Legally Blonde Rush Problems (again)

[carymetorent2]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:16pm

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.

[shh282]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:18pm

that's really ridiculous- are they trying to get this show to close?

[Kelly2]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:22pm

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.

[Trekkie2]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:24pm

This show will be gone by the fall. They don't market it well at all.

[TooDarnHot]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:25pm

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

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:27pm

I was at the Wed. matinee and it was sold out, it can't be that bad.

[MyLife]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:41pm

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

[winston89]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 12:43pm

I think it is that bad.

Keep in mind that thier core audience members are high schoolers and they are loosing their rush ticket buyers by changing it to college only.

I was at the box office trying to see what shows I could get a ticket to wednesday night. The sign in the box office that had said how rush worked used to say that you just needed a student ID but now it said college ID.

I don't know why they changed it. But, I did ask the guy at the box office before I showed him my ID and before he knew that I was still in high school. He had said that they sold out of thier entier rush seats for that performance.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 1:26pm

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

[jordangirl]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 1:28pm

^ 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.

Updated On: 4/26/08 at 01:28 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 1:31pm

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.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 1:37pm

I was at the Wed. matinee and it was sold out

Just because every seat is filled, it doesn't mean every seat was paid for.

With their grosses, they should be giving tickets away.

They are giving tickets away.

[worrell4077]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 2:01pm

"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.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 3:17pm

My school doesn't give new ids every year. Nor does it put date stickers on it. Nothing I can do about that. I can't go to the University and ask them to change their policy because I want to see Legally Blonde. That is absolutely ridiculous.

[itwontbelongnowx]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 4:47pm

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.

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 4:51pm

Oh god, this is insane.
I am still gonna try and rush it in a week and a half when I'm up there.

[sondheimgeek]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 4:55pm

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.

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:00pm

They sometimes are rough when it comes to the ID policy. Out of the five times I've seen the show, I've been ID'ed twice. When you go to rush, the very large scary rush man is very stern and strict so you don't mess with him.

[musicandtemiror]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:04pm

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

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:12pm

I wish rush was that easy, Alex.
But it's not.
I went during the summer and had to sit outside from 6 to 10 just to get tickets and it was very very unseasonably cold that day.

[shh282]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:28pm

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..

[ClumsyDude15]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:34pm

Front row at Blonde is so much fun as shhh said and totally worth the wait.

[HBG]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:36pm

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.

[Kelly2]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:39pm

That's not true, HBG, we're talking about an actual change in the policy as stated on the signs in the lobby. They now say "College/University ID Only" on them, and ALL members of the box office staff adhere to this new policy, I'm sure, since it's actually up for viewing in the lobby. Apparently, they now require valid, dated college identification.

The truth to this isn't what's up for debate, the policy has in fact changed.

[YessicaB]

Posted: 4/26/08 at 5:54pm

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