Rush/Standing Room for the final Color Purple performance

Miserent said: "For a while I've been planning on trying to rush the final performance of The Color Purple, or at least score a standing room ticket. I don't mind waiting on the line for hours, however it is expected to be very, very cold and I was wondering if anyone might have an idea of how early people might start lining up for this? I know normally it's wise to arrive around 6 or 7 in the morning, but do you know if maybe people have started lining up later than that due to the cold, or do people just put the extra layers on and deal with it? I wouldn't mind getting to the theatre at 5 or 6 am, but if the high temperature that day is expected to be in the low 30s, I'm not sure waiting outside for 6-7 hours is a good idea. Any advice? Thanks!!



"

Not to invade your post, but does anyone know if they will be offering rush during the final week/final performance?

Updated On: 1/1/17 at 07:30 PM

I could maybe see them not really offering rush, but I don't see why they wouldn't at least offer standing room. I imagine that if anyone "important" or famous wants to go to this particular performance, they've already nabbed their tickets.

If I were to chance this, I would get there no later than 7 pm the night before. But I also wouldn't chance it without knowing for sure they were going to sell something.

SRO wasn't offered yesterday for either show. But all shows look close to sold-out for the weekend. And 7pm the night before is way too early to get in line for rush for the final show. It'll be freezing out that night, so there's no need to camp out. I'd say 5am on Sunday should be the earliest someone should get there to rush the final show.

ACL2006 said: "SRO wasn't offered yesterday for either show. But all shows look close to sold-out for the weekend. And 7pm the night before is way too early to get in line for rush for the final show. It'll be freezing out that night, so there's no need to camp out. I'd say 5am on Sunday should be the earliest someone should get there to rush the final show.



standing room actually was offered yesterday for both shows even though the shows weren't sold out. I got to the theatre at 6:50 and was 25th in line and all regular rush seats for both the mat/eve were gone so they sold me a standing room ticket.

Thank you all so much for the info!! How much are sro tickets?

I rushed yesterday. I got there at 5:40am and I was 13th in line. The first person in line got there at 2am and the 2nd person in line got there at 4. Good luck to all trying. :)

belrowley said: "I rushed the show around 7:30 AM yesterday and there were close to 50 people before me. I figured I had zero chance, but I did end up getting two SRO tickets for the evening show. They were offering $59 tickets as well. But if you want to be safe, I'd suggest getting in line way before then.



"

Do you have any idea if they sell the $59 tickets ahead of time, or just the day of?

Yes, could someone in NYC please go ask the box offfice if there will be rush and/or SRO Sunday? That'd be awesome.

belrowley said: "Robbyne said: "Do you have any idea if they sell the $59 tickets ahead of time, or just the day of? "

I didn't see those tickets online, so they might have only been offered to the rush line. But seeing how the remaining performances are basically sold out, I don't know if the box office is holding back any seats at this point. It might be a good idea to check directly with them.



"

Thank you again for all of your help!! Much appreciated!!

You could always call them up. You'll speak to the same box office person you would in person: (212) 239-6200

Curious how long the line is. Any indication they'll open the box office early considering how cold it is? Are they offering SRO?