So what time should we line up for Sufjan Tickets?

[Random Citizen]

Random Citizen, when I was your age, we stood in line for three weeks to see Jimi Hendrix at the MCI Center!

And you also walked uphill in the snow both ways and liked it, too, right?   :p

[Reod Dai]

Thank goodness I decided not to drive down.  Sounds like it would have been a huge waste of time (and gas).
 
 And for crying out loud, people, we really don't give a shit whether you think seeing Sufjan is worth standing around in line for lord knows how long in the cold.  Some of us really like him, and some of us (like myself) have never seen him.  People have camped out for tickets to special events for decades.  You're acting like this is the first time anything like this has happened, and people are crazy for even considering it.
 
 I wonder how much the three pairs on eBay will end up going for...

[anarchist]

go in the emergency exit door in the main corrider and take the steps up the the theatre.  this exits into a hallway on the side of the theatre.  your on your own trying to find a seat. don't tell anyone.

[jbcapati]

I would have rather not camped out...if it were a usual performance on sale I would have preferred to go online and pay for tix.  But having enjoyed Sufjan's performance in Phili last year, I didn't want to miss out on him performing with folks from the Opera House Orchestra.  I don't like messing around with eBay or Craigslist, so camping out was the only option for me.
 
 As for it being worth it, I guess I won't know until the actual performance.

[lukiedookie89]

I'll buy your extra ticket  

[IMAmoose24]

Well, I would have camped out if i did not have agreed to a privious agreement. Oh well, I still got a ticket, and yes, he is that good.

[shemptiness]

Comments from some who queued up.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

this event showed, if there was any doubt, that even hipsters follow a herd instinct...

[shemptiness]

<img src="http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/041503/hipster!!!.gif" alt=" - " />

[sweetcell]

apparently,  hipsters are racist too, or at least in new york they are.  meanies.

[lukiedookie89]

Whatever.  I went because I like Sufjan.
 There were definitely some card-carrying hipsters there, but they didn't make up the entire crowd.

[azaghal1981]

Is there no webcast for this show?

[Chulahoma]

i dont think there was.  hopefully something will pop up on youtube.  for those who went, how was the show?
 
 post #100 wahooo!

[lukiedookie89]

Why didn't they do a webcast?!  I really hope it ends up on their archives   :confused:

[jbcapati]

The show was quite good...it was a great sounding performance being in the Opera House, the dynamics were heightened between the hushed portions of just Sufjan singing and playing piano vs. the onslaught of the full orchestra.  The Opera House orchestra seemed to be having fun with the arrangements and letting loose at points.  Highlights included "Casimir Pulaski Day", an interesting version of "Chicago" with a lot of flutes and strings, and "Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie" - which Sufjan said was the first time performing live.  He ended with "Majesty, Snowbird"...unfortunately no encore.
 
 I felt sorry for the older ushers in my section, who seemed intimidated by the young crowd.  A lot of unheeded requests to get to your seats, stop leaning on the railing, stop taking pictures, etc.