Hamilton Cancellation Line — Page 44

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! :) :) :)

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

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 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.

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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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?

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

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.

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.

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 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.

.....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 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!