Oklahoma! lottery — Page 2

Yes, you can use the code that you are given at the box office if you don't win the lotto.

EthelMae, congrats on winning. I'll be playing the lotto for the show next month.

EthelMae said: "Well, with all my complaining about the $59 seats being offered if you lose the Lottery, I just won the Lottery for tonight at 8pm! I’ll never complain again! Excited!"

I wish someone would teach them how to do a proper bait and switch. They don't seem to do it very well if they're going to keep letting people win the lottery.

EthelMae said: "OK, UncleCharlie. I was apologizing for my hasty bait and switch remarks of earlier. I won’t go into it again here. Do I have your pardon now?"

You are pardoned. So, how was the show?

I pretty much loved the production. I don’t know Oklahoma! very well at all. Not a fan of the movie. Never saw it live on stage. Never listened to any recording of it. I basically knew it was a triangle relationship conflict and I knew a few of the songs. And I was with an old friend who knew less than I did about the show and he really liked it too. So, if you really know the show, I would imagine it would feel distancing, to say the least.

I loved the use of Circle in the Square. My last few visits had been my return trips to Once on this Island. So it was great to walk in again and see that you were going to be surrounded by the show like Island.

The cast was great. The three leads, Damon Daunno, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Patrick Vaill were strong and exciting to watch. Mallory Portnoy, Ali Stroker and Mary Testa brought welcome humor to this darker interpretation. I especially loved James Davis and Will Brill. Brill got deserved exit applause in one scene.

The band was great as well.

I’ve only heard about Agnes de Mille’s famous ballet section. I can only imagine what others who know it thought of the second act opener dance here. I kinda knew it was usually performed as a dance with dream characters of the real characters expressing their inner most thoughts and desires. I didn’t see that in this production. It was virtually a solo piece performed by the extremely talented Gabrielle Hamilton. So, I didn’t see any three sided relationship angst going on in the dance. Since it was basically a solo woman, I figured it only represented Laurey’s side of things. As others have noted here, I found it long and not as interesting as the other new touches in the show. Again, Ms. Hamilton does some magnificent movement in the solo so it was thrilling to watch but it didn’t seem to express anything enlightening about the three lead characters to me.

I spoke to my partner when I got home. He knows the piece quite well. I told him about the ending I had just witnessed and told him I couldn’t believe that this was how it was staged in 1943. He said it sounded sort of the same but some of the specifics I was telling him about sounded to him like motives were reinterpreted.

I was not so much confused at the ending but more had questions about why things were happening as they did and what was it really saying about the characters.

While I had an exciting night at the theatre, I didn’t get that, “I’m going to be back to see this again” feeling.

But, I would say that the two best musicals I’ve seen in town, (I haven’t seen a lot), are this and Fiddler. Two musicals written so long ago but can still thrill audiences.

Oh, and speaking of Fiddler, Ms. Jackie Hoffman was sitting two rows ahead of me. I just can’t never shake that Fiddler show. Follows me wherever I go. I was thinking Ms. Hoffman was there because she worked with Ms. Testa in Xanadu.

So, enter the Lottery for this one. $40/ticket. And, good luck! I had a great seat in Row F, in the even 200’s side. Full view.
In answer to an inquiry here, I think this was my third try at entering the Lottery.

Updated On: 4/4/19 at 11:54 PM

I haven't and was hoping to see it before the opening but that probably won't happen now.

Jonathan Cohen said: "PhantomOfFleetStreet said: "How easy would somebody say this lotto is to win? Do they offter the "lotto loser" codes to everyone who enters or is that kind of a lottery itself? I want to see this show but prices on Telecharge are really expensive."

I won the lottery tonight I think on my third try (seat C 401). While that's probably abnormally fast, if Hamilton is the hardest lottery to win, I've tried unsuccessfully for four years, andthe lateEscape to Margaritaville was the easiest lottery to win, I think you could basically win every night; Oklahoma! is probably far closer toMargaritaville on that scale. I'm guessing you should reasonable expect to win within a month of starting to enter.

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We must have been right by each other - for winning tonight (I got the tix from another member on the board who had two pairs for last night's performance) we were in C 410-412. There was a group right by us that my friend and I feel like we know somehow but couldn't place them (they were 3 couples, one in rows A, B and C). I wonder if you saw them also. We're thinking they must be actors because we don't think we know them personally, but for the life of us couldn't figure it out... Also saw a critic sitting basically directly opposite us.

Does anyone know if they're still offering a discount code to those who don't win the lottery?

For those who purchased their lottery loser tickets at the box office, were the additional fees the same?

That's great to hear - did you go straight to the box office when it opened, or could you use the lotto losers code later in the day that you tried the lotto? I tried to use the code online a few times and it said 'site down' - so I wonder if I went to the box office like 5 hours later, if the code would still work. Thoughts?

tbh the code hasn't changed since the lotto started, so you could always load up the telecharge offers site, get the code form the last email, and paste it in right after the results come in. You could snag the best possible seats that way theoretically.

dotseurat2 said: "Got my lotto loser code this morning, took train in and made it to box office by 12:30. Got my tix for today's matinee! No Ali Stroker though "

Glad you made it! Do you know if she’s out all day or just for the matinee? Enjoy the show :)