats that ate a canary.

All this talk about getting there by 9am or earlier lest you come upon 20 waiting wasn't the case initially.

Updated On: 5/6/16 at 08:56 AM

[ammurp]

Posted: 5/6/16 at 11:29pm

I'm hoping to hear about people's cancellation line experiences over the next week. Heading to NYC to hopefully see the show on May 17th and I wasn't nervous before but after realizing there are over 800 Tony voters...very concerned about the number of tickets that will be getting released to the line now that it's voting season, if that affects it at all.

[bucky3]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 5:13pm

Hi, (My apologies if this has already been discussed. I haven't read the entire thread.) Can anyone speak to the general availability of single vs. pairs of cancelation tickets? My son plans to wait (and wait...) for tickets. I will join him at some point, but will not be there during much of his wait. I would love to see the show, (and ideally have him purchase a pair of tickets) but do not want him to miss an opportunity to see the show by potentially passing on a single seat in the hope of being offered a pair.  Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks so much.

[brian1973]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 6:24pm

It will be even harder to get tickets now till the Tonys. All house seats that are held for the Producers etc are being held for Tony voters and there is still a huge shortfall of seats available.

i wouldn't be surprised if they use all of the lottery seats too and don't declare it.

[ammurp]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 7:18pm

brian1973 said: "It will be even harder to get tickets now till the Tonys. All house seats that are held for the Producers etc are being held for Tony voters and there is still a huge shortfall of seats available.

i wouldn't be surprised if they use all of the lottery seats too and don't declare it.

 

Oh God. This is exactly what I'm afraid of And I've unfortunately had to go the line sitter route because we'll be travelling from Canada the day of the show. We've already given ourselves the pep talk of we can find something else to do if we don't get tickets but I will obviously be sad if it doesn't work out.

 

[talinatter]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 7:45pm

do you think this would be the case on a monday too?

[talinatter]

Posted: 5/7/16 at 7:47pm

ammurp said: "brian1973 said: "It will be even harder to get tickets now till the Tonys. All house seats that are held for the Producers etc are being held for Tony voters and there is still a huge shortfall of seats available.

i wouldn't be surprised if they use all of the lottery seats too and don't declare it.

 do you think this would be the case on a monday too?

Oh God. This is exactly what I'm afraid of And I've unfortunately had to go the line sitter route because we'll be travelling from Canada the day of the show. We've already given ourselves the pep talk of we can find something else to do if we don't get tickets but I will obviously be sad if it doesn't work out.

 

 

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[Wick3]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 8:42am

bucky3 said: "Hi, (My apologies if this has already been discussed. I haven't read the entire thread.) Can anyone speak to the general availability of single vs. pairs of cancelation tickets? My son plans to wait (and wait...) for tickets. I will join him at some point, but will not be there during much of his wait. I would love to see the show, (and ideally have him purchase a pair of tickets) but do not want him to miss an opportunity to see the show by potentially passing on a single seat in the hope of being offered a pair.  Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks so much."

From my experience, a single would be offered at around 2-3 mins before show started (after selling a few pairs). My guess is the theater prefers to sell all their pairs first and then whatever is leftover as singles? Good luck to your son!

 

[MISH2]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 9:10am

I passed by the Richard Rodgers around 4 p.m. yesterday, and there were only about 8 people in the cancellation line, I assume for the 8 p.m. show.  Was sorely tempted to just get on the line for a single ticket, but I was with a friend and she didn't want to, and I felt guilty just ditching her as we were spending the day together.  Wondering if anyone knows if being number 9 at 4 pm yesterday would have resulted in a ticket?

Also noted - at around 1:30 yesterday, there were 2 row C center orchestra seats for the matinee on one of the resale sites for $350 each, I assume because Javier does Saturday matinees?

[ArtMan]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 10:31am

Slightly still on topic.  For those of you that have been using the line sitters, what kind of money are you dishing out in total for these tickets (including everything line sitter fee/ticket fee)?  I know I'm being nosy, but am curious.  For those of you not using line sitters, you are getting a ticket for $177.  How many hours are you investing in time for this?  I would love to see this show, but being a visitor myself, I don't want to waste a day/night plus of vacation time standing in line.  That's just me.  And the thought of hiring a line sitter for 30 hours plus the ticket price doesn't appeal to me either.  So kudos to all of you that do make this choice.   When I visit May 18-22, if any of you are in line I'll walk by and say Hi!

[sarahb22]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 11:47am

The interesting thing is, that there are actually quite a few tickets available between now and Tony time...the scalpers have all of them.  So, if it comes down to "Tony voters won't vote for Hamilton because there aren't any regular tickets available for them to see the show", will the Hamilton producers resort to buying scalpers' tickets off Ticketmaster and StubHub, just to get tickets for the voters?

Updated On: 5/8/16 at 11:47 AM

[callmesurely]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:26pm

Tony voters aren't limited to the window between the nominations and the awards. The producers have out ticket to voters last August and September. They actually caused a lot of problems because many voters were out of town. So I guarantee many voters have already seen it.

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:33pm

Wait....do you guys really think the producers didn't hold back tickets from sale for this very time period?   The Tony voters will get their tickets.

