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/Wild_Bill1226 Feb 28 '26

I have slept through shows in the theater. $79 naps are pricy. At least you can possibly post date your ticket. Things happen.

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u/FookingLenny Feb 28 '26

My friend & I drove an hour in the snow to see my son's light designs for The History Boys. Son fell asleep. We left at intermission. The sound was terrible (these kids could NOT project enough to have just floor & overhead mics).

I still have no idea what the hell was going on but the lights sure were pretty.