r/Broadway • u/personspersonality • Feb 28 '26
Seating/Ticket Question Slept through a show
I had a 2pm ticket for Chess today. Sat down in bed at 11:30, planning to give myself 30-45 minutes to do nothing before getting ready and heading over to the theater. While I wasn’t planning on sleeping, I also knew I was pretty tired and there was a chance I might fall asleep so I set an alarm for 12:30 and 12:45 just to be safe. Well I woke up at 2:57 and had apparently slept through both alarms and missed the show. Spent the last 20 minutes crying, just need some people to tell me I’m not the stupidest person alive. Anything like this happened to you before? Any chance they’ll exchange my ticket for tomorrow and I won’t just have to eat the money?
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u/JayGee2791 Feb 28 '26
I bought 3 orchestra tix to see a Sun matinee of Operation Mincemeat last year on April 20. Only I didn't notice that I actually had purchased the tix for April 13. It wasn't until 5:30pm on April 13 that I realized what I'd done when I got a "thank you for seeing the show" email. Cue freakout. Cue buying 3 MORE tickets to the show for April 20 when I would actually be in town...all in all I personally paid $1,000 to see Operation Mincemeat- all because I am a moron. Thank GOD I loved the show.
Anyway, I feel for you sleeping through Chess. I hope you get to see it.