Book of Morman tickets - too late to buy tix for first weekend in Sept?
Jun 25th, 2011, 07:02 AM
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"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!
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!
Jun 25th, 2011, 01:30 PM
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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.
We live near Los Angeles and hope someday it comes out west.
Jun 26th, 2011, 03:28 PM
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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.
Mar 15th, 2012, 01:49 PM
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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
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
Mar 15th, 2012, 02:11 PM
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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.)
(Also, yes, Riddlers69 is lying. Book of Mormon tickets are nearly sold out through something like January 2013 for the weekends. Definitely no discounts.)
Mar 16th, 2012, 04:24 AM
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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.
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.
Mar 16th, 2012, 05:42 AM
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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.
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.
Mar 16th, 2012, 05:44 AM
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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!
Mar 16th, 2012, 09:44 AM
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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).
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).
Mar 16th, 2012, 12:10 PM
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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.
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.
Mar 16th, 2012, 01:23 PM
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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.
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.
Mar 16th, 2012, 05:48 PM
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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.
Mar 17th, 2012, 05:43 AM
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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.
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.
Sep 3rd, 2012, 04:59 AM
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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????????
Who would want to do business with a company that markets in this manner????????
Sep 25th, 2012, 03:39 PM
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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.
