Legally Blonde Rush Problems (again)

So, although I am up at Albany, I just received a phone call from a few friends that tried to rush LB this morning. They have rushed many times before with no issue and all of them have a student ID that is valid from either college or high school.

When they got up to the box office, the box office said htey are no longer accepting:
a) High School IDs (at all)
b) College Ids that aren't reissued every year aka that have a date on them for this year

So, basically, unless your college decides that it puts the date on it and gives you one every year, you can't rush Blonde anymore. I don't know how that works or is fair since you can't control your college ID system, but I am actually just posting this as a heads-up for anyone that fits that criteria so you don't waste your time rushing.

It's a shame since rush has been DEAD lately nad most people who would be rushing, can't anymore.

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I heard the same thing. Since their target demographic is um...high-school kids, shouldn't they rethink that policy?

Seems like a pretty dumb move on the part of the box office, but I guess they've been known to make those in the past.

With their grosses, they should be giving tickets away.

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the MTV reality show will add 2 or 3 months to its run..

I rushed on Thursday without problems and my ID doesn't have a date on it...

OK doesn't the college ID thing make sense?

Here in the UK i know people who left College an University years ago and are still using their cards to get discounts etc as it didnt have a date on

Its to stop people been dishonest that cards are reissued each year with the dates on

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Right. If they're going to having this kind of restriction, they shouldn't be requiring cards that are re-issued every year, but either validation stickers by the year, or an expiration date printed on the card. They wouldn't be the first show to be strict about requiring one of those two things, but asking for a new card for every year is unrealistic.

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"Except very few schools reissue the cards every year. Most have a validation sticker of some sort with the year or term on it. The cost (both in supplies and people hours) would not be cheap to reissue CARDS every year."

My college has that. Each semester, you have to go to the student activities office and present your schedule and they add the sticker to the back of your id.

So Legally Blonde's target audience is high school; like 13-18, right? And now the target audience can't even rush to get a ticket? HA. A+ for the genius's who thought of this idea.

They're digging their own grave. They definitely want the show closed so they are doing everything they can to close it.

You know, the one thing I've never understood about rush is why it only applies to students.

If they think students have trouble paying for tickets, imagine how their parents who are paying for their children's bills, their own bills, and then try to get some money to go to New York must feel!

Of course I know many students pay their own bills, but rush should really be open to anyone.

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Rush should be first come first serve (as it is) and then open to anyone
like the rent tour is

3 times I rushed
8- 10 x 2

and then 7 - 12 once.


it's not a fun experience but worth front row- but if they're going to be tools about it..

It's just the blonde box office lady that's strict about IDs. This is not a new thing...it's been going on for a while. The blonde lady is the one that is the student ID Nazi. If you can try to wait for the other box office person. Just let the people behind you cut you or something. If you go to anyone but the blonde lady, you won't have an issue. She isn't always there either so you may get lucky and go on a day when she's not working.

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Oh bummer. I used to love that in the States I could literally give them my bus pass or driver's liscence (it has pictures of cars on it...) and say it's my student ID and they always ALWAYS took it for anything....
Gotta love Americans