So tickets went on sale today in Denver for the run of touring Hamilton, Feb. 27 through April 1.
For a month, I've been clicking and rechecking the FAQ, bookmarking, setting alarms, to be sure and hop on them the minute they were available.
I had my seconds up and counting so at 9:00:00 I could hit "refresh" and be in the queue.
Weirdly, when I refreshed, it took me to the list of dates to select, and then a seating chart. When I selected my price range and hit "add to cart" is when it popped me into the virtual waiting room. I wondered if that glitch happened for everyone.
But Denver Center for the Performing Arts had the bright idea to create a virtual waiting room that assigned everyone who showed up, at any time between 9:00 and 10:00 a RANDOM queue number.
Brilliant. But honestly, the bots were probably inside in nanoseconds anyway. And I'd wager 90% of the spots were bots.
And when 10:00 rolled around... it was clearly not my day.
In the meantime, I learned on the Word of Mouth Highlands Ranch page that, indeed, that glitch worked for some people.
At lunchtime I did the math. At this rate, only 26 more hours!!
Alas, 20 minutes later, the beginning of the end. "Availability is becoming limited."
For a month, I've been clicking and rechecking the FAQ, bookmarking, setting alarms, to be sure and hop on them the minute they were available.
I had my seconds up and counting so at 9:00:00 I could hit "refresh" and be in the queue.
Weirdly, when I refreshed, it took me to the list of dates to select, and then a seating chart. When I selected my price range and hit "add to cart" is when it popped me into the virtual waiting room. I wondered if that glitch happened for everyone.
But Denver Center for the Performing Arts had the bright idea to create a virtual waiting room that assigned everyone who showed up, at any time between 9:00 and 10:00 a RANDOM queue number.
Brilliant. But honestly, the bots were probably inside in nanoseconds anyway. And I'd wager 90% of the spots were bots.
And when 10:00 rolled around... it was clearly not my day.
But I decided to let it run, just to see how long it would be until they shut down the waiting room with the "this event is sold out" (translation: now all the bots will be relisting for 10x the price!)
In the meantime, I learned on the Word of Mouth Highlands Ranch page that, indeed, that glitch worked for some people.
At lunchtime I did the math. At this rate, only 26 more hours!!
Alas, 20 minutes later, the beginning of the end. "Availability is becoming limited."
The DCPA had the bad timing of posting this helpful note on Facebook after 1:00 today. I couldn't help but reply. I mean, seriously.
At 1:30, a full 10,000 spots gone from the line and still not sold out! Woo! Oh, wait, we're now at "extremely limited" and plan on finding singles now. At this point, I'm just ready to have the sold out sign so I can be done with this deathwatch.
Oh, today's Philip Hamilton's birthday! You know, the one whose death at age 19 tears us completely apart in Act II? Good timing. (Oh, sorry, spoiler alert. It happened in 1801, so the statute of spoiler limitations is way over.)
I can't believe they aren't sold out at 3:00!
Time of Death: 3:13.
So that was a fun experiment.
If you're wondering why I'm not terribly upset at this, it's because last week, on a whim, I signed up for the Verified Fan sale for the block of Hamilton Broadway tickets through Ticketmaster, and was emailed a link and a code to buy the day before general sales. Apparently Ticketmaster verified my account was owned by a real, normal person who had purchased tickets in sane amounts in the past.
And, although a glitch messed me up from getting in quickly, I still managed two center mezzanine tickets for October.
Autumn in New York City, and Hamilton on Broadway.
I'm quite content with my luck.
I am not throwing away my shot!
You may not be terribly upset, but I'm still glad I wasn't in the room with you when all those online shenanigans were going down. Excited you get to go to NYC to see it!
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