The London prices top out at 200 pounds, and they have some strict new measures to prevent reselling tickets. You don’t get a paper ticket until you’re there for that performance and have to swipe the credit card used to buy the ticket(s) in order to get it/them as well as show a printout of the confirmation email.
My uncle and his roommate went to see it, and really enjoyed it. They lucked out. Some friends they knew had extra tickets.
I saw a special on ETV about it not too long ago, talking about it, its creation, interviews with the cast, etc. It had clips from the show, too. It looked like a really good show that I would love to go see if it comes close to me.
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I’m in Chicago on business this week, and after listening to the soundtrack pretty much daily for six months on a whim I dropped by the theater about 40 minutes before curtain. The sidewalk was packed with ticketholders waiting to get in. I didn’t even see the box office windows, but suddenly the crowd surged forward so I went into the lobby and saw the little box office off to the side. I only saw two windows, “Will Call” and “Will Call” both with short lines. Then, off to the left, was a smaller, lower window with no one standing there but a man sitting behind the window.
“Hey,” I said, “I don’t suppose you have any single seats available? Heh heh?” He said, “I might!” Sure enough, there was ONE ticket left, and I snatched it up. (Window guy: “Now you should go by a lottery ticket.”) Terrible seat - back row on the ground level, right next to the sound/lights guy, on a regular chair (not theater seat) with another guy on an equally high chair right in front of me. The top part of the set was hidden behind the overhanging balcony above me.
It was glorious! And, I didn’t even realize until I sat down and looked at the Playbill that Aaron Burr was being played by Wayne Brady. He was good! It reminded me of the time I saw Chicago on Broadway and Billy Flynn was played by Joey Lawrence.
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We’re going July 1 in NYC. I’ve had the tickets since Thanksgiving and haven’t told anyone except my wife. Our son wouldn’t be able to stand waiting so long if he knew that we were going so we’re not telling him until his birthday, six days before.
The tickets (orchestra left row V, which are decent enough seats) were “only” twice face value.
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I watched it last night It was awesome. I had heard all the music prior to watching it and it was still great. I doubt I’d pay that much again, but it was worth it as an experience. I splurged and bought a T-shirt, and a cup with lid (sippy cup) that could be brought into the theater, and filled it with a nice adult beverage. A fun night was had by all.
One thing I tend to really like is stage design/props, and just how effectively the production can convey the action. There was less of that here than in other shows I’ve seen, but the dance choreography as well as the double rotating stage did a solid job. In my show some of the performers played multiple roles which I thought would be confusing, but it worked pretty well. Lafayette/Jefferson was the same person. Hercules Mