MUSIC MAN Rush Line. Updates and such. — Page 9

I was in the rush line this morning: here's my report.

I arrived at 5:00am on the dot and was second in line. By 5:45am there was 20 people in line, most of them buying 2 tickets. At 8am there was 60 people in line (me and new friends at the front counted.) At 9am there was just under 100 people in line.

When buying the seats, I got two ORCH left row D for the 8pm show tonight.

I didn't stick around to see how many actually got tickets.Box office staff said they have a minimum of 18 seats total per performance, but there's no guarantee past that.

Can't wait to see the show - going forward, my advice is that to guarantee tickets you must be in the line before 5am. On a two show day you can probably arrive at 5:45/6am and still have a good chance of getting tickets. The first person ahead of me was there at 4am, and we got asked every 10-15mins by someone what time the line started.

Was also there this morning! Came straight from the airport and got to the line around 7:45am and was probably about 49th in line. By the time I got to the front they announced they only had one ticket left for the matinee and none left for the evening but unfortunately I was looking for two so I passed. They did say they had tickets at the $99 price point but I’m going to be here a couple more days so I’ll probably try again later this week.

The box office opens at 10am most days and noon on Sundays. When I rushed, I got there at 4am and was first in line. Lots of devotion, but we made it fun! We brought games, books, etc. Sat on a blanket with pillows. Since this show is so hot, you could mayyybbeeeeeee get there at 6am and risk it, but I would recommend getting there 5:30am at the latest just to be (hopefully) sure. Rush tickets are definitely not refundable, and they write "Partial View" vert large on each ticket so you can't scalp them. If all of this sounds like too much work, I would recommend another show. I think rushing would be a great family bonding experience, but if you get lazy and arrive at 7am, you'll probably wait 3 hours to just not get tickets.

dankuhlman said: "The box office opens at 10am most days and noon on Sundays. When I rushed, I got there at 4am and was first in line. Lots of devotion, but we made it fun! We brought games, books, etc. Sat on a blanket with pillows. Since this show is so hot, you could mayyybbeeeeeee get there at 6am and risk it, but I would recommend getting there 5:30am at the latest just to be (hopefully) sure. Rush tickets are definitely not refundable, and they write "Partial View" vert large on each ticket so you can't scalp them. If all of this sounds like too much work, I would recommend another show. I think rushing would be a great family bonding experience, but if you get lazy and arrive at 7am, you'll probably wait 3 hours to just not get tickets."

They weren't asking if rush tickets are refundable, they asked if they pre-purchased Weds tix from telecharge and then their flight got delayed and they missed the show, would those be refundable. Because they're wondering if they should just purchase Weds tickets ahead of time instead of trying to rush on the weekend.

And the answer is no, they aren't typically going to be refundable although there's always a chance you get lucky with customer service.

Yeah, just make friends with the people around you. Stepping out for 5-10 min is totally fine and understandable, you'll probably end up watching their spots as well at some point!

Where are people using the bathroom when waiting in line for a long time? I had to convince someone the other day at the Walgreens to let me in but bathrooms in NY seem to be scarce.

AprilC421 said: "Where are people using the bathroom when waiting in line for a long time? I had to convince someone the other day at the Walgreens to let me in but bathrooms in NY seem to be scarce."

The Marriott Hotel on 46th is a standard option.The 8th floor lobby has a bathroom that is accessible without being a hotel guest.

samandryanmom1 said: "We’re making a trip the first part of June to get my daughter settled for a summer internship. We are seeing Plaza Suite (husbands pick), Little Shop (daughters pick) and mine is Music Man but wow the tickets left are out of our price range. We’ll have Saturday, June 4th and Sunday June 5th to try for tickets. What time does the box office open? Just trying to gauge the time we’ll be investing in attempting this. There are tickets in our price range for Wednesday, June 1st but that’s our arrival date and flight delays make me nervous that we’d be late. Flight lands at 2:30. Are tickets refundable for that situation? Probably not.
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I would think it'd be a lot harder to rush a weekend in June--that would seem a bigger risk to me than a potential flight delay. Though I just had my flight cancelled and rebooked for 12 hours later so hard to predict. I would think if worse case scenario you had your flight delayed that you would know in the airport and could list them on stubhub several hours before? If you had a backup plan ahead of time it would probably work out.

I rushed this show on 3/5/22. Since that day, I've been reading other post stating that the seats folks have been getting are more often than not, limited or partial view. The day that we rushed (matinee show), we got seats located in Row L, Seat 6 and 8. Full unobstructed views of the stage. Were we the exception rather than the rule? Would like to hear from others to see if they got full stage view or partial view/box seats for their rush tickets. Maybe we were just lucky that day. One more thing, we were 18th in line that Saturday morning.

Updated On: 4/28/22 at 08:20 AM

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "I would imagine even with partial view stamped these are getting flipped.

They should do what they did for An Evening With Hugh Jackman where the rush tickets came with a wristband, if you didnt have both the wristband and the ticket you didnt get in"

Oh they are 100% getting flipped. When I rushed about a month ago, I was 16th in line at 6:30 am on a Friday and there were three people (2 older men and an older woman) who were at different places in the line, but having discussions with each other constantly. The 2 men were being friendly and chatty, but I later heard one of them on the phone talking about re-selling. So it is happening. I wonder how much they are getting for tickets they paid $49 for?

This is probably relevant regarding the competition

‘A five-day wait for $5,000’: the man who queues for the uber-rich

Rushed on Sunday 5/8. The first person got there around 5:30, second 6:15, then 3-6 all showed up right at 7:15. Then a steady trickle after 8:15. It was mother's day and raining at first so maybe quieter because of that. Seats were partial view front side orchestra.