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[heo1128]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:39pm

Wow...MiracleElixer, any chance you asked the people in front of you what time they got there? That is ridiculous. Hopefully this calms down once school starts.

[wafflehouse2005]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 1:32am

Im movin to NYC from Georgia in around a week and a half, and one of the first things I plan to do is rush this show.

I have never rushed a show before, and although it may not be a huge deal, I'm a little nervous.

Ive caught bits and pieces from other threads, so this is, from what I've read, how it happens:

-I show up, on my selected show date, at an early AM hour.
-I wait in line, outside the theatre door (?) for the box office to open.
-I either get one or two tickets for $25 (?) a piece, cash only (?)

That's basically it right? I just don't wanna look like a bafoon on my first rush experience.

[Love the Tussin]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 2:48am

I don't get how some people do this on a regular basis. Between waiting in line, sleeping the entire day, and finally seeing the show, how does one have time for anything else other than eating dinner? While I enjoyed the show, I'm glad I got my viewing "out of the way" months ago.

[MiracleElixir]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 3:12am

Tussin, I've never done this before (and won't again). I just had a friend visiting and wanted her to see it from the best possible seats.

Heo, they said they got there a few minutes before me, at 4am.

oh, and the folks who clearly do this regularly were horrendous. Loud, obnoxious teenage girls with their enabling Long Island mother, dressed in clothes clearly out of her daughter's wardrobe, screaming about "Alice" and "Bobby"

[Love the Tussin]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 3:32am

"Tussin, I've never done this before (and won't again). I just had a friend visiting and wanted her to see it from the best possible seats."

Oh, my post wasn't directed at you (or anyone in particular) at ALL.

[singtome8]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 9:37pm

Sooo if I wanted to rush on a Tuesday what time would I have to be there? Is it less busy on a Tuesday than Saturday? I hope.

[DefyGravity777]

Posted: 8/17/09 at 5:25am

^ I walked by about 5am last Tuesday and there were 8 people in line. I'm guessing it's the same time for everyday. On Sun they started getting there at 3am. When I walked by on Monday at 5am there was 12.

[raggballad2]

Posted: 8/17/09 at 8:33am

I'm rushing right now(1st time).I got here at 5:30 and am 9th in line...man in front of me was telling me that he tried rushing yesterday and people got here at 3am, but he was 20th in line and everyone in front got night show seats, so he couldve gotten front row for the matinee. It's 8:40 now and there are only about 20 people at most in line. Latest people got here at around 8, and the theatre passed out wristbands at 7:30. This is...fun.

[CSonBroadway]

Posted: 8/17/09 at 8:42am

My friend rushed the other day and got there at 7:30. She said she was given tickets in the rear mezz. Do they always do that?

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 12:05am

Does anybody know how the rush has been lately? Me and my friend are rushing this sunday and weren't sure how early we should get there. Thanks!
Updated On: 9/11/09 at 12:05 AM

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:31am

I'm not the only Elphaba3 on here? Weird.

Back to your regularly scheduled programming...

[dramamama611]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 5:22am

Wow....weird...you'd think that wouldn't be allowed....I know I HAD to add the numbes after my "name" since it was already taken. (By someone that is never here.)

[bwaygirl211]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 2:55pm

do you think once kids get back into the swing of classes, the rush is going to die down? i wanted to try it the day of the broadway flea market, but if the flea market itself supposedly starts at 7, and it's right by the theater..what time do i even need to attempt getting there? i was hoping to get to the theater around 6:30? and the box office opens at 12

[tking001]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 3:02pm

The Flea market starts at 10AM according to the BCEFA website
Is it rain or shine? If not whats the raindate?

[batboysings]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 6:22pm

Just to add my experience, I did the rush last Sunday (after seeing the show on Saturday I desperately wanted to go again before leaving New York).

The box office opens at mid-day on Sundays and I got there around 10.15am and was 31st in line (the wristband thing they give out had the number written on it). I was worried I wouldn't get a seat, but as they sell rush tickets for both the matinee and evening I was lucky and got the end seat of the front row for the matinee. The first people in line said they had been there since around 5am

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 7:45pm

^ Right, but that was before Labor Day. Has anyone gone this week, after Aaron's been back/since everyone is back in school?

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 9/11/09 at 10:53pm

that's exactly why i'm wondering, because aaron's back and it's a sunday so I wasn't sure how early to get there. cause in the past i've rushed on a monday and saturday and got there around 6 and was fine. so is it safe to show up around 8 since it doesn't open til 12?

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/12/09 at 6:43pm

^ You should get there earlier than 8.

I got there at 6:30 today and was 24th in line (that was the number on my wristband). Luckily I was going to the matinee so I still got AA 9 & 10 but it was close!

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 9/12/09 at 10:11pm

thanks for the help!

[bwaygirl211]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 12:21am

is 24th in line including the GROUPS of people? or each single person?

[heo1128]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 12:34am

The wrist bands are handed out to each individual person, so I would assume the 24th person in line.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 12:46pm

Single person.

[justxbreathe]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:24pm

I got to the rush line around 7:50 today and was 18th in line. I ended up leaving five minutes after I got to rush because I decided to go to broadway on broadway instead, but I probably would've gotten a ticket if I had waited.

[bwaygirl211]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:41pm

how many tickets do they give out per show? they start with the front row orch and then do box seats?

[bwaygirl211]

Posted: 9/13/09 at 5:41pm

how many tickets do they give out per show? they start with the front row orch and then do box seats?