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.

"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..

Thanks again, Fodor Friends...you always provide great advice"
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Huh? Yes, there is good advice here, but you aren't listening if after the comments you think you should even consider trying to get Book of Mormon tickets at TKTS in September. No way!

Neopatrick...you are right...I misunderstood one of the posters. We will pass on Book of Morman and go for Anything Goes.

We live near Los Angeles and hope someday it comes out west.

Just for the record, I was able to exchange our August 28 AG tickets for nearly identical seats on August 21, just before Sutton Foster leaves the show for a week. Telecharge merely canceled my original ticket order, then charged the new one.

Forget this first-time poster who is trying for a free ad!
The gimmicky offer of discount tickets for The Book of Mormon is a joke! Don't fall for it!
I'd stick with broadwaybox.com and playbill.com

If you're willing to try your luck, there is a lottery for front row and box seats to Book of Mormon. Beginning 2.5 hours before each performance, you can enter your name in the lottery for 1-2 tickets. They draw names 2 hours before the show. If your name is drawn, you win the tickets for $32 each. It's a long show (with over 150 people each night) but if you don't mind if you lose, it's worth it. I've seen the show twice this way. You can show up 5 minutes before the drawing and enter your name, and if you don't get called, you can leave about 10 minutes later, no harm done.

(Also, yes, Riddlers69 is lying. Book of Mormon tickets are nearly sold out through something like January 2013 for the weekends. Definitely no discounts.)

I already reported him.

I just deleted his post. Thanks.

I'm going to NYC on the 27th and I WILL see BOM--although I don't have tickets and won't spend hundreds of dollars.

My plan is to enter the lottery ... but I'll wait in line for SRO tix, too. I tried it last year and never got there early enough to snag two of the SRO spots. This time, if necessary, I'll gladly show up at 6AM, take a book, and sit on the ground. If that doesn't work, I'll come back the next day at 5AM ... 4AM, or whatever I need to do. I'll let you know how it works out.

FYI, many years ago, thanks to the lottery, I got front row, center tix for Idina Mendel's final performance in "Wicked." $25. I hope I haven't used up all my luck.

Any chance you want to change the time and location of your trip? "Anything Goes" will be at the Kennedy Center in D.C. from June 11th - July 7th followed by "Book of Mormon" from July 9th to August 18th.

Tickets are not on sale yet for either show, but I'm sure you'll have an easier time of getting Kennedy Center tix as opposed to Broadway tix.

I bought our May 23rd BOM tickets back in November or December, basically six months in advance, before I had even purchased the plane tickets or booked a hotel! Whenever I read posts like Adu's I am encouraged that it will be worth it!

Songdoc -

Well I admire your determination - if not yuor good sense.

There's no guarantee there will be a lottery on any specific day - that happens only if there are returns (most people would resell ata profit insted) or house seats aren't used (very unlikely).

Not true nytraveler. There is a Book of Mormon lottery every day for first-row tickets at a discounted price. This has nothing whatsoever to do with returns or house seats.

I'm not really sure of the wisdom of getting in any line 12 hours early ... no show is really that good. But I suppose if someone is so determined to get an SRO ticket, then so be it. That way the OP may or may not benefit also from returns, which I assume would be sold on a first-come basis and would not be guaranteed. So you'd be wasting pretty much every day of an expensive trip to NYC trying to score SRO tickets for a very good play that---no matter how you look at it and how funny---just isn't the second coming.

Oops ... I checked my trip report from last year. (Guess it's a good thing I wrote one!)

I'd been thinking that SRO for Book of Mormon was sold when the box office opened in the morning. Not true. It's sold after the ticket lottery--one hour before curtain.

Last year, the people at the very front of the line arrived by 10 AM ... and waited all day, until one hour before curtain. AGGHHH! Several times I arrived around 2PM just to see how many were in line ... and the math made it clear that there was no point in waiting.

I wouldn't mind getting up at dawn--and waiting until 10AM. Decades ago, in London, I arrived at 5 AM and waited in the rain for five hours to get orchestra seats for Phantom (with Michael Crawford) just BEFORE it came to the US. It was an adventure waiting in line and chatting with other theater lovers--and it was worth it.

But if people are still getting to Book of Mormon at 10--and waiting until an hour before curtain for SRO, it would mean losing a full day in New York. I'll have to consider it.

I've been to NYC countless times -- and if it's a nice day, it just might be worth sitting outside with a book and my laptop. The only thing I'm truly dying to do on this trip is see BOM. Don't care nearly as much about a museum or whatever else I might do that day. I could probably alternate wandering off for an hour or two with my DP.

Then again ... might win the lottery :-) I'll have four nights to try. If not, I'll likely be back in NYC in the next year.

By the way, many of the people who didn't win the lottery joined the line for returns -- but there were typically only a few tickets available -- and an enormous line.

Well said, Doug!

You can arrive 5 minutes before the lottery and would still have the same chance as the people who wait since 10 am. That's why we question your strategy. But if you want to waste all your days I'm in no position to judge.

I don't think you're understanding. Here's the "strategy" ...

If after three tries I don't win the lottery (by arriving 5 minutes before the lottery) if it's a nice day, I might come back on the final day at 10 or 11 (or whenever the people at the front of the SRO line tell me they arrived).

The people who wait in line are waiting for SRO tickets. If they arrive early enough--they will definitely get SRO tix.

Arriving early for the lottery has no advantage--but offers only a slim chance.

I wouldn't consider -- or need to -- spend more than ONE day waiting in line.

Ignore the previous post. He/she keeps making ridiculous and untrue claims about discounts that don't exist. Believe me, you ain't gonna find discounts for The Book of Mormon.
Who would want to do business with a company that markets in this manner????????

Amen, Howard. Goodseattickets.com is a good place to go if you want to buy a Book of Mormon ticket that is worth something like $135.00 but you want to pay $200 or $300 for it!

I had already reported them as advertising - but I guess the editors are slow to react on the holiday.

This happened to me several years ago but for Jersey Boys. I wouldn't spend that amount of money so we got tickets for something else. I waited a few years and was eventually able to see it at a normal price. I hope you get to see it. It looks great.