Jersey Boy's Suspending Student Rush?

I hadn't heard it was temporary. From what I heard it was because of the scalpers, not because of summer.

I'd guess they have SRO still, but I don't know for sure. I wouldn't think scalpers could get a lot for standing room.

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So does this mean they're not going to have rush at all?

Not good. Not good.

I have the feeling it's going to be temporary, but who knows.

Thats a damn shame. I'm glad I saw it early on.

The rush will return when sales dwindle. Shows where the box office swore there would NEVER be rush tickets:

Brooklyn
Magical Thinking
Lestat
Dracula

All had it by the end.

BroadwayFan4, Brooklyn always offered rush seats (even during previews).

I think "safety concerns" is just the official line they are giving. It's obvious the real reason is that they can't figure out a way to keep scalpers from getting their hands on the rush tickets, so the producers decided they might as well get the full price for those seats themselves instead of letting scalpers make money on them.

Especially in that part of Times Square, safety is not really an issue at any time of night.

one of those crazy people getting there at 3 am.....that sounds like me, but yes this is a crying shame

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If they are infact suspending SR because of scalpers, then that really sucks. There are so many ways that the theatre could avoid having scalpers buy those tickets. For example, they could actually check for student ID's at the door when someone presents a student rush ticket. Or, the box office could have students purchase their tickets in the morning/afternoon, have their tickets held at the box office, then at night, the student could pick up their tickets at the door on their way in. I could go on and on about the different ways they could fix this situation, but theres really no point because what I say won't change their minds. Its really unfortunate they have to suspend this; especially for those students who actually want to see the show and can't afford to purchase full price tickets. Oh well...good luck to those of you who rush these last few days!