Next to Normal Rush Saturday August 8th

I'm sorry if this kinda post is annoying to some, but I'm heading down with some friends to New York on Saturday from RI and we're hoping to be able to rush Next to Normal (not really picky which one that day, just as long as we get to see it). What time would we have to get to the line to have guaranteed seats? And because there are 2 showings that day, will there be twice the number of tickets being offered for rush? It'd be terrible to go all that way and not be able to see it.

Thanks in advance.

Isn't it by 5 am these days?

And yeah...if there's 2 performances...there'd be twice as many tickets available...

Except I did. For about an hour. I wanted specific info about this coming Saturday (being a Saturday, and having two showings that day). Just making sure I have as accurate info as I can get. And I apologized.

4-6am!? Really?

jayobear - No one can predict what rush will be like for that specific day. Yes, you get the benefit of there being two shows and more tickets available. Yet on the other hand, that is a weekend and weekends are typically busier. I guess just go with the time suggested, between 4 amd 6am. I hope you get tickets!

Yeah, I've pretty much hear that you need to be there by at least 6:30 to have a chance at a ticket. If your hotel is within walking distance from the theater, find out the day before how long the walk to the theater is and I would start walking to the theater about 10 min. + walking distance before 6 A.M. because I know that I would walk a lot slower when I wake up at about 5:30. Tickets will probably be easier to get with two shows, but I haven't rushed for the show, so I don't really have experience. I would bring something like a pop-tart to eat in the line for breakfast. Also, you might get a little hungry waiting in line for four hours, so maybe bring a cereal bar. If there's anything you could do in the line or while walking to the theater instead of at the hotel, do it then. You probably don't need all of that information, but Next to Normal is now one of the hardest rush shows on Broadway, so, the earlier the better. I have heard rumors that they're switching to lotto once the buzz with rush dies down, but that probably won't be for a while because of the suggested time to be there.

Is there really a chance that they will switch to lottery? That would be wonderful!

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Except those decisions don't involve the cast at all...yet alone their personal assistants.

But CONFIRMED PA? On a forum? Bwahahaha. Highly doubtful that that's true -- and she'd be risking her job to talk about things not yet released.

That being said, of course it's POSSIBLE for the switch, it's been known to happen.

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Because people on boards/forums never lie?

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I understand that you don't just trust any random people on the internet. It has been reinforced into my brain in health class. Let's put aside the "Is she really Alice's personal assistant" for now. I only said I heard rumors of the rush changing to lotto. It was something I heard once and remembered. It probably won't happen any time soon. I'm just wondering, when did Rent change from Rush to lotto? I believe the first show to do lotto instead of rush was The Producers, so it was probably not years and years after that. I don't think that they will switch to lotto sometime like tomorrow, or in a couple months for that matter, but I believe it's a possibility in a long time.

EDIT: Just in case anybody is wondering about the forum, here's the website:

http://z3.invisionfree.com/nexttonormal/index.php?act=idx

And if anybody was wondering, the person who "claims" to be Alice Ripley's assistant has the username "Lisa K."

Updated On: 8/3/09 at 05:38 PM

PRODUCERS never had lotto.

Don't we all love a good back pedal?

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I don't doubt that it might be true, I've actually heard others (probably on OTHER N2N rush threads) make this same claim.

I suppose I'm just getting weary of the influx of children on THIS site. Forgive my snarkiness.

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