Waitress SRO + Hamilton lottery on Wed 7/26

[petewk87]

Posted: 7/21/16 at 4:39pm

I will be in the city a little before noon next Wednesday. Waitress matinee looks like it will sell out, so I will be there in line for standing room. Since I can get two standing room tickets, would someone be interested in teaming up and in the meantime one (or both) of us could enter the live Hamilton lottery a block away? The Hamilton lottery line is less crazy now that the original cast has left. PM me if you happen to be around. I think we will be able to get tickets to Waitress (they start selling standing room close to 2pm, while we will find out about Hamilton lottery results by 12:45).

Updated On: 7/21/16 at 04:39 PM

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 7/21/16 at 5:04pm

The hamilton live lottery is definitely just as crazy as it has been since Lin/Leslie/Pippa/Daveed left...not sure where you got that information from. 

[petewk87]

Posted: 7/21/16 at 5:38pm

I have done it only three times, but yesterday the line wasn't as long -- I got there close to noon and the line hadn't even reached 45th and there was virtually no line by 12:15 pm. Still a big crowd, but not as big as the previous two times prior to L/L/P/D departures, as I walked around and came back to the lottery drawing at 12:30 pm and easily managed to secure a spot really close to hear the announcers. Of course, this week could just be an anomaly and it could get crazy again.

Anyway, my goal is to see Waitress, but thought I'd just enter the lottery since I will only be a block away... 

Updated On: 7/21/16 at 05:38 PM

[ashleyjena]

Posted: 8/5/16 at 5:21pm

Did you have any luck with either one? I am thinking of going next Wednesday with basically the same agenda -- in person lottery at Hamilton and SRO at Waitress, but it doesn't appear Waitress is sold out yet.... around how many people were at the Hamilton lottery?

[petewk87]

Posted: 8/5/16 at 6:35pm

I ended up winning a lottery for another show, so didn't get to do SRO for Waitress Wed matinee. Was able to do Waitress SRO for the Thurs evening show though, and for that day, showing up an hour before curtain would have been more than enough. It's helpful to check Ticketmaster on the day you want to do SRO and see if it's likely to be sold out...

I did Hamilton live lottery last week, and the line was not bad at all. I joined the line around 12:10 and was done putting my name down by 12:15.

Updated On: 8/5/16 at 06:35 PM

[ashleyjena]

Posted: 8/5/16 at 8:55pm

Thanks so much! I am going to try my hand at Hamilton, and maybe Something Rotten rush if Waitress isn't likely to be sold out.