Sweeney Todd rush question

Box office opens two hours before the show. Noon.

SRO is only if it's sold out. Rush is different.

I'm debating trying to rush on a Friday, but there's that weird rule about it only being Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. On one hand, it doesn't seem like they hold to that, but on the other I don't want to risk it.

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Oh ok. I didn't realize that they had both. Carry on then. . .

Just do partial view...or is that rush?

It's 30..something. Pretty good seats (close) depending. Of course, you could get stuck in a corner...

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I don't know if Sweeney specifically sells partial view, I think it's just that sometimes their rush tickets are partial view.

What's the deal with the partial view? Do they sell them at that price whenever or just the day of? I went in December, but they were temporarily doing away with the $30-whatever seats until after the holidays.

My mom is coming to town this weekend and we were going to try to see Sweeney Saturday evening, but the rear mezz appears to be sold out and it says online that they only have rush Tues-Thurs, so I was wondering if this might be another viable $30 option.

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The mezz wasn't even close to sold out when I saw the show on Tuesday, so if nothing else you can see it from there. The last few rows are $35, and we ended up being able to move up a few rows.

Partial view aren't bad at all. Especially if you've already seen the show.

They don't adhere to the rush policy at the box office. I've always been sold rush tickets, even on Sundays. Might be cause they know me there, but I think they'll sell 'em to anyone.

I don't think they have a "day of rush." When I went, the "rush" was 36.25 and you could buy them in advance. It may have changed.

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Is SRO also only supposed to be Tues/Wed/Thurs?

of course.

Updated On: 6/8/06 at 05:13 PM

The Sweeney BO is sort of strange, I feel like it's intentionally trying to confuse me sometimes.

I've paid $36 for partial view, and I've also paid $51 for the same seats. I tried my luck with student rush this past Saturday matinee and they wouldn't sell me a ticket. I did rush on a weekday once and got great orchestra seats.

As for partial view, my experience is that house left is much less obstructed than house right.

Left: You miss Anthony during "No Place Like London" and half of his "Johanna". A tiny bit of "Ephiphany" is obstructed.

Right: I actually could not see anyone who was sitting upstage. Imagine my surprise when John Arbo (Fogg) came forward and I realized there was an extra person. And of course, the door is blocked. But, if you're planning on stage dooring (or just want to get out of the theatre quickly), the exits are right next to you.

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