The Lion King - Buffalo - Student Rush

Has anyone on this board gone to see The Lion King in Buffalo and done student rush? I got the email saying they're offering it 1 hour before curtain for $25, and that it includes all price levels for seats. I was just wondering if anyone had done their student rush, where their seats were, and if it there were a lot of people there for the rush?

Zamedy, I was hoping you would respond haha.

Yeah, I saw it 6 years ago as well and loved it, and now my best friends wants to go so I figured we might student rush it. A lot of shows don't do rush in Buffalo so I was surprised when Shea's emailed me about it. I just don't want to take her and then get really bad seats just because it's student rush, so I was hoping maybe someone else had rushed and got decent seats. I guess we will see!

Yeah I didn't know they were doing rush either. Let me know how it goes, ohjustjake. Now knowing this, I might try to rush it w/my friend on Saturday.

I'm planning on going this Friday to see it - I'll let you know if the student rush works out. Zamedy - did you end up trying it?

Went to the show last night - Got to the box office around 7 and there was a line but I wasn't worried. The guy ended up giving me and my friend Row A seats 3 and 5! They turned out to be really great seats - I had never sat front row at Shea's before and was a little worried because the stage is so high, but you didn't really miss anything. It was really nice to see the show up close too - I'm sure my best friend would like to see it again a little further away just to see everything a little better in the big picture, but she absolutely loved it. Also, because my seat was on the aisle, I got to see all the animals come down, including the elephant.

The show is really great shape. I noticed that the set had downsized just a bit - I noticed that the floor didn't rise in the back in that half circle shape like it used to, and I remember in Act 2 when Mufasa's face appears that it was in a bigger set, but it's now just in front of a black curtain. Other than that, everything looked and sounded great. I was worried from other reviews that the show was going to feel tired, but I didn't get that impression at all. Maybe I caught it on a really good night - everyone seemed really spot on and all of the leads did great, especially Rafiki and Adult Simba.

Zamedy, good luck at student rush if you go today :)