Hi friends, I am close to booking 6 tickets to Wicked in February. I need to act fast because there aren't many seats left. For those of you who have been, you can tell me how bad the seats are in the rear mezz? These are $120 and I just don't want to spend more than this but I also will be very disappointed if I spend that much and the seats are terrible. Thanks!

The Gershwin Theater is huge by Broadway standards--almost 2000 seats. Wicked is is wildly popular and widely loved for reasons I don't understand. Rear mezzanine seats are the worst in the house, but they would be easier to tolerate at $76 rather than $120. I found some at "$76 here: http://www.broadwaybox.com/shows/wic...c_tickets.aspx

HTTY

happytrailstoyou; I have never paid full price for theatre tickets in NY, always have gone to TKTS and found something good to see. Going for a weekend to celebrate my sister's birthday so to get tickets for 6 at a show we can all agree on i think is very risky.

I checked broadwaybox.com but we will be there the 18th and the seats are much higher than early in the month like in your link.

Tell me, what don't you like about it?

Also, of course, at this site you can select your own seats. I found some for $124 in the orchestra, which is a heck of a lot better than $120 in the last row: http://www.wickedthemusical.com/land...FQF6hwodUSE-uw

HTTY

Our big family went to see Wicked when it played in Seattle a few years ago. Everybody loved it except me. The story doesn't interest me and neither did the music. Don't go by me. It's been sold out for many years in NYC and on the road.

Mary Poppins and Anything Goes (great Gershwin music) are delightful shows for which discounts may be available here: http://www.broadwaybox.com/

HTTY

Wicked is my fave musical ever! I just love it. Read the book first, then buy the CD and listen to it, then see the musical. As for seats at the Gershwin, I've never sat in the Mezzanine but I have had friends who have. They say it's just fine. I almost always buy my tickets at broadwaybox.com or playbill.com. My most recent trip, just three weeks ago, I purchased at the TKTS booth...but Wicked does NOT sell tickets there. HAVE A BLAST!!! I heary NY!!! ;-)

happytrails, I agree with you. When we saw Wicked, we were clearly in the minority, but we didn't care for it.

HTFY; I don't see those orchestra seats at broadwaybox.com on the 18th of Feb. Not sure how you found them. Oh, maybe you are talking about single seats; i put in for 6.

I'm sorry, I missed that you are interested in the 18th.

If only Wicked will do, it looks like it's going to cost at least $120 per seat.

Maybe you can talk your group into taking a chance on picking up something at TKTS on the 18th.

HTTY

Hey, I think it's a great show. You'll have a blast. Do all your seats have to be together? We went in December 2007 with 7 people. Split up in the theater. Worked out fine.

The reason why tickets are so expensive is because you went to what I'll call a "secondary" site, rather than Ticketmaster.com or wickedthemusical.com. Admittedly, it may be too late to find tickets at either of those sites for a February performance, but I'd check them anyway.
For future reference, sites like broadwaybox.com are great for discount tickets, but not for full-priced ones.

Thanks HowardR, I am actually going back and forth from ticket master and broadwaybox. I have just started to play around with splitting up. Does anyone know about the 1st and 2nd row right and left orchestra whether they are a terrible view of the stage because they are the low price, so close to the stage and off to the far side. If it isn't a great vantage point of the stage, there might be a thill just being that close for the 2 we can have take those seats.

Check out wickedthemusical.com as well. I did a quick search there and noticed that there were some tickets available for some February performances. The six of you may have to split up, but the lower price may make it worth it!

HowardR, thanks. I did go to wickedthemusical.com but it goes right to ticket master, same site. Anyway the update is after a few conversations this morning with my sisters I got to get us on the same page which will mean not paying $120+ to be in the left or right rear mezz and to find a show at TKTS we will enjoy for half that. Who knows, maybe we will wind up with tickets to Wicked after all. I just can't see spending that money (I am paying for 3 seats). I know theatre tickets go up a lot higher than that but I am sure I will be happy seeing any great show.

I rather go the city more often (have a son who lives in the city) and not leave a bundle on one show. Thanks everyone!

I thought that the Wicked website would end you up at the same spot. I wanted to emphasize that these are the only sites to go to for the lowest possible FULL PRICE tickets.
What you might want to do is check out the discount offers on broadwaybox.com or playbill.com and take advantage of one of the offers in advance. It'll cost a few dollars more than TKTS, but it'll save you "waiting-in-line" time! And, if you can get your son to take discount offers to the box office and get the tickets, you'll save the handling charges. (Or you can take a chance and wait until you get here to take the discount offers to the box office yourself.)
Again, I want to remind everyone that broadwaybox.com and similar sites are NOT the places to go to for FULL-PRICE tickets!

Again, I want to remind everyone that broadwaybox.com and similar sites are NOT the places to go to for FULL-PRICE tickets!

Interesting point. Are full-price tickets a new "service" of Broadway Box?

HTTY

As far as I know, broadwaybox has always sold full-price tickets. If you go to its website, you'll see a section for full-price tickets in the center near the top of the home page. And, since they are a ticket agent, naturally, there's a commission added onto the price of a ticket.
Obviously, when i say, broadwaybox.com is not the place to go for full-price tickets, I am talking pricewise!

I can tell you that I found in looking for Wicked tickets, broadwaybox.com had seats available that are not available on ticket master. Since I can't click on them on ticket master to see the price if they were available, I don't know how much more broadwaybox.com is. Rear Mezz seats are 120$ on broadwaybox.com.

Juldie, what date in February? If there are any available on Ticketmaster, rear mezzanine seats will be a lot cheaper that $120....a lot cheaper!

2/18 is the date.