I know. I already saw it in Chicago. But that's why I want to see it again.
It's that good.
Tickets went on sale to the public on August 1, at 8:00 AM. I logged into the virtual waiting room at 7:05 AM on two different devices. At 8:00 AM, the powers to be would be randomly assigning numbers to everyone in the waiting room.
I happened to have a 7:30 AM doctor's appointment that day, somewhat complicating the situation. I kept a close eye on my phone while Dr. Fravel examined me.
When he asked, "Are you depressed?" I responded, "I will be if I don't get my Hamilton tickets."
At 7:55 AM he finished with me and sent me the lab for my blood work.
"I can't go yet," I said.
"Why not?"
"I need to stay put until 8:00. When I get my Hamilton number."
He rolled his eyes and told me I could stay in the exam room. The minutes ticked by slowly as I waited for my number. At exactly 8:00 AM my number appeared.
32,488
Say what?
And my laptop at home had an even bigger number.
Sigh.
I read somewhere that there were about 20,000 tickets up for grabs. If everyone in line bought the 4 tickets they were entitled to, the tickets would be sold by the time they got to number 5,000.
But that was glass half-empty thinking.
From a glass half-full perspective, not everybody would buy 4 tickets. And some people might only be able to go to certain shows.
At about 11:30 only 16,000 people were in front of me in line. And according to the progress bar, it looked like about half the tickets were still available.
I had a chance!
At about 1:00 PM, mean, unwanted messages began to appear on the website. First, saying there were limited seats available for specific shows. Then, there were limited seats available in certain sections. Then, only individual seats remained.
An finally, the only available seats were for Cats, which was playing at a high school in Gastonia.
My ridiculously high number came up at 3:42 PM and I was invited to purchase tickets. I was in a near-panic state as I tried to find the best available tickets during the 10 minute window I had to complete the purchase.
This is what I saw:
I did find two VIP tickets for about $500. But they weren't together.
I couldn't do it.
At 3:52 PM I placed a call.
Hello, Dr. Fravel? This is Lou.
I'm depressed.
