Shakespeare in the Park Lines — Page 6

I read on the other board that someone who called the Public today seeking to purchase a Summer Supporter $170 ticket was told they were completely sold out. I'd imagine that after the reviews came out a lot of people just went ahead and bought these tickets, which further limited the number available to be distributed.

The Public does have to have a way to pay for these productions, so it is entirely logical that they would end up sacrificing a block of tickets for their corporate sponsors. Without them, especially in this economy, it would be difficult for the Public to even mount these productions.

I'm on line now. I'm about 60th in line,

56th to be exact

Are you really far from the front? He told me that too when I lined up for the standby line and I got a ticket.

I'd say wait...you never know. Unless you're really far back. The cut-off seems to be right around that first set of park benches. He said that's usually where they run out of tickets...and they probably ran out right before the benches the night I was there. So that seems pretty accurate.

If you're behind that first set of park benches, waiting will probably end up being a waste of time.

Updated On: 7/9/09 at 05:27 PM

FYI to anyone interested-- got there around 3:40pm, was about 75th in line, and I'd say only the first 30 people got in (not sure how many had vouchers from the morning and how many were just waiting in the line). Apparently only 5 (yes, FIVE) people got in from the standby line yesterday, though.

I was also told that 6am was not early enough to even get vouchers this morning (which someone else probably already posted here today). 3am seems to be the time the staff was recommending arrival in order to definitely get tickets.

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I was the final person to get a standby ticket tonight and was about 35th in line. The final person to receive morning tickets lined up at 5:15. The first person in the standby line got there at 5:30 am. I opted to only do standby but arrived at the park at 1:00. I think my friend and I were the first people in the standby line who hadn't been on the original line.

In truly devastating fashion, when it got to me and my friend they only had ONE ticket left. I was like please check for one more and they were like this is it. And my rockstar friend told me to take it. I literally had to run to my seat as the show began. So I was kind of feeling guilty the entire time and then ANGRY because there just two rows in front of me...the entire time...an EMPTY SEAT. I know it's not a perfect science...but it sucked

Not the show however..what a lovely production. What a great cast. Feeling very lucky.

Also saw Pierce Brosnan there and I'm pretty sure Laura Osnes (but wasn't she supposed to be performing in South Pacific?)

I got on line this morning at 5:30 a.m., which was too late to get tickets.

If anybody finds out what time the last people to get tickets got in line today, could you give us an update? ( I know we won't know until 1:30sih.... but I thought I'd ask..)

They said yesterday the lines haven't been like this in 10 years.

I lost the Virtual Line again. Ridiculous.

It's RIDICULOUS. And seriously, the people who are making it this insane are the ones who insist on getting there the night before. It's crazy all-around; at this point it's very difficult to get tickets even if you have connections, but my God. I would love to be there this weekend, but this is just absurd. And really kind of annoying that people feel the need to be so silly about it. A few idiots set the precedent to camp out, and look what happens; it becomes nearly impossible for anyone who's remotely sane to see the show, and if you even want a CHANCE at obtaining tickets, you have to spend the night in the park. I get that it's tradition and whatever, but this is excessive. I'd like to say this is what people get for waiting until the last minute, and where were all of you for three weeks, but I suppose it's futile. Admittedly, I'm kind of sad that I probably won't be able to see it closing weekend because of the current madness, but I'm glad I went early in the run, before it became like this.

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Updated On: 7/10/09 at 01:56 PM

Don't you know, though, someone is manning the Public Theater's server and has a PERSONAL VENDETTA against them.

Really, if you wanted to see it badly enough, you would have sucked it up and gotten up early on your day off or waited in the rain or whatever. I did both, and I'll have the pleasure of remembering this production and these performances forever. That seems sort of cruel to say, but some of you are behaving like toddlers.

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Updated On: 7/10/09 at 02:06 PM