Lottery Loser? How to get tickets?

Well...I'm embarrassed to say it, but I need help. The ticket prices for Merrily We Roll Along are outlandishly expensive, and I've now lost the lottery for day-of tickets more than 100 times. (I'm not kidding - I enter it religiously and it's almost pointless.)

The next cheapest ticket I can find is over $150 each, and they're often for partial-view seats. I'm quickly losing hope of ever winning this lottery, and as far as I can see there's no other rush policy, no standing room tickets, no cancellation line, no TDF, no age-based discounts, no promo codes - nothing.

It's either win the lottery or pay $150-500 for a seat, which is wildly out of my price range. There MUST be some other means of getting a ticket into the show. Any seat is better than none - and I'm not above sitting in a partial view ticket, but I'm not paying $150 for a partial view seat.

Can anyone help? Anything that genuinely costs $99 or less will work. Thanks in advance!

If you've entered the lottery over 100 times, then I have to assume you are NY-based and have flexibility on dates. If so, then chrishuyen hit it on the head, book far out. Wednesday matinees in May and June have $84 seats. Yes, they are last or next to last row balcony, but they meet your under-$99 requirement. In fact the calendars for May and June indicate that currently every performance has low-end tickets ranging from $84-$102.  So tickets are there in the price range you want, you just need to do a little digging on the calendar and the seating chart, and then grab something before the prices go up and/or the cheaper tickets get snapped up by others in your same situation.  

Updated On: 1/12/24 at 07:47 AM

Lumiere2, please don't be embarrassed. You have no reason to be! It's the producers who should be cringeing in shame. Not being a member of the elite who can afford these outlandish prices is totally normal.

Updated On: 1/12/24 at 06:22 PM

I bought my 2nd to last row dress circle at the box office in October for a January show.  I saved about $30.  They were $159 each. I did not want to sit in the balcony. They will charge $150+ to some of those balcony seats closer to the show.

Producers charge these rates because people are buying at those rates. If they are cheaper, then scalpers will quickly snap up those cheaper tickets and sell them in the resale market for a huge profit. Remember a ticket is only worth whatever price someone is willing to pay for it.

At least with buying directly from box office, the production will get the profits (and am guessing the cast will get a bonus if certain box office targets are made.)

As for affordable prices, buying them in advance helps. A friend bought a balcony seat for $72 four months in advance.

It's definitely star power that's causing the steep prices. I saw this production in Boston (that starred the London cast) back in 2017 for $25 side orchestra seats. It was a very easy ticket to get back then and I thought the show was great.  I actually prefer Damian Humbley over Daniel Radcliffe in the role of Charley Kringas.

Updated On: 1/13/24 at 01:08 AM

Wick3 said: "Producers charge these rates because people are buying at those rates. If they are cheaper, then scalpers will quickly snap up those cheaper tickets and sell them in the resale market for a huge profit. Remember a ticket is only worth whatever price someone is willing to pay for it.

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As for affordable prices, buying them in advance helps. A friend bought a balcony seat for $72 four months in advance.

It's definitely star power that's causing the steep prices. I saw this production in Boston (that starred the London cast) back in 2017 for $25 side orchestra seats. It was a very easy ticket to get back then and I thought the show was great. I actually prefer Damian Humbley over Daniel Radcliffe in the role of Charley Kringas."

agree with you

Updated On: 11/27/24 at 11:44 AM