Lotto/SRO Advice for Hedwig

If you are going to go on Saturday, try lotto and standby, but get there early for standby--- there is 1 line, and you will have a shot at either the 7 or 10pm show.

If you are arriving at lga by 3pm on Friday, you should get there in time for lottery- 530pm

However, you will be there too late for standby--- the line will be down the block by then- I did standby on Friday--- was 1st on line --- got there little after noon ( basically, because I wanted to leave work!!!) --- by 3pm was crowded, and they only handed out 10 standby Friday nite

The other option ('if you don't want to pay the 150 for balc, is to keep checking for orch on telecharge--- there are usually tix that get released same day

Updated On: 5/4/14 at 05:30 PM

No prob!!!! Enjoy!

Yikes, I didn't know they weren't always selling all the SRO tickets even after opening!

I will also say that the house manager is getting stricter about not allowing any sitting on the sidewalk. I still think it's totally worth it, but you should be prepared to stand not only for the show but for the hours you're in line as well (it hasn't always been this way, but I understand that it's the staff's prerogative and wouldn't want someone to show up in terrible shoes or something). Also, there has sometimes been the understanding that the cancellation line begins after the last SRO ticket is sold, but I don't know that they're doing that consistently. There were definitely full-price seats opening up yesterday for the 7:00 between 5:00-6:00 - sounds like it would be worth going over there when you get in on Friday just to see what they have. Have fun!!!

I just checked the Hedwig site and there is a show on Tony Sunday at 3 pm.

I am going on a Wednesday in June. Got a great Audience Rewards deal for Lady Day for a Wednesday matinee at 2, so if I get to Hedwig at around 4:45, will I get SRO? Show is at 8pm. Also this is Post Tonys, if that has any effect.

I'm going next Friday (taking an 8 am bus from Boston in hopes of being there early enough!). I'll report then, and hopefully some folks will beforehand, too. Broadway spotted only reports on the lotto as of today.

Yes, the house manager there is a real troll. And incredibly rude.

It would be unbelievably cruel to force people to stand for hours while waiting for tickets. If someone falls due to getting lightheaded or dizzy since they were not allowed to sit, the theater will have a lawsuit on its hands. A very simple solution would be to have the box office hand out numbered-tickets upon arrival if they want people to return later to purchase.

Plenty of people do find it challenging to stand for several hours straight, myself included. I'm a rock climber and a weight-lifter and very healthy and physically fit, but I have a hip issue that makes it difficult for me to stand for more than two hours without a break or something to lean on. That would be fine for seeing "Hedwig," since I could lean and it's under 2 hours, but standing from 1:00 until 7:00 is going to be very challenging. I'll do it since I can't afford regularly-priced tickets, but it would be a much more doable experience if I could sit like I have for every other rush/SRO line I've ever waited on.

Well said, CB.

Let me put it this way...
I have seen the show. I feel the need to go back. I have helped friends with lottery several times, including a day where two were also on the SRO line. I have no done so yet, but this is one of the very few times where I have ever left wanting to write a letter to the theatre owners to complain about staff members... and I have seen more than my share of absurdly rude ushers and house managers.

The IS an in-between.

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