Spiderman Rush, what's it like?

When I did rush I was first in line and my seat was in the balcony box. My friend got a seat in the balcony and she was the last in line. My other friend got the side toward the back of the orchestra.
So, it varies. I'm pretty sure the sides of orchestra are the most common.

The rush is really insane.

A lot of people show up and there isn't a set number of tickets that they give out at each performance.

The first day i went was on a fiday and they literally sold 8 rush seats.

I went the next morning and (granted it was a two show day) i was the 17th person in line and got tickets.

It seems they are really just selling any unsold seats that they can't justify selling at premium prices.


The night before the first time i tried i had looked at telecharge and saw that there were 73 unsold seats to the theatre.

When they ran out of rush the next morning, i asked what tickets they had left (cause i had a discount code) and the lady in the box office said at that they only had premium tickets left. But if i came back later in the day some of those might be eligible for the discount code.

They are really trying to charge top dollar for every seat they can.

7:30 in the morning or at night (it may be a totally dumb wuestion I know) the webside says the B.O, does not open till 10

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seriously!, lol, I hate getting up that early when I'm working much less when on vacation.

I just browsed ticketmaster for the weeek I'm there and almost all the $69 seats are gone so thanks everyone for the helpful comments, I really appreciate them (and lack of unhelpful bitchy comments). But I will just go and book before hand. thanks again.

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I sat in that seat the first time I saw the show, it's a great view.

It seems to be really hit or miss. I showed up right at 10 o'clock on a Wednesday just to see if there was any shot at getting a ticket. There were a good 25-40 people in front of me, and I still got a pair of tickets.

Yeah, Spider-man or not, how is selling tickets at full price "despicable"?

Rush doesn't even exist for some shows. It's pretty lame to get mad at a show for trying to sell as many non-discounted tix as possible. I don't understand where this sense that they owe you something comes from.

So I tried the rush line this morning and they had a ton of tickets to sell. I was 28th in line (though I was 18th when I first showed up. 10 people *appeared* out of nowhere right before noon. Seriously, I wish that for early morning rushes such as this, it was limited to one ticket per person. That way no one would be able to get away with letting their friends cut in line 2 minutes before the box office opens.) and I got a ticket. It looked like they had maybe 10 more in the stack after mine.

ETA: At first I was a bit pissed that my seat was Z-29, which according to the seating chart online is the very last row, on the very end, a view that I would have never paid for had I known. However, once I got inside the theatre I realized that the layout of the Mezz is such that I actually had a pretty good view of much of the action. (I've been in other theatres where the back of the Orchestra is like a cave, and you can't even see the top of the proscenium.) Plus I was able to change my seat to an awesome one in row H during intermission, woohoo!

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Updated On: 2/28/11 at 12:34 PM

To uncageg,

Rush tickets are $30 and it's a general rush. They go on-sale whenever the box office opens, which i believe is 10 every day and then Sunday it's at noon.

I rushed yesterday, got there at 8:30 and was fourth in line. Our tickets were in the front row flying circle, then we got upgraded to front row orch randomly! The lady was from the show and said it was something they've been doing, but I have no idea how/why. I'm not complaining though!

I was there on Sunday, too. I was third in line. Got there around 8:15. Got ZZ of orchestra, which was the very last row, but moved up to H at intermission.

Cape, did you move to H of orchestra on Sunday? If so, I was next to you for the second act.

Cape, did you move to H of orchestra on Sunday? If so, I was next to you for the second act.

Haha, yup that was me! Those seats were awesome! (Pity the show was craptastic though.)

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The rush seats are the singles and occasional pair on the extreme sides of the orchestra, flying circle, and balcony - typically the last seat at the end of the row. (If you've gotten a much better rush ticket, I'd like to hear about it.)

If "a group of foreigners" were able to buy full-priced seats together, then those locations were never earmarked for rush in the first place.