flying to chicago in april to see it with daughter who’s a student in chicago and san francisco sister; have “obstructed views” and paid quite a bit. I’m hoping it’s worth it, its encouraging reading these posts. No matter what it’ll be fun!
just looked at the chart above. we are in the light pink seats; so that’s better than the red! thanks for posting that @HalfMoon22
Thanks, guys – very interesting! I did find this article from the Chicago Tribune in June, talking about the ticket prices for “Hamilton” in Chicago. It includes an interview with Jeffry Seller, one of the producers for the Chicago production. He says this about the cost for premium seating:
I guess this menas I should grab my tickets before they go up to $800…
Ticket prices were raised for the best seats because that way more of the money for the “going rate” goes to the artists instead of the scalpers. Seems fair to me.
I can’t help but think, with the touring show and other cities, that the prices will settle down eventually. I think they are already off the highs they were getting as resales.
Tickets when on sale for the London production yesterday morning. As my daughter lives there, she was on the email list for presale; her husband and I also signed up. She was able to get tickets within the first 20 minutes, but did not select the first few months of the run, figuring she would do better at a later date. She picked her birthday in the Spring 2018!!
She said as the tickets are e tickets, you have to show your ID when entering the theater; this was to avoid people buying up multiple tickets and reselling them. I am not really sure that is correct, as I am sure people are buying as gifts also. So, she decided to only order the two for herself and her husband.
Snowball, a friend of mine who currently lives in London snagged tickets yesterday am and said that the original purchaser MUST show up with ID for the London shows. They are trying to avoid scalping. She is moving back to the US this fall, so will have to travel back to London to see the show!
I tried to get tickets to a Cat Stevens concert about a year and a half ago, but couldn’t. He was playing a small venue and tickets went fast. They made it clear that whoever bought the tickets had to show up with ID to get in to minimize scalping or resale. So I think it’s up to each individual act that is performing to decide that.
I’ve seen that done for early resale fan club type tickets but never applied across the board to something. Does make it impossible to gift unless you can put the gift recipient’s name on initially.
I’ve never heard of that…but in general I like the idea. Except as you pointed out it makes it hard for gift giving…also difficult if you suddenly find yourself unable to use a ticket!
So they’re going to check ID for 1000+ people before each show? Good grief, that will be a nightmare.
Ticketmaster UK Terms for Hamilton tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/hamilton/terms.html
Well, guess my daughter didn’t exaggerate! I am still surprised she didn’t order 4 as they could have gone with another couple, but she was happy just getting two.
I just noticed that it will be playing at the Victoria Palace theatre. I’ve been at that theatre several times and it’s a large one. Probably 1500+. Can’t imagine how they are going to check everyone’s ID and have the show begin on time.
“So they’re going to check ID for 1000+ people before each show? Good grief, that will be a nightmare.”
I think it can be done efficiently - no slower than security checking purses and coats for any suspicious items.
I would happily wait in line for a bit so scalpers don’t profit!
When we go to events at the United Center, they already stop us to look in our purses/bags, which slows things down. This shouldn’t add much to it, except for the people who forget to bring ID.
All I can say is, get there early! Having heard from a couple of theatre friends in London yesterday about this, I can tell you that they agree with me that it is going to take a significant amount of time to get 1500 people through the I.D. process.
No one likes scalpers but the largest issue with ticket reselling isn’t with typical scalpers. It’s with the secondary selling through Ticketmaster and StubHub, and until producers, theatre owners, and all affected union members address that directly, prices aren’t going to go down and tickets are not going to be readily available.
Agreed. Artists, venues, producers need to break the monopolistic hold ticketmaster has on the industry.
Just wanted to check in and say my daughter and I went to see the show in Chicago over her winter break. I thought the show was AMAZING. We both loved it. We also had “nose-bleed” seats (balcony) but they were right in the middle and we could see everything just fine on the stage.
And afterward, one of the actors, José Ramos, who plays John Laurens and later, Hamilton’s son, came outside to sign playbills and take photos with fans. And my daughter got her pic taken with him. She was beyond thrilled, 
Considering it was about 12 degrees F that day, I thought that was incredibly generous of him.
Another actor came out, too, but I couldn’t see who it was - and Ramos actually spent about 20 minutes walking through the crowd outside.
If only they had made this decision sooner, I’m sure I would have won a ticket in the lottery last August:)
http://deadline.com/2017/01/hamilton-lottery-doubles-number-of-10-dollar-seats-as-promised-1201896936/
How nice was it to see the original Schuyler sisters reunited at the Superbowl? #sisterhood