Sister Act Rush

[peijenna]

Just read this on twitter, thought I would pass it on:

SisterActBway
Fabulous rush tix! Front row orchestra for $26.50! Buy them @ box office, 10am the day of the show (12pm Sundays). 2 tix per person.

just tweeted to see if it was general or student...

[adamgreer]

General, according to the press release.

[dreaming]

It doesn't say if it's cash only or not. Hmmm. I tend to like to know only because I don't typically carry too much cash.

[Michael Bennett]

Its general rush and you can pay with credit card. I actually went this morning a little after 10 and was the only person there! I wouldn't be surprised if they still had some rush seats for tonight - might be worth a trip to the box office.

They offer 14 seats total.

[dreaming]

Thanks, Michael Bennett!!

[Just_John]

They were out of rush when I asked at noon. But they sold me rear orchestra for $31.50, which is a special offer they have for now.

[tking001]

Can rear orch be brought in advance for $31.50 or is it day of kinda thing after rush is gone?

[Just_John]

I think day-of thing, but I didn't ask.

[April Saul]

Anybody know if this theater has a high stage?

[Just_John]

The height of the stages changes per show. For Shrek, it was very high, you could only see their necks when they went upstage. For Promises, Promises and The Color Purple it was high but only so high that you couldn't see feet when they went upstage.

[goldenboy]

Why would anyone rush to see this musical?
Just put on the movie. It's so much better.

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Anyone know how early people have been lining up?

[CarmenDeBris]

I just got here and Im 9th in line it looks like.

[swoboda]

Got there today at 8am and I was third on line. Next person came at about nine. I'd guesstimate about 12 were lined up when the box office opened at 10 am. Our seats are dead center 1st row.

[bwayfan7000]

Has anyone done this recently? I'm looking to give it a try in a few weeks and I'm curious if it's a pretty easy rush ticket to get at the moment

[backstageonbroadway]

I've gone twice..once on a wednesday looking for a matinee ticket and once on a thursday looking for a night ticket. both times got to the b/o around 10:30 and they didn't have rush tickets left. not sure that helps, but i'm assuming that many people start to line up relatively early.

[allyk]

The last time I tried rush I got to the box office at 10:30 because my bus got into the city late (on a Wednesday) and they were sold out. That was late June. The two times I have gotten rush tickets, I got there at 8:00 the first time (a Saturday in late April) and was 5th in line, and 7:30 on a Wednesday and was first in line (in mid-May). I haven't tried recently as I moved back home to Mass. after graduation and I haven't been to the city since June.

[dshnookie]

A friend of mine went last Friday and arrived at 8:30am. The person in front of him got the last rush ticket, but they did sell my friend and others behind him rear orch seats for $38 which he said were fantastic seats.

[AC126748]

I've done the general rush twice. The first time was early in the run, and as this thread indicates, back then you could just walk up at ten o'clock and get tickets with no waiting. This was before the rush caught on. As more people started to learn about it, it became more competitive. And because it's general (not student) rush, there are more people to contend with. Also, they only reserve the 14 front row center seats, and once they're gone, that's it.

I rushed about a month ago. It was a Wednesday, so there were two performances (and a total of 28 tickets) available. I got on line just before 7:00 and was the second person and first for the matinee. By 8:30, the line was around the block and all tickets were accounted for. Judging my that experience, I'd say nowadays you need to be there by 8:00.

ETA: Good to see that they're doing rush loser seats now. That's always a smart idea if you have the seats to sell.

[light_in_the_dark2]

I got there on a saturday in july (I think around the 10th) at 8am and was second in line for the matinee (my friend and I got 3 tickets) I think I could have gotten there at 830 or maybe 9 and gotten tickets for the matinee but I'd say get there at 8 to be safe for a matinee. It was so worth it, what a fun show!

[qolbinau]

Hahaha my friend and I were the people that got the last ticket on Friday. I hope your friend was that middle-aged guy and not that rude bitch who was pissed off when we told her there wouldn't be seats left to save her waiting.

We got there at 8:02am.

[dshnookie]

my friend was the bald gentleman.

was your friend the kid who kept telling everyone in line, "they only give out 14 seats"?

[qolbinau]

Well either him or me. With the Australian accents? We thought we might aswell save people waiting if they were expecting since we counted who was taking what. I don't know if this is frowned upon but one lady was particularly bitter about this. I guess your friend made a comment about it because we wasn't really sure if he heard us correctly and mentioned it twice.

[dshnookie]

Yes.

Did you know that they offered discounted tickets for those in line after the cut off of 14 tickets? I'm not certain if they do this for every performance; however telling people in line that they only give out 14 might've made them leave the line and miss the opportunity to purchase the rear orch discounted tickets - like my friend and others behind him were able to do.

[qolbinau]

olol nope. Oh well, maybe instead they went and bought full price tickets to a struggling show such as WICKED or BOOK OF MORMON :P, it's not like Sister Act needs the business.

[bwayfan7000]

Sorry to bump this again, but I realized that I was silly and forgot to ask where you line up for this rush. Just right outside the door of the theatre? Chances are, I'll be first on line when I rush, so I won't see a group of people already there. Thanks again for all the helpful info :)