Tarzan Student Rush instead of Lotto — Page 3

"Teenagers will probably get there an hour beofre."


HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! Funny joke!

an hour early? Kidding... right?

2-3 hours is more realistic and that's for not so popular show.

If they are going to do a rush policy (with a first row held for rush seats - not just "what's left") they should sell the student tickets at 10:00 AM because trust me - in the midst of the summer, there will be people camped out all day until 6:00 PM.

I actually think student rush is a lot more fair than the lotto, because if you make the effort to get to the theatre early and wait, you're basically guaranteed a seat. With lotto, people who get there hours after you could get picked while you get stuck without a ticket. As for the time rush consumes, I don't think people do rush unless they know they have that time.

And I was wondering if the rush for Tarzan would be in the obstructed view section. That would suck, but to evoke the old cliché, beggars can't be choosers.

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"With lotto, people who get there hours after you could get picked while you get stuck without a ticket"


Lottos are 30 minutes max.

Edit: Except in Chicago, where people have all day until 6pm to enter the Wicked lotto. And there might be other cases. In NYC, it's 30 minutes.

Updated On: 4/5/06 at 09:28 PM

You can sell them on Ebay

Undergraduate students are NOT the only "poor" people who benefitted from lotteries. On the average, graduate students are actually poorer than undergrads (who tend to have their parents' support). These rush policies infuriate me as a graduate student. I've got far less money than I did as an undergrad, yet many places (like Tarzan) think I should be paying full price. - Starletta (I think... too lazy to switch back)

Yes, I agree that grad students can be just as broke/broker than undergrads. I'm a senior undergrad now and am starting grad school in the fall where my "international student" status will prohibit me from working as much as I currently do. What I think they *should* do is to follow the Second Stage Theatre policy - rather than Student Rush, make it Youth Rush. In this way, the "target audience" of (primarily students) under 25 can buy affordable tix but then there's no loss for kids who can't go to college for various reasons/recent grads drowning in debt/etc. Making sure that someone doesn't do rush more than once or twice a month can also spread the wealth.

But I have no sympathy whatsoever to people who would go to the Tarzan lottery multiple times complaining about the student status - if you can afford to see the show in lotto seats 4 times, then you can buy a full price ticket once. I think it's more unfair for people like that to, in a sense, "deprive" students or others from seeing shows... why not let everyone have a shot.

Whatever, I have no intention of seeing Tarzan because there are so many better shows out there, but I find it amusing that you all are so up in arms about this whereas if you were an undergrad I doubt you'd be upset.

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If the rush winds up being in the back of the Orchestra, I will be pissed as hell. I'm a student, I'm poor... but I want to actually be able to see the entirety show. And I certainly can't afford full price tickets.

I prefer a lotto. I'd much rather try multiple times and only win once or twice when I KNOW I'm going to have a good seat, than stand around for hours and wind up with a ****ty seat.

Someone needs to rush and report back as to how the whole thing is handled.

Any word on where these seats are located?

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Some friends of mine got rush tickets for tonight's performance and they were seated in the front row on the side. I'm not sure if those are partial view or not.

When I saw the show I was in the center, but I'm sure the view from the sides is fine.

Updated On: 4/6/06 at 11:03 PM

So, I just got off the phone with the TARZAN box office and they told me that Rush policy was back to a lottery. Can anyone confirm?

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Not true, I asked at the box office today.