Book of Mormon Lottery Difficulty

Is there a good chance at winning the in-person lottery? Where would those seats be? And would it be time-consuming? I am in New Jersey, and if I'm going to the city, I wouldn't want to waste the time on the lottery and then possibly not winning, then lost all that time I could have spent doing other things in the city.

RebeccaLeah said: "Is there a good chance at winning the in-person lottery? Where would those seats be? And would it be time-consuming? I am in New Jersey, and if I'm going to the city, I wouldn't want to waste the time on the lottery and then possibly not winning, then lost all that time I could have spent doing other things in the city."

Entire front row and then some box and partial view seats.

Time consuming? You have to be there 2 hours before show time for the drawing and as long as you're there one minute before they pull names, it's fine, so it can be pretty quick. Also, Once on This Island holds their in-person lottery a half hour later, so if you lose this, they are a block or so away, with another chance to see a show on the cheap.

The closest I've ever sat for a show was Bandstand, and it was center orchestra second row. Do you know what the first row of BoM is like? Is it a neck strain the whole time with some limited view?

Thanks for giving the option of Once on this Island! That's good to know!

Another person who won the in person lottery chiming in, the front row is great. Way better than Dear Evan Hansen, where I left feeling it in my neck. It's on par with Hamilton and Heal Over Heels, the stage is the perfect height for front row seats.

LizzieCurry said: "You can also enter the lotto while you're already in standing room. If everyone around you is nice/decent, usually you can ask them to hold your place while you go over to listen if your name is called. (Or if you're with friends, send one person to go up while you stay.)"

There's typically no one in the SRO who doesn't play the lottery...

Wow, 50 times! How many times have you won?

Also, glad to hear from everyone that first row is pleasant to sit in. I want to take my boyfriend, and he's never seen a Broadway show, but I think this would be the perfect show to take him to. The last thing I want is for the main thing he remembers is how stiff his neck is from looking up the whole time from the first row!

How early do you recommend getting there for standing room? I don’t wanna camp out like people are with Mean Girls

In June and July when I signed up for the lottery on its most crowded, the few times I showed up at the start of the lottery there was no standing room line. So camping out would be a waste of time. I doubt getting there at the start of the lottery is even necessary (maybe on a Friday or Saturday, if at all).

It seems to be a pretty difficult lottery to win. I have been entering everyday for the past month and a half and have yet to win. In that same time frame I have won tickets to:

SpongBob SquarePants

Aladdin

Beautiful (x2)

Summer the Musical

Phantom of the Opera (and I only entered this one twice - because of the weird time frame for registration)

Gettin' the Band Back Together (x3) ( I didn't go any of the times I've won and passed them onto friends. I tell myself I will go, but then when I win I'm just not up for it. Maybe, since I haven't heard great things. I've stopped registering for this one)

And I even won HAMILTON! on my fourth week trying.



TBH, most of the lotteries through luckyseat seem to be pretty difficult to win. It may be the way those lotteries are set up, where you can sign up for a total of 8 lotteries in one registration, so you don't have to remember to come back or really think about what you may have planned on that particular day before signing up.