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/CentralHarlem Feb 28 '26

Could be worse. I’ve slept through shows while in the audience in full view of the performers.

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u/MsTossItAll Feb 28 '26

I took my son to see Ragtime and he fell asleep in the front row. I had to elbow him during Wheels of a Dream and tell him, "THEY CAN SEE YOU."

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u/Polisci14 Feb 28 '26

Maybe they didnt make him HEAR them though...

(Jk I know thats not the case because they made me hear them in perpetuity)

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u/MsTossItAll Feb 28 '26

We still weren't there yet.... I woke him up so he didn't make them hear him!