King Lear - SITP

Is anyone going tonight? I'm excited to hear early reports.
Being the unlucky person I am, I lost the online ticket lottery... but I'll keep trying.

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Filled with line sitters from craigslist if all those listings are any indication...

Anyone go tonight? Really interested to hear how Lithgow, Bening, and co. are in this.

Did you wait in line or do the virtual lottery?

Anyone done the line lately? I don't mind sitting but what time have people been getting there? Don't want to get there at some incredibly early hour of the morning only to sit at the entrance alone for 3 hours.

I, too, am wondering what the line is like. For both Into the Woods and Much Ado, I got there at 6 AM and had no trouble, but I went very early in the run for both. I'm planning on going Tuesday morning.

I saw tonight's performance. Won tickets through the virtual lottery after losing it almost daily this summer.

This is a fantastic production of King Lear. Fantastic. John Lithgow loses himself in the role and spirals into madness and heartbreak that is unbelievable to watch. Every word and movement was crafted so well, proving Lithgow to be a true legend of the stage. I found the three sisters to be excellent and thought that Jessica Hecht was particularly a stand out. The supporting cast was extremely strong, which fueled Lithgow's Lear into the masterpiece it was.

A major shout out to Daniel Sullivan's directing. I've liked his work in the past, but fell in love with that he did at the Delacorte tonight.

Side note -- two raccoons made an appearance in the first act by running upstage and waddling around the doors of the set. Very entertaining.

I got on the standby line tonight at 7 and got a ticket at 8:02. It was front row center. Never sat there at the Delacorte. Amazing seat.

Did line last week. It's pretty easy. I went on Tuesday. By 830 900 am they stopped taking people in the line.

Anybody else enter the Virtual Lotto this morning (Tuesday, August 5) and submit the form, but go to check at 12:00 and find that they are no longer offering it today? It makes sense since this is their opening night, but when I entered at 9:00 it was clear that they were going to offer it, but perhaps changed their minds / no longer had available tickets.

Getting in line Saturday...thoughts on how early to get in line to secure tickets? Considering the reviews, I can't imagine it's going to be much worse the previous weekends.

Jaw: sorry to hear that. Did you at least get standby?

there are no safe bets but 6 on a weekend with no rain in the forecast certainly isn't inherently safe.