Ok, I’ll do my best in the next few minutes to describe what happened on that line:
Got there around 6:15, made very little progress over the next hour and 15 minutes or so. At that point they had 2 lines: 1 for orchestra and 1 for mezzanine. They then had someone go down the line asking who had front mezzanine tickets and she was distributing those as they let in the orchestra folks along with the front mezz people. I have a rear mezz seat and I (and everyone around me) was growing more and more irritated that the line kept moving and we were just standing out there in the cold with no reasoning or announcement. Right around 8 they finally let in the rear mezz people and then it was a full free for all “take whatever seat you want”. There were definitely open front mezz seats when I walked in (I stayed in my purchased seat… damn conscience!). It started around 8:10.
Oh! And I guess there’s a show too… it’s very good! I am still trying to warm up though, was not expecting to be outside for close to 2 hours!