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better tickets at the box office?
#25re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 12:21amYes. It would be better to use those lovely discount offers on the phone. Better yet, use the internet. Why bother those scary mean box office people. What's a few service fees after all. Pay for the privilege of using your own ink and paper, print it out, then mangle the bar code so we can reprint it for you at the theater. Take pride. Be proud. Ye all have saved Broadway!
#26re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 1:13am
I've never had a problem at the box office, at least not one that immediately comes to mind. If it's Ticketmaster, definitely the box office.
I also think it's easier when you prefer to sit in a specific location, like right or left orchestra, or on an aisle. The searches online only give you choices based on price points.
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#27re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 2:38am
I've always had better luck at the box office. When I saw RENT with Adam and Anthony using a discount code I checked online first and only back orchestra or back mezz was available. When I went to the box office I got front row mezz right off the center house right, I don't have a printer, but had memorized the discount code, and there wasn't a problem.
I also went to Spring Awakening knowing the discount code but not having a print out and got awesome seats for my sister for her birthday, orch row g right in the center, the week before JGJ left with no problem. I think it's always your best bet.
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#28re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 1:12pm
Yeah, being able to ask for a specific section is a plus, especially for front-row whores like me. (Can't afford it every time, but you can get 2nd row side with a discount code.)
Not to mention that at the Broadhurst, where my friends and I have seen Les Mis so many times that the box office people recognize us, they've occasionally gone waaay out of their way to get us good seats.
#29re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 1:36pm
The only theatre I've had good luck with was the Eugene O'Neill. Just to let those of you who don't know in on the secret, they release pairs of stage seating if you do the lotto. I was probably the 35th person in line and I was almost positive that I wasn't going to get a stage seat, probably not even a rush seat, but I thought "What the hell?" So by the time I got up there I just asked, "do you have a stage seat left for the evening performance?" And the attendant at the box office said "Yes sir, we have one ticket onstage left." So I bought it and he was saying how he looked forward to seeing me at the show, etc. I ended up being the farthest seat downstage on S.L. so it was great.
As for the staff at any Broadway theatre, I don't understand how they can live with themselves. All ushers and other staff I've run into with the exception of souvenirs have been the worst I've ever seen in my life. Ushers are always crabby, and when I went to do the lottery at Wicked, they called the names and the guy told us to wait, that they weren't done. Now, I knew that they probably meant wait so that they could make sure they had the right people, but I thought maybe they were goign to call some more names. So we waited for a few minutes and then the guy said "So, all of you want these tickets, right?" And we all shouted yeah, but then he had to do the whole "What?" thing so we shouted louder, then the asshole just said "Okay well thanks for coming down tonight." I hope he burns in hell quite frankly.
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#30re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 1:43pmIvan ~ The guy at Wicked does that because there are times people drop out or drop down. I was there once and a bunch of people left thinking it was over and he ended up calling for like 4 more tickets. I didn't get called, but he had to call like 15 names before he got someone who was still there. It CAN pay to wait around with that one.
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#31re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 1:57pmYes, that happened at wicked too-there was one ticket left and no singletons were pulled (someone gave their ticket to their friend), but the guy was nice about it. (There was an odd number of tickets that day)
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#32re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 2:09pmI waited, and it wasn't that he asked us to wait that bugged me. It was that after he knew there weren't any more tickets, he played us by asking if we all wanted some. It was just dumb.
#33re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 2:35pm
"I waited, and it wasn't that he asked us to wait that bugged me. It was that after he knew there weren't any more tickets, he played us by asking if we all wanted some. It was just dumb."
actually his "do you still want these tickets" as well as the "what?" wasn't directed towards you and the not winning folks, it was directed to the people in the lotto line. he does it every time, not in a mean way it's just his schtick.
Updated On: 1/11/08 at 02:35 PM
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#34re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 2:48pmWho knew you could just go up and ask for a comp ticket!?
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#35re: better tickets at the box office?
Posted: 1/11/08 at 3:27pmWhenever I have bought tickets at the box office, the staff has always been very helpful and friendly.
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