Pashacar said: "
Unless you're going to a really empty show that just pulls tickets from a stack, TDF tickets have been pre-sorted and assigned bymember, so it's mostly the luck of the draw.
The only thing I've noticed is that ordering closer to the performance tends to garner slightly better seats, presumably as they are reticent to give them upfurther in advance in case they sell for full price."
Yes, this tracks. It feels like they set aside some rows of TDF tickets but will then revisit/repost to fill in more holes closer to the date of the show. We saw Angels in America thru TDF and got what seemed lke the last tickets before they took em down off the site. I thought that might mean we had the bottom of the TDF pile but we ended up on the aisle front orchestra. Im almost sure they plugged in some cancellation seats with u.
They certainly assign them (envelope them) a few hours before curtain, and has nothing to do with when you show up.