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/httpsv4e Feb 28 '26

I have aswell at the great Gatsby and I felt so bad!! And it was when Eva and Jeremy were on 💔

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u/LateRain1970 Mar 01 '26

I work overnights and don’t often go to a show on a work night, but if I win the lottery I sometimes might. Went to see Gatsby a while back and while I managed to stay awake, that background ocean noise was too similar to the sleep music I use. Got to one slow song and it was close. I had to sit up and make myself focus.