DRS lotto (Updated- I lost, & cast absences)
DRS lotto (Updated- I lost, & cast absences)
#0DRS lotto (Updated- I lost, & cast absences)
Posted: 6/13/06 at 3:33pm
Is this a hard lottery to win? I'm thinking of trying tomorrow. is the line usually very long for a matinee?
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mijofly19
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
#1re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 3:35pmI did lotto for a Wed. matinee in April. My friend and I literally got there just after they finished calling the names, and asked the guy if he had any more. He just gave us a piece of paper and said go ahead in. So we won lotto after the lotto was drawn, and without having to show any ID. I think your chances should be pretty good.
#2re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:09pm
Get there early, the show is pretty popular.
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#3re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:46pmI say the chances of winning that lotto are a solid 75-80%. Plus if you dont win, you can get fantastic seats for $55 at TKS. Last time, I got Orchestra Row B, left side. Phenomenal!
#4re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 4:52pmYeah I've won the lottery twice...it's fairly easy....but it's true...when I was there a few weeks ago for a Wednesday matinee, I went to the TKTS booth and scored front row seats.
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wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#5re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 5:52pm
Or if you wanna save a little more, you can get the rear mezz $41 tickets. But I'd say your chances should be great if you go to the matinee--last week I heard there weren't even people for seats--it may be a little harder if you go at night. Either way, enjoy!
I'm going Sunday for Rachel York's last.
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bigrab1018
Leading Actor Joined: 10/9/05
#6re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 5:55pmits super easy...i did a saturday matinee with my friend and there were only about 15-20 people there. both of our names got called.
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#7re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 5:57pmTry sweet talking the guy. My mom sweet talked him and we were the first name drawn. He seemed really nice. I went on a Friday night and it was pretty packed. I was suprised, but if you don't get a lotto ticket, just buy a house seat. The lotto seats are partial view anyways.
mint0621
Broadway Star Joined: 10/10/04
#8re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 7:24pm
Does the lotto guy sometimes announce rear mezz seats for a cheaper price?
I remember reading this somewhere, but can't remember the specifics....any help would be appreciated!
MissElphie
Broadway Star Joined: 4/4/05
#9re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:24pmI did a Tuesday evening. It was my first lotto in NYC and I won. There were not that many people there.
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#10re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 8:39pmMint, see my above post.
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#11re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:08pm
"Try sweet talking the guy. My mom sweet talked him and we were the first name drawn."
How can sweet talking increase your chances? The lotto is a random drawing of names. Did you fold it a certain way hoping that he'd pick it if you "sweet talked" him?
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ILoveWicked330
Broadway Star Joined: 2/7/05
#12re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:16pm
When I did it, it was COMPLETELY random. Though really, it always is (and should be...). When I saw they had 3 (or 4?) different color pads, I thought "Oh this is gonna be SO fixed! He's gonna pick his favorite color which could be yellow!" but when he picked it, he looked all the way to the side without seeing what color he was choosing. Fortunetly, I won 
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#13re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:37pm
it's an easy lotto to win. gone 7 times and either me or the person I am with wins. and the guy is hott. as my friend said, "Now I see why you come back so often."
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#14re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:40pmDre, its because he knows you think he is hot that you or your lotto buddies always win.
#15re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 9:43pm
do you think so??? lol.
gonna miss that guy. He also does Drowsty lotto too. he changed out of the tux and into jeans and regualr shirt for it. got to see him twice. was very happy. hehehe.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
Updated On: 6/13/06 at 09:43 PM
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#16re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/13/06 at 10:08pm
Yay. Thanks guys. 
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#17re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/14/06 at 12:55pmAs luck would have it, I lost. For anyone else going tonight, Norbert is out.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
MusicAndPassion
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/05
NBC
Broadway Star Joined: 6/5/03
#19re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/14/06 at 3:46pm
Norbert was in last night.
He and Jonathan Pryce are just hysterical together. Lots of adlibbing.
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latheatrelover
Stand-by Joined: 5/28/06
#20re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/16/06 at 3:47amIt was just my luck that I had a ticket on the 14th night to see DRS and was very disappointed that Butz was out. I think he would have probably made the show funnier for me than it was. If I had known before getting there that he was out, I would have tried for a VIP ticket to Jersey Boys. As it was, DRS was the last show I got to see before ending my vacation in NYC (I had purchased most of my tickets in advance). And now I feel a hole because I should have see JB. Try and get a ticket now.
IloveNorbert
Chorus Member Joined: 6/1/05
mijofly19
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
IloveNorbert
Chorus Member Joined: 6/1/05
#23re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/16/06 at 11:59amthanks, i got really confused. Online it said box seats but when i did the lottery in February they were front row. Does anyone know when they changed it?
Rachel2789
Leading Actor Joined: 7/28/05
#24re: DRS lotto
Posted: 6/16/06 at 2:45pmQuick question: does Norbert tend to not be at many Wed. matinees?
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