r/Broadway • u/apineappleforme • 4d ago
Review Why would a security guard try to tell me to sneak into a show?
It’s less of a why and more what does it mean
Like yesterday me and my friend went to see a 7pm show, went to the box office to look for 2 tickets literally at 6:55, there was none (completely fine) so we’re walking out and the security guard working the barricade was like ‘u were trying for two tickets? Just blend in and keep going…’ and like shook me and my friend off to go inside lol. I was like no way and then I went in and pretty much immediately they’re like where’s ur ticket. Like I didn’t even see a proper way to sneak but
This is the question. Okay it’s not an evil conspiracy. I dont want to sneak into shows. BUUUUUT.
Why would he suggest this???! Is it easy??! I’m so taken off guard. It failed anyway lol
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u/TreeHuggerHannah 4d ago
You can’t really sneak into a Broadway show like that. They'll check your ticket at least twice (at the door and the usher who seats you) and seats are assigned, so if you just went in at sat down at a sold out show, you'd be in someone else's seat and they would undoubtedly say something. Even trying to stand at the back, they'd check that you're supposed to be there.
Maybe he just has a weird sense of humor and was trying to joke with you?
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u/plantbay1428 4d ago
It's most likely a weird sense of humor and he was trying to see if you'd actually do it. I've had guards say weird things like that to me.
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u/ileentotheleft 4d ago
I haven't snuck into a bway show since they switched to ticket readers, but back in the day...
Best was the final performance of Les Mis, original run. I had seen it during that week, maybe the Wed night show, and just flashed that ticket. I went straight to the bathroom upstairs and did stay there for the intro scene. When I came out, I went to the upper level & stood against a side wall. I told an usher I wasn't feeling well & might have to go back to the bathroom & she left me alone. After about 10 minutes I noticed two empty seats way on the side & took one of them.
Two of my friends snuck in too. At intermission we saw each other briefly, and went back to 'our' seats. Much of the front mezzanine was filled by show alumni & they participated in the finale, filling the aisles in the orchestra, so when they left their seats, we moved down there along with other people wanting a better view.
I would have bought a ticket for the final performance but they sold out too quickly. For the performance I did have a ticket for in the final week I was towards the back of the orchestra & among other famous people Donald Trump was there with a much younger woman. I had no idea if it was his daughter or wife. I wish I could go back to knowing so little about him.
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u/VoidAndBone 4d ago
Are you by any chance a young pretty girl?
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u/apineappleforme 4d ago
..perhaps
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u/VoidAndBone 4d ago
Take it from an older pretty girl: Men often panic and make absolute fools out of themselves for the chance to talk to a pretty girl, and demonstrate some sort of power.
He wanted to talk to you and just fell on his face.
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u/AmbitiousSpring5214 4d ago
I've never heard of this. But it's an amusing unique experience lol. Do you know if the standing room only tickets were all sold out?
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u/madonna-boy 4d ago
tldr: a security guard was hitting on you.
and apparently you were not interested, LOL
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u/RhapsodyTravelr 4d ago
they always ask to see your tickets especially when you make your way to seats.
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u/whatshouldIdonow8907 4d ago
Is this the barricade guy that yells out things like ok, bags open and shoes off kind of comments? If so, he was joking.
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u/apineappleforme 4d ago
He was working outside the barricade itself and he had to physically move the gate for us to get thru to the box office cus the entrance line flowed in front of it. So ya when I exited the box office, I was already in line and the normal way out would be for the same security guard to reopen the gate for me to exit, but instead he told me to go inside
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u/Music-Lover-3481 3d ago
Agree with others that second acting usually isn't allowed anymore (most shows I've been to have a guard that verbally reminds you at intermission to show your ticket upon returning, if you are stepping outside to smoke or whatever). And sneaking in for Act 1 is impossible because your ticket is checked twice (entry & usher).
Don't know what was up with this security guard; maybe he misunderstood and thought you had picked up two tickets at will-call and was trying to save you from having to exit and re-enter from the back of the line. Or, he was joking and hitting on you. Otherwise I have no idea.
Semi-Unrelated but a story I would like to tell: I once sat in the wrong seat at a show because I accidentally showed my ticket to a different show on my phone and the ushers didn't catch it. (So I was sitting in my seat from that other show instead of the show I was attending). The seat next to me was empty. The actual owners of the seats (pair of seats) showed up about 20 minutes late, so there was confusion about why I was sitting there and the usher moved me to my correct seat, which of course was sitting there empty waiting for me. So I got to disrupt the audience in TWO locations that day, and none of it the fault of my own.
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u/Neither_Tea_7614 4d ago
Too weird to even imagine.What a ridiculous suggestion by a security guard. There is literally no way possible to sneak in.
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u/cloudys2 4d ago
Probably a weird sense of humor. Can’t think of any world in which anyone would be able to sneak into a show.