How to Get Free Tickets to Hamilton
Really? Cheap tickets to the musical that has amassed both box office acclaim and critical success? Is it really possible? Yes, indeed. Tickets for Hamilton: An American Musical are now more expensive than ever before, thanks to the record-shattering 11 Tony wins, 16 nominations, and the fact that Lin-Manuel Miranda is departing from the musical. The producers of “Hamilton” are forcefully raising ticket charges for the best seats available in the house, shattering Broadway’s best ticket costs while likewise dramatically increasing the total number of comparatively less expensive seats accessible through same-day lotteries.
After its flag-off on Off-Broadway with its big appearance at The Public Theater during the year 2015, Hamilton: An American Musical moved a step toward Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theater in the Big Apple. It garnered much praise from there and collected millions of advance ticket sales. Currently, Hamilton is a standout amongst the most popular and prominent musicals, with the New York Broadway tickets being officially sold out even for the coming years.
However, there is no reason for “Hamilton: An American Musical” fans to fear. There are several more economic ways to see Hamilton being performed on stage. All that matters are either being fortunate or getting the absolute confirmation that you will definitely see the musical. The following are 7 amazing ways to get money saving or free tickets to see Hamilton.
A chance to obtain the prize package to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s last show
Win a chance to of getting two tickets to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton by making a donation to the Hispanic Federation. You will also receive flight tickets to the show as well as have the chance to attend an after-party with the star.
Ham4Ham Live Lottery
One can get the tickets from the live ticket lottery that happens outside the Richard Rodgers theatre daily each Wednesday at around 12:30 PM. Winners will be eventually able to purchase tickets at $10 for the matinee performance. And even if you didn’t really win, you will be treated to attending the Ham4Ham performance by members of the cast and/or special guests.
Order tickets before nine months
If you’re prepared to wait for it, follow Hamilton vociferously on Twitter to see when new tickets are out for sale. You have to plan way before, but you will be charged only a face value for the tickets so as to avoid computer bots on superfast computers who are determined to scam money from buyers.
The electronic Ham4Ham lottery
Do you want front row seats? Every night, 21 of the theatre’s best tickets are kept aside for the winners of the digital lottery. The lottery opens from 9 AM to 4 PM every day. Once they have specifically told you that you have won, you will have 1 hour to pay for the tickets ($10/ticket, $20/pair).
Grab tickets while on tour
For the Chicago run at the Private Bank theatre, tickets have already gone on sale this week. So, you will have to order as soon as possible because many of the cheapest seats have already been sold out. But there is a way you can still buy tickets for less than $200 for some of the shows next year, which will head in cities like Atlanta, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco and other popular cities in 2017.
The cancellation line
There are some people who are really fortunate enough to have tickets to a sold-out show but don’t show up. So, if you really wish to buy their ticket at face value, simply get to the theatre before everyone else.
Gather tickets post procedure
This one is tricky; it involves being in the right place at the right time. You can get an opportunity to see if anyone leaves during the interval and buy the ticket from them at a cheap cost. You have already listened to the cast recording, so the second act is something that is absolutely worth seeing.
The planned and combined moves of raising the cost for premium seats to the price of $849 while offering 46 seats for every show at $10 for each are just part of a more extensive push to stop the loss of potential income to the scalpers, and also to make the show accessible to individuals who can’t bear the cost of expensive performance center theater tickets.
Hamilton has won 11 prestigious Tony Awards in its long journey, which includes The Best Original Score, Best Musical, Best Choreography and Best Book of a Musical. Other most prestigious honors Hamilton has earned include the Pulitzer Prize 2016 for Drama, Grammy Award 2016 which is awarded for Best Musical Theater Album and the 2015 Drama Desk Award which was given for Outstanding Musical performance. So, if the prices are beyond your budget and winning the lottery is a pipedream for you, then two nights of the show is being made into a film by the original cast, along with a 1½ hour PBS documentary called “Hamilton’s America.”