I've been sitting on this idea for a while, I rush regularly and kept a personal spreadsheet tracking arrival times, line sizes, and outcomes. When should I actually arrive? What days have the best odds? Is the line getting worse over time?

Then I saw post analyzing the EBT rush arms race and it confirmed what I'd been thinking: this data is incredibly useful when you can actually see the patterns. That post did it brilliantly for one show, I wanted to build something that does it for all rush shows, and keeps updating over time.

So I finally built it out into a full dashboard.

Link: Broadway Rush Intel

It's free, no login required, no data collection on users.

What it shows

• Suggested arrival time for each show (calculated from the 80th percentile of reported successful arrivals)
• Difficulty ratings weighted by how early you need to arrive AND reported success rates
• Day-of-week heatmap showing which days tend to have shorter vs. longer lines
• Trend indicators showing whether a show is getting harder or easier over recent weeks
• Interactive Theater District map with every rush show color-coded by difficulty
• Head-to-head comparison tool for deciding between shows (arrival times, line sizes, success rates side by side)
• "Latest Win" mode showing the latest someone reported arriving and still getting a ticket

Screenshots

Here's a quick tour of what it looks like:

1. Dashboard - Arrival trends + difficulty ranking + line size data: The main dashboard tracks arrival times over time for the top shows, ranks all shows by difficulty (with trend arrows showing if it's getting harder or easier), and shows average line sizes at box office open.
2. Interactive Theater District Map: Every rush show is pinned on a real map of the Theater District. Markers are color-coded by difficulty (green = easy, orange = hard, red = very hard). Click any marker for rush price, success rate, average arrival, and a link to the full detail page.
3. Show Detail: Every Brilliant Thing: Drill into any show for the full picture, suggested arrival time (7:30 AM for EBT based on the 80th percentile of winners), arrival trends over time, line count at box office open, and success rate broken down by day of week.
4. Head-to-Head Comparison: Can't decide between shows? Select up to 5 and compare earliest arrival times, line sizes, success rates, and trends over time, all on one page.
5. Mobile View: Works on your phone. Same data, responsive layout. Difficulty rankings with trend arrows at a glance for when you're setting your alarm the night before.

About the data

I want to be transparent about this:

• Every data point comes from publicly posted Rush Reporting Threads in this sub. I'm aggregating and visualizing what community members have already chosen to share openly. Nothing private, no insider info, no box office partnerships.
• The information is already available to anyone reading those threads. This just makes it easier to see patterns without scrolling through weeks of comments.
• The line is still first-come, first-served. This doesn't change who gets tickets or how many are available. It's just a visual summary of what the community already knows collectively.
• Currently ~173 reports across 21 shows from March through May 2026.

Limitations

Being upfront about what this is NOT:

• Not live or auto-updating. I'm manually incorporating data from reporting threads, so there's a lag. This is a side project, not a service with real-time feeds.
• Some shows have very few reports (1-2). The app flags these but take low-data shows with a grain of salt.
• Not comprehensive. 21 shows is a start. Many rush/lottery shows aren't covered yet.
• I may have some data wrong. If you spot an incorrect theater, wrong rush price, or a bad arrival time, the Feedback page lets you flag it.

Background

I'm a full-stack developer with a few years of experience working on startups and figured I'd apply those skills to something I personally use. This started as a personal spreadsheet for planning my own rush mornings and grew from there.

I added a small ad slot and a "buy me a coffee" link since this took meaningful time to build, ideally to put toward a proper domain at some point. That said, I don't have ambitions to turn this into some big solo project. If folks running existing community resources (rush reporting sites, etc.) want to collaborate or integrate any of this, I'm very open to that conversation. I'd rather this data live where the community already goes.

I also added a Submit form if anyone wants to contribute their own rush reports directly, which would help keep things more current.

Feedback welcome

If you find it useful, glad to hear it. If something looks wrong or you have suggestions, the Feedback page or a comment here works. And if you're a developer who wants to help maintain/improve this, feel free to DM.

Happy rushing.