Wicked

[brandonm]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 3:19pm

How long is Wicked sold out?

[xluckystar2107x]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 3:20pm

forever

[BEKA531]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 3:22pm

basically, yeah... but you can try the cancellation line

[Matt_G]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 3:23pm

Tickets will be easier to get once Ideden leaves in January.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:23pm

I hope so! I really want to see it! I heard on the radio though that Wicked wasn't doing so good and it might have to close come the end of summer time, true or not? I mean I though they were doing great, all the tickets are sold out!

[BEKA531]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:25pm

no chance will i close soon, it's selling out the massive gershwin nightly and the tour will be staring soon. it's only been a year!

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:28pm

good thanks for settling my worries..stupid radio

[grownupgroupie]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:30pm

SallyBrown, whoever said that is smoking something...the show is grossing over a million a week, it was recently reported that they would recoup their initial investment very soon, and the show is sold out for months now, and continues to be as soon as tickets become available.

Unless 100% capacity translates to "not doing well," they might have even been joking. Check out their weekly grosses: http://www.playbill.com/features/section/7.html

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 4:37pm

oh.my.god. WOOT WOOT GO WICKED!!!

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 5:01pm

Remember when someone started a thread a few months ago asking "What's happening to Wicked? It's only at 100% capacity now! Is it going to close soon?"

*shakes head*

Edit: I've been PMed by someone who says she (he?) started said thread and that s/he didn't say it was going to close soon, but there were at least two threads on this subject when it first dropped in numbers, so I don't remember if it was the thread starter or another commentator who speculated on it closing. In other words, just don't go after Corfriends.

Updated On: 11/21/04 at 05:01 PM

[geri loves wicked]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 5:25pm

Finally a thread where people actually LIKE wicked! thank god!

[TVBoy]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 5:42pm

It shouldn't be that hard to get tickets after the first of the year. I know of a group that recently purchased 35 Wicked tickets in Orchestra-Center for a Friday night in early March.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 5:54pm

"Finally a thread where people actually LIKE wicked! thank god!"


I love Wicked!!!

[theatrechic]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:22pm

When I was there last weekend trying to win cancellation line this is what the guy was saying as people got in line to try to buy tickets. The show is sold out completely until January 4th. After that it is possible to get weekday tickets. For Weekends it is sold out until January 24th, but it depends on which day... for Fridays I believe he said they were sold out until February 24th. That could have been for Saturdays.. I'm not positive.

Hope that helps.

BTW... I love Wicked. Seen it more times than I should admit.

[TheGaIsSilent]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:26pm

FYI, when they say they're sold out, they're not. WICKED seems to reserve most of it's house seats for day-of release.

[grownupgroupie]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:49pm

Out of curiosity, what happens to access to those house seats once they are released? Do they go to the cancellation line, brokers, VIP conciereges, ticketmaster? Anyone know?


eta: this is purely b/c I'm curious, I would neverever pay broker or VIP prices, or anything over full price for that matter. Updated On: 11/21/04 at 06:49 PM

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 6:51pm

I think someone said once it goes to cancellation line.

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:03pm

House seats tend to go to the cancelation line if they are not needed (on the day). Ticketmaster (if they are not the official agency for a theatre) and some agencies tend to have allocations they're selling (certain rows in the orchestra etc). If they don't manage to sell their allocation they tend to be released for the box office as well.

Brokers tend to but tickets in advance, like the average theatre goer, and re-sell them at ridiculous prices.

QM

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:05pm

yeh my friend said she waited for 3 hours in the cnacellation line to get tix, but it was the ppl who waited for 7 hours that got them

[TheaterGeek91]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:06pm

You can definitely buy through a broker... we did so about a week ago.

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:15pm

How much were your tickets, if you don't mind me asking?

[grownupgroupie]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:22pm

As I added before, I wouldn't pay broker prices myself, but that's a personal choice.

My roommate really wanted to take her family while they were in town and bought broker seats online and didn't regret it. HOWEVER--they were the LAST row of the REAR MEZZ for $140 a ticket. If you're dying to see a show on a particular date and have the cash and don't care about the seat then....go for it. But at over double the price for those seats, I would never do it.

[TheGaIsSilent]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:23pm

I don't understand why ANYONE would buy from a broker. It just encourages them to make it harder for people to get decent tickets.

[QueenMuppet]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:44pm

I agree! I would NEVER buy from a broker unless I'm really desperate. In my job I have to work with them from time to time, unfortunately and it's just such a rip-off.

QM

[kim1061]

Posted: 11/21/04 at 7:48pm

brokers make me so mad that they charge soo much.