What a Wicked Thing to Do

[kelson]

Last week, the Orange County Performing Arts Center sent out a notice that tickets for Wicked would go on sale Monday at 10:00 AM. It noted that seating was limited due to "unexpected demand" and recommended using the website for orders:
The quickest way to acquire tickets will be ordering online at the link provided below, choosing your date,

Comments

[sekl]

Bugger. Maybe a sold-out OC performance will convince them to do another LA run.

Unless some genius in LA pissed them off last time. =\

[kelson]

Unfortunately, they seem to be booked through Thanksgiving. They then pick up in January on the east coast.

The tour seems to have December off, though I have no idea whether they're counting on having that time free, or whether any big theaters in the area aren't already booked for that time.

The next free spot appears to be next August. *grumble*

On a related note, I now understand why neither Rent nor Wicked is running in San Diego during Comic Con. The theater booked One Man Star Wars Trilogy for the exact duration of the con, which is probably a smart choice.

[wayens]

ooo One Man Star Wars and too bad about Wicked, heck I wanted to see that too and I never realized it would be that hard to get tickets

And I thought Final Fantasy concert was hard when I got locked out of the box office phone queue for an hour...

[kelson]

locked out of the box office phone queue for an hour...

Ouch!

One of the drawbacks of all this remote access to purchases is that it's shifted the advantage from those who have time to wait in line to those who get there first, and the window of opportunity just keeps getting smaller. In a way, blocking (intentionally or not) the phone and internet access probably made distribution of Wicked tickets -- a scarce resource in high demand -- a bit more fair, since only those who really, really wanted it got in.

As I recall, you did eventually get into the FF concert, at least...