Book of Morman tickets - too late to buy tix for first weekend in Sept?
 

We're going to New York first weekend of Sept. Would love to see Book of Morman...but now that its won the Tony, it appears all the tickets are sold out unless you want to pay 200.00 per ticket. Ouch!

Any hints on cheaper tickets, Fodorites?

The $200 tickets are the cheap ones.

I cannot recall the last time we wanted to see a musical without guests from out of town, so I looked up the prices for January, the lull in the Broadway season and the cheapest tickets on Stubhub were $200 with the $highest running to $800 and $900.

Those are absurd prices.

You may be able to get tickets if you stop by the box office. The other day they were $155. for obstructed view seats for that night and the next few days. I passed on them.

There are lots of other good musicals out there that you can see for anywhere between $45 and $135 based on the seat location and any discount. Don't get caught up in the hype of Moron.(sic) Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot, Wicked, Lion King, Memphis for the oldies and Catch Me If You Can, Baby It's You and Sister Act all provide a very enjoyable evening at the theater.

You could always try TKTS, the discount ticket booths. Tickets are sold on the day of the show, at a discount. Matinee tickets are available the day before. Booths are located in Times Square, South Street Seaport, and Downtown Btooklyn.

Book of Mormon didn't appear at TKTS even during previews. It's not going to be there now.

The short answer is no, there is no way to get cheaper tickets unless you buy same-day cancellations at the box office or the restricted-view seats that HappyTrvlr mentions. On rare occasions, house seats might show up there as well if they aren't being used (though that's very unlikely). I don't know if Book of Mormon has a waiting line for bad or standing-room seats. It might by September. But those are also same-day and require a time commitment.

I will defer to the TKTS mavens, but I doubt very much that a show like Book of Mormon which is sold out until 2075, would have enough tickets to justify waiting on line.

Don't overlook the other Tony Award-winning musical, "Anything Goes," tickets for which are, according to Telecharge, available for that weekend.

It's fabulous, and not a profanity, explosion, flying body-double, falling chandelier, etc., to be seen or heard. Just great music and lyrics performed by an exhilarating cast.

I'm completely in agreement with how great Anything Goes is. Great Great Great. Even fabulous, with some of the best dancing I've seen on Broadway in some time.

how long is Sutton Foster's run in Anything Goes?

Pricewise, whenever you want tickets for a popular show that's selling out or close to it, you go to the source which would be ticketmaster.com or telecharge.com, depending on the show, rather than stubhub or any of the sites like broadwaybox.com. The latter is great for discount tickets, but once you get to full-price, that's not where you find the best prices.

StubHub probably has the best selection of seats at the moment, but at sky-high prices. I looked at Book of Mormon tickets before previews started, and most seats were $175 then; plenty available at that time, of course. Now, if you must see it, you will have to pay the freight.

I'm not the OP but wanted to say thanks for the Anything Goes suggestion. I wanted to get tix for our wedding anniversary in October and meant to do it BEFORE the Tonys (for Book of Mormon) and now it looks like it'll be at least a year before we can do that. Will definitely look into Anything Goes. Thanks!

I am sure I am in the minority, but for us, there is no substitute for Book of Mormon. It is the subject matter and the irrevernce we find attarctive not just the fact it is a Broadway musical.

Good point, Aduchamp1. I'm in the area and can see a show whenever I find good tickets. But if I were planning a trip to NYC and wanted to see Book of Mormon, I'd be pretty disappointed by the limited and expensive prospects.

I don't think you're in the minority at all, Aduchamp....At least, I hope not!

Thank you, thank you for all your postings...Since we'd like to see more than one show, I think we'll buy advanced tickets for Anything Goes and then try the suggestions for grabbing last minute tickets to Book of Morman at Tkts..

And you are right, $800.00 for a show is absurd!

Thanks again, Fodor Friends...you always provide great advice!

Thanks for the support, I thought I would alone on a limb.

Re Sutton Foster in Anything Goes, we have tickets to see it again on August 28. (We liked it enough to take friends, one a 9-year-old who’s never seen a Broadway show.)

I just received an e-mail from Telecharge saying that Ms. Foster will not be performing from August 23 through August 28. She returns on August 30. Although there’s usually a no-exchange policy, I’m pretty optimistic about exchanging. Otherwise, I don’t know why they would have notified ticketholders.

Considering her vigorous performance, I figure she’s entitled to a week off. I can’t say how long she’ll remain in the cast, but I’d guess for at least another six months if not longer.

Sorry - getting tickets to Book of Morman at TKTS is NOT an option. Your only real chance to get them here is to try the box office day of - to get house seats or returns or ?. Different theaters have different methods of selling these tickets - often you have to line up at the theater in the early AM and hope they have a few to sell. You need to contact the theater directly to find out how they do this. there is no way they would sell at a discount anytime in the forseeable future.