Another note: I really REALLY hope that Book of Mormon's line is being moderated for SRO. It has been getting quite crazy lately, and with such a demand and wait for tickets, I would be REALLY pissy if I saw cutting there.
I don't know about the SRO line, but when I was there for the lotto for last Friday's matinee, someone had to forfeit their ticket because they were waiting in the cancellation line. Someone else also had to forfeit their tickets because they apparently entered the lotto twice. I don't think I've ever actually seen that happen. (and really, what were the odds that both of their entries would be drawn?) So based on how well that was handled, I would guess they have someone handling the SRO line.
I don't know about the SRO line, but when I was there for the lotto for last Friday's matinee, someone had to forfeit their ticket because they were waiting in the cancellation line.
So at Book of Mormon you're allowed to do the standing room wait + lotto, but you're not allowed to do cancellation line wait + lotto? That seems odd.
That thing about entering twice and both names being drawn is hilarious, though.
Any of you who have been on here long enough to remember the story of that kid being sent to the hospital after being knocked out by the Jersey Boys rush line scalpers? I'm expecting/dreading the day we get a similar story from the Book of Mormon standing room line this summer...
Yes, unfortunately:
http://jennifernaimo.com/news/2007/06/23/last-of-the-student-rushers/
http://jerseyboysblog.com/?p=1505
I had to "moderate" this garbage this morning. Got to the H2$ rush at 6:30. There were three people in front of me. All individuals. Come 9:00am, some RUDE woman, who I've since called every name in the book (based solely on her poor manners. my seat is rather good.), walks up to the girl at the very front who'd been sitting there since 5:30am to ask her to buy two tickets so she could have one. This woman posed it in such a passive-aggressive way that the girl seemed to have felt like she had to. So the girl, who'd been sitting there for almost four hours, agreed to get this woman a ticket.
I was infuriated. She KNEW I was infuriated. The woman wouldn't even look at me. We DID our time on line. We'd been sitting out there for HOURS. And there were 100+ people BEHIND US. That ticket could've gone to someone who bothered to show up more than an hour before the box office opened.
I don't know if y'all have been to the H2$ rush, but it was certainly at least 50 people deep by 7am.
Again, I got a fabulous ticket for tonight, so I'm not too upset about that. It's just the nerve and absolute rudeness of that woman that's had me worked up all day.
MANNERS, PEOPLE. MANNERS!!
I feel like shows that have such an intense rush line (H2S, Mormon, Sister Act) should have line moderators. It's not necessary at every show, like it is at Shakespeare in the Park, but for shows that always have a ton of people waiting in line for rush, they should have someone at the theatre monitoring.
I can't stand it when people try to do what that woman did. It's happened to me many times, even at Shakespeare in the Park.
And the only reason to leave a show prior to curtain is in case of emergency. Leaving during the finale in order to get a prime spot at the stage door just exemplifies how some people attend shows to for love of theatre, but rather to starf*ck.
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i_heart - do I understand correctly that NO ONE said anything to or about that woman, and she ended up getting her ticket?!?
Boy, that's not the NYC I used to know. She would have had a very different experience if I had been waiting in that line!
Somewhat recently, I left a show (before it ended) for the very first time. It was June 2011 at the Musica Hall in Dallas. I was scheduled to see a Saturday 2pm showing of "Chicago" in Fort Worth, so I needed to get a show for a Friday evening. The only show that was available was "Spamalot". Before then, I was not a fan of "Monty Python". I did realize that the tv series and show had many, many fans. I was not one of them. Still, I was curious. So I got a ticket (very cheap) in the upper mezzanine. The person behind me was quoting lines right and left from the show, much to my chagrin. I loved the person who played "The Lady of the Lake" and somewhat liked the bit "I'm Not Dead". But overall, I realized that as much as the people around me were really "loving it", I couldn't wait to leave. So, I waited till intermission and dashed right out of there. It felt kind of odd to leave a show before it ended, but I knew that I had made the right decision, for me. Oh well. from RC in Austin, Texas
Somewhat recently, I left a show (before it ended) for the very first time. It was June 2011 at the Musica Hall in Dallas. I was scheduled to see a Saturday 2pm showing of "Chicago" in Fort Worth, so I needed to get a show for a Friday evening. The only show that was available was "Spamalot". Before then, I was not a fan of "Monty Python". I did realize that the tv series and show had many, many fans. I was not one of them. Still, I was curious. So I got a ticket (very cheap) in the upper mezzanine. The person behind me was quoting lines right and left from the show, much to my chagrin. I loved the person who played "The Lady of the Lake" and somewhat liked the bit "I'm Not Dead". But overall, I realized that as much as the people around me were really "loving it", I couldn't wait to leave. So, I waited till intermission and dashed right out of there. It felt kind of odd to leave a show before it ended, but I knew that I had made the right decision, for me. Oh well. from RC in Austin, Texas
RC, there's nothing wrong with leaving a show you're genuinely not enjoying at intermission. I've done it many times. The blog post the OP is referencing states that it's become acceptable--even expected--to leave a show during the finale in order to secure a prime spot at the stage door.
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I once had to leave a show during the performance because I was feeling very sick (it was during act 2 with about half an hour left). Thankfully I was in the aisle seat of the last row in the mezz, but I still felt awful.
The thing that annoys me most is when people who already have tickets put in for the lottery. I tried the Hair lotto a few weeks ago and this woman started talking to me, saying how she had tickets in the mezzanine but didn't want to sit there. She didn't win, but still. If you don't want to sit in the mezzanine don't buy tickets there.
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