Lotteries- Spelling Bee, DRS, and Hairspray

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 10:29pm

Hi! My name is Willl and I love Broadway! I've read a lot here before I joined, and I love reading all of the interesting opinions. I am going a two-day trip to NY this August and I wanted to try lotteries for Spelling bee, Hairspray and DRS. Which has the best probobilty of winning? Thanks, hope to see you more around!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 11:04pm

I would be more specific... it really depends on teh day you go, and if you would choose matinee or evening show.

[willact4food]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 11:05pm

All are very hot tickets. However, if I had to choose, I would say Spelling Bee. Great show!!!

[BluCat500]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 11:06pm

I've nevr done it, but the word on the board is Spelling Bee can be quite difficult to win because the large crowds of people who lost the wicked lottery often flock there afterwards...

[willact4food]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 11:09pm

Oh wow, I didn't even think about that. You may just be better off doing TKTS. I sat next to a girl in Hairspray in the 5th row at a Saturday 8:00 show and she got her ticket from TKTS.

Love,
Brandon

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 11:12pm

I did both the Spelling Bee and DRS lotteries... and each time there were a lot of people. Definitely more for Spelling Bee than DRS, because Wicked is right next to it... Spelling Bee's lottery is after Wicked, so people seem to go to Wicked first, and if they lose go directly to Spelling Bee and try to win tickets.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 7/30/05 at 11:31pm

Well, DRS is what I really want to win. I will probably be trying the lotto for this show on Friday or Saturday mat.

[melynnee]

Posted: 7/31/05 at 2:52am

I went to DRS on a Tuesday and it really wasn't too bad, but I'm sure weekends are much worse. I'd say there were maybe 30-40 people. Less than I expected.

Spelling Bee is definitely worse because of the Wicked lottery as people have said. It was extremely frustrating because a lot of people the day I went (Wednesday mat AND evening) would come by and go, "Oh, is this a musical too?" and then end up winning, which can be discouraging if it's something you really want to see.

But yeah, look at TKTS... it's a beautiful thing. Both Hairspray and DRS were there when I went.