SOLD: 2 RENT Tix (and Nederlander Roof-Fire Info)

Believe it or not, the Nederlander had tickets ON SALE at the box office for Saturday, September 6 at 2pm matinee!

I grabbed 4. Myself and a friend are going, but the other 2 are up for grabs.

SOLD!


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And for those that were interested about today's fire...

I arrived at the Nederlander Theatre today, Friday at 5pm to stand in-line for the lotto. At approx 5:30pm, theatre staff opened the main doors and I could see a very hazy interior. They asked abruptly for everyone on the south side of West 41st Street to cross the street because "there was smoke in the building"

The lotto crowd went across the street and the crowd built and built. 3 fire engines arrived, firemen scaled their ladder to the Nederlander roof to douse an unsee-able flame.

Several RENT cast members arrived around 5:45pm wondering what was happening.

Around 5:55pm it was clear that this problem was not going to be fixed before 6pm, so I ran to the Richard Rodgers Theatre to enter (and lose) the IN THE HEIGHTS lotto. And may I just say, right now, that if you plan on playing the lotto for 1 ticket, and they call your name, do a quick service and shout-out: "I'll take one more!" and grab a stranger standing by you! Come on, now! It's what good theatre people should do.

In any case, around 6:05pm, I went back to the Nederlander to find the fire-trucks gone and a huge line stretching down the length of West 41st and wrapping around the corner. Lotto cards were being passed out, and the lotto was held at 6:30pm.

After the lotto, it was announced that a limited amount of $55 seats were available for the Saturday matinee and limited $110 seats for both Saturday shows (undoubtably all sold-out by now)

PEACE

Updated On: 9/5/08 at 11:58 PM

I keep repeating this motto to myself:

The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon, The Rent threads will stop soon.

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there were lots of tickets for tonight and tomorrows shows because ticketmaster just released them like, yesterday. my friends mom got center orch row J tickets at like, 7:30 tonight

YOU'RE**
not your.
wow

Did you get tickets at the box office or via ticketmaster?

I'm kind of sorry I didn't see this once more before it closed. The only time I saw it was a few months after it opened on Broadway.

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"And may I just say, right now, that if you plan on playing the lotto for 1 ticket, and they call your name, do a quick service and shout-out: "I'll take one more!" and grab a stranger standing by you! Come on, now! It's what good theatre people should do."

An addition to the above. If you are going to do that, I would suggest chatting up the other people in the line so that you can be sure you aren't grabbing a stranger who IS looking for two tickets.

But a very generous idea and something I had not thought of but will keep in mind should I find myself doing a lottery solo in the future.

I 100% agree, Emcee. I ALWAYS grab a stranger BEFORE name-pulling (that's how I've seen The Drowsy Chaperone, Wicked and Dirty Rotten).

My above paragraph was my indirect pouting, having stood next to 2 people at In The Heights lotto who, when their names were called, requested only 1 ticket (while the rest of us hungry theatre dogs' jaws hit the floor).

It doesn't take much effort to team-up (and increase your odds) BEFORE the pulling... but if you must go at it alone, for goodness sake, if your name gets pulled, grab SOMEONE!

Dat's whut I'm sayin' shoooooooooooot