Wicked in NYC

[tunatartare]

For $20 though, it's probably really crappy seats.

[aabby757]

I've done it before.

The $20 tickets are for the first two rows.

But you have to stay in line for a few hours and they pick your name from a hat.

Rent does that too and a few other shows do too.

My question is how many hours do you have to be there?

That is what I can't remember.

What time they pick your name etc.

Thanks.

[tunatartare]

I know Rent does it, I didn't know anyone else did it. My friends who've done it for Rent said they've had to get there pretty early (a couple of hours in advance to wait online) and that they couldn't see much from their seats because of the way the stage is designed. I would assume that since Wicked is such a popular show you would have to get there pretty early. Your best bet would be to call the theater's box office and ask them.

[xo_kathy]

This isn't the same as student rush tickets, right?

We used our old college IDs (they didn't have dates) to see 42nd street about 5 years ago. We got there about 45 minutes before, showed our IDs and got the tickets for $25 or something like that.

[tunatartare]

Really? What were the seats like?

[xo_kathy]

They were balcony seats, so not great, but not horrible. Not restricted view or anything.