[gatorgirl2]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:33pm

ArtMan said: "Slightly still on topic.  For those of you that have been using the line sitters, what kind of money are you dishing out in total for these tickets (including everything line sitter fee/ticket fee)?  I know I'm being nosy, but am curious.  For those of you not using line sitters, you are getting a ticket for $177.  How many hours are you investing in time for this?  I would love to see this show, but being a visitor myself, I don't want to waste a day/night plus of vacation time standing in line.  That's just me.  And the thought of hiring a line sitter for 30 hours plus the ticket price doesn't appeal to me either.  So kudos to all of you that do make this choice.   When I visit May 18-22, if any of you are in line I'll walk by and say Hi!

 

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I've never hired one but I emailed them to get a quote and for 36 hours wait it was about 750 plus price of tickets.

 

[gatorgirl2]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:38pm

MISH2 said: "I passed by the Richard Rodgers around 4 p.m. yesterday, and there were only about 8 people in the cancellation line, I assume for the 8 p.m. show.  Was sorely tempted to just get on the line for a single ticket, but I was with a friend and she didn't want to, and I felt guilty just ditching her as we were spending the day together.  Wondering if anyone knows if being number 9 at 4 pm yesterday would have resulted in a ticket?

Also noted - at around 1:30 yesterday, there were 2 row C center orchestra seats for the matinee on one of the resale sites for $350 each, I assume because Javier does Saturday matinees?

 

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I'd be interested to know this too! 

 

Also still gonna try for the may 27th show if anyone wants to buddy up! I'm willing to do the night shift Thursday night if someone can do day shift on Thursday lol. 

 

[sarahb22]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:39pm

dramamama611 said: "Wait....do you guys really think the producers didn't hold back tickets from sale for this very time period?"

I have no idea. Is that what they do?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 12:50pm

Yes, of course. Days that all those tix aren't claimed by a voter, they will be put up for sale, likely at the cancellation line.  

[conojochan]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 8:16pm

does anyone know the show days that Lin doesn't perform

tx

[Wick3]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 8:58pm

conojochan said: "does anyone know the show days that Lin doesn't perform

tx"

From the Hamilton broadway website (schedule from today until July 3)

Saturday May 14 @ 2:00pm 
Saturday May 21 @ 2:00pm 
Sunday May 29 @ 2:00pm 
Sunday June 5 @ 3:00pm 
Sunday June 12 @ 2:00pm (Tony Sunday) 
Sunday June 19 @ 3:00pm 
Sunday June 26 @ 3:00pm 
Sunday July 3 @ 3:00pm

I suggest following Lin on Twitter as well as he at times posts when he's on vacation or when he's sick.

 

[mom of dragons]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 10:13pm

For those asking about line sitters.  i hired the Same Ole Line Dudes to sit in line for us.  we needed four tickets, so we had 2 sitters.  originally, we hired them for 20? hours, but ended up hiring them for 36 hours because of all the interest.  i would highly recommend using SOLD;, Robert, Ty, James, and Louis were wonderful!  very professional, friendly, and reliable.  The cost for the 36 hours plus the ticket was $539.50.  we were number 4 and 5 in line.  number 1 and 2 position was being held by another line sitter, who ddnt seem very friendly nor talkative.  number 3 was also a sold guy.

 

Robert and Ty recommended we show up at 5 pm because the office sometimes releases the lottery tickets that werent purchased.  so we arrived at about 4:55 pm, anxious because our position was not the best. At 5:55 pm, the box office guy came out and asked the line sitter in positions 1 + 2, how many tickets- singles or pairs? the man fumbled a little on answering and admitted his clients werent there yet.  the box office guy then passed him by.  position #3 wanted a single, so he was told to step forward, creating a quasi line.  we were next, told him we were 2 pairs.  we were told to step forward.

 

 

 

[mom of dragons]

Posted: 5/8/16 at 10:27pm

.....continuing from previous post...tablet is being wonky....

the girl after us waffled a bit when she was asked- single or pair.  finally answered, pair and she was passed by.  a guy past her wanted a single so he was brought up to go in with position #3 guy.  the six of us were asked to go inside and pay.  we were told that once we paid to stay away from the canx line.  our tickets were in row cc.  the show was amazing.!!

 

while we were waiting in line, Daveed Diggs walked past.  we were able to talk to him and my D was able to get her picture taken with him.  after the show, we waited at the stage door and D was able to get Lin, Daveed, and other signatures on her Hamiltome book.  everyone was very nice, courteous and civil while waiting for the cast.  the cast members were so very nice by signing everything, taking pictures.  overall it was one of the best nights ever.

 

while it was nervewracking at times, i would highly recommend using the SOLD linesitters.  i know that i would not have been able to sit that long due to physical limitations and they allowed us to see a terrific show.

 

 

[steins]

Posted: 5/9/16 at 3:19pm

Trip 2 report:

landed EWR this morning around 6:30am. Still jet lag because I arrived from Hawaii >.<

Got here 10min ago (3:07pm) #2 in line for tomorrow's show

#1 SOLD arrived at 5am

if you guys are considering tomorrow's show. Today is a good day to do the cancellation line. :)

Updated On: 5/9/16 at 03:19 PM

[MyFavoriteBrunette]

Posted: 5/9/16 at 3:43pm

steins said: "if you guys are considering tomorrow's show. Today is a good day to do the cancellation line. :)"

 

Steins!  I'll be waving to you from the rear mezz row F!  Against the far left!  Seats 25 & 27!  Sounds like you'll be seeing it again!