I love The Book of Mormon. For the uninitiated, it's a multi-Tony Award winning musical by Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez. Think South Park and Avenue Q. It's irreverent and hilarious and musically ambitious. I know the soundtrack by heart - almost. Enough to know I want to see the show.
So after going to the 9/11 Memorial, Nick and I went to lunch and had a couple beers. Not a musical theater fan, I think the beers helped me convince Nick to go over to the Eugene O'Neill Theater to enter to win tickets to see the Book of Mormon. For every show, two hours prior to curtain, the staff there allow people to enter their names for cast tickets that are not used. They are usually front row or box seats. Either way, it's worth the price of entry (which is nothing) to try for the tix, for which they charge just $32 each. We had two hours to kill before off-peak rates kicked in on Metro North, so we each entered to win - and both got into the standing room only line ($25 a pop).
No luck with the lottery, but when we got to the front of the SRO line, there was one ticket left. I was deliriously happy and had already pulled my credit card out when my husband said "Carol, the woman behind us is from Minnesota. We can get to New York anytime."
He was right. I let her have my spot. Turns out, she works for Apple Computers. She took us out for drinks to celebrate her good fortune.
At least now I know I have to be at the theater seven hours in advance of curtain to be guaranteed SRO. Maybe next week...
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