Wicked Cancellation Line

You're tickets could be anywhere.
Providing you get them.

If Joe Schmoe in row C of the orchestra cancels, you get his seats. If Sally Jones in the last row of the mezz cancels you get hers.

If noone cancels, you're outta luck.

Yes. No discounts because they already offer a lottery.

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When I was at the lotto once, there was a woman who waited for the lotto while her boyfriend stood inside on the cancellation line. They had both given their names for the lotto and the boyfriend ended up having his name picked in the lotto, only because he was inside he wasn't allowed to accept the tickets. Ouch.

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What everyone else is saying is true, I've done the cancellation line 3 or 4 times and have always gotten house seats for $110 (which is actually a deal since the house seats are twice as much as this normally). I haven't heard of anyone getting mezzanine seats through cancellation, but I'm sure it can happen. The lottery is definitely tricky. If you and anyone you are going with look similar you can take each other's IDs so that someone stays in the cancellation line and whoever is outside waiting for the lottery has the ID matching you if your name is called. This can be tricky, and I'm not exactly sure how closely they look at your photo ID (it also helps that I have a twin sister so it wasn't such a big deal when I did this.)

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I did cancelation line for Wicked and I couldn't have gotten better seats. We were right smack dab in the middle of the orchestra.

I've heard the front row at Wicked doesn't hurt your neck... makes sense, the stage is farther away from the front row than most theatres.

I always thought that this is what cancellation tickets are:
The theater has a certain amount of house seats that are reserved for members of the cast, if they are not used, then they are sold to the general public, thus, the cancellation line.

The cancellation line seats are ALWAYS prime seats, what are the chances that a cancelled ticket will always be so good? Furthermore, can you even cancel your ticket the day of a performance?

How can you sell them back the tickets say on the "No Refund's No exchanges". My friend couldn't use A RENT ticket and the B.O. guy just gave her a pass to come back for 1 ticket free. He didn't give her back the money.
Does just Wicked give back the money if you can't use the tickets?

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Logically, it just doesn't make sense that ALL the tickets that people return the day of the performance are prime seats. The cancellation seats are ALWAYS prime orchestra seats. What, nobody with a mezz seat ever cancels?

Cancellation tickets are house seats which are available to the cast (they aren't free, but can be purchased by members of the cast), when they aren't sold, they're available to the general public.

What time should I show up for the cancellation line if I am interested in obtaining tickets this way? Thank you.

The time for cancellation line totally varies. I was there last President's Day weekend when it was freezing, didn't expect anyone to be there so I got there for the line at about 11 for the matinee and it was very long and there was no way I would get a ticket. Then I went back to try for the evening, got there at about 3 and there were only four people in front of me. When I went in July I got there at about 9, had several people in front of me but got a ticket. In September there was absolutely no one in line at 9 so I was first and got a ticket. It also depends on how many tickets people are purchasing because there's no limit to how many tickets people can purchase from the cancellation line. It's all pretty much a toss-up. Plus, once people get to the theater and realize that you can line up for cancellation lines and there are already people in line, they tend to gravitate toward the line as well.

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