My first musical! Help with Book of Mormon standing room, please

Hi all!
Planning on (hopefully) getting a standing room ticket to the Book of Mormon this weekend. If I am successful, this will be my first Broadway musical!

Got a few questions and I hope those who have been through the process or are familiar with standing room can help me.

I plan on going to the Saturday (Nov. 5) 8 p.m. showing. I called the telecharge number to ask when I should arrive, and the woman on the phone said 6 p.m. should suffice, since the tickets aren't sold until 7 p.m. Now, having done a bit of research on this board, I know she's absofreakinglutely wrong! So my question is, if I get there around 1:30 p.m., will that be OK for the 8 p.m. show? Or should I get there even earlier? There is the 2 p.m. matinee show, and I wonder if those who don't get tickets to that continue to stay in line for the 8 p.m. showing. What is my best bet? Have any of you had to camp out, or do you just show up in the morning?

Also, is there any sort of railing or wall one could lean on while standing during the show? I assume there has to be something. Or do they just expect you to stand up straight for the full show?

Any insight is appreciated thank you so much!

Hi Emma!
Thanks so much for getting back to me. Knowing that there's at least a railing is a relief!

Enjoy your first Broadway musical! :)

You guys are amazing, thank you so much! I'll definitely get there around 3 pm, then.

SO excited for my first! But kinda scared that this will ruin the rest of my Broadway experiences because everyone is saying how phenomenal it is!

I went to see BOM and got SRO tickets this summer. I was at the theatre by 6 a.m. for the 2 p.m. show. I was third in line by that point. I am not sure how things have changed but the line was down to almost the corner of the block by the time tickets went on sale. Most of those people just moved up and waited to buy tickets for the evening show. So basically I would advise being there early and just making a day of it. I made friends with the people in front of me and we would hold each others spots while we went to use the restroom or get food for each other. BOM SRO Line will be an exhausting experience, but one that is worth it!!

Hope this helps!

Between 7:30 and 8:30 based on my experiences.

"I think I actually slightly preferred not having a seat because my friend and I danced the whole time."


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I'm in the SRO line right now (for Tuesday 7 pm show). Got here at 11, first in line. Next two people showed up around 11:30. It's now 1:30 and there are about eight of us in line. If anyone's holding spots for others, that could take all 22 tickets.