Kelli O'Hara, Lerner & Loewe, Kander and Ebb

FYI

Tickets for the new Carnegie Hall season go on presale this Monday, 8/22 for subscribers and members. On Friday, 8/26, the presale is extended to anyone who pays with his or her MasterCard. On Monday, 8/29, the sale is open to the general public.

Three events that might interest people here are

(1) the solo Carnegie Hall debut of Kelli O'Hara on Saturday, October 29.

(2) the New York Pops presents The Musical World of Lerner and Loewe, with guest performers Laura Osnes, Nathan Gunn and Colin Donnell, on Friday, October 14, at 8:00 pm.

(3) the New York Pops presents: Life is a Cabaret: The Songs of Kander and Ebb with guest performers Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy, on Friday, March 10 at 8:00 pm

If you want to see Kelli on the cheap, she is booked to appear at the Staller Center of Stony Brook University, located on the North Shore of Suffolk County, Long Island in Stony Brook, on Saturday, December 10. Tickets are $48 and the only remaining ones are in the last five rows out of thirty on the Main Stage. But the venue only seats 1000, so you won't be distant, and this appearance in a university setting should be much less formal than Carnegie Hall.

Updated On: 8/21/16 at 01:44 AM

The first two events are going to be popular and they are not far off. Suggest that if you have a MasterCard you shop the Presale that opens up next Friday, 8/26 for card holders, and you can see all the prices.

Working backwards from my subscription price, and adding back the discount they say I'm getting, orchestra seats (they call it the Parquet) would range from $100 to $135. The best balcony seats maybe $55.

Call the box office. 212.247.7800

VintageSnarker said: "I subscribed to a concert package that doesn't include the Kelli O'Hara concert. Do you know how the presale will work? Will they email a code?

Thanks!

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I don't know for certain, but I'm almost certain that they are not going to be sending you any code.

I think that you don't have to do anything except sign on to your account. From your email address their system will look into your account and verify that you're a current subscriber.

It's possible that you might have to enter your name and account number but I don't think that it will be even that complicated.

Thanks. That link brings up the MasterCard pre-sale page.

https://www.carnegiehall.org/MCPresale/

It doesn't fill in the little details about where to go for the Master Card Presale, but by Friday hopefully they'll have instructions.

What a godawful presale system. Rivals that of City Center.

@gimlet2 No, it doesn't. For anyone wondering, if you're still not having luck online just call the number and stay on the line. Eventually you'll be able to get through and buy tickets. It helps to have your account number on hand and maybe know your price range/have a seating chart.

is there anyone who wouldn't mind listing all the prices at each level for the Kelli O'Hara concert? Do prices typically vary between presale and general sale? thanks!

I don't know how familiar you are with Carnegie Hall, but the seating prices can be all over the place since there are four levels above the Orchestra (which they call the Parquet)

They've made this concert pretty simple.

Parquet Mid, Front, Rear . . . . $96

First Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$96

Second Tier Center . . . . . . . .$96

Second Tier Sides . . . . . . . . . .$61

Dress Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $61

Balcony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $31

Be careful about the Parquet Front. The stage is very high.

I wouldn't swear to it, but this is my second year as a subscriber and I'm pretty sure that we don't get a discount when we buy tickets to a single show not part of a subscription.

The exception is that we get a 15 percent discount to certain "select" shows, and "select" doesn't at all mean the most popular. We have access to the pre-sale and the right to exchange subscription tickets for any other event.

I don't know this for a fact, but I imagine that Joshua Henry won't be doing that Kander and Ebb show anymore. He'll be in Chicago playing Burr.

If you go to /MCPresale, it will ask you for the first 6 digits of your card.

I figured it out right after I posted in here. Thank you all! Got my tickets :)

Forgot to mention that there are also tickets available for the April Pops concert with Adrienne Warren and Jonathan Groff. The theme is singer/songwriters, so I'm expecting a lot of Carole King and James Taylor. It's an interesting choice for those two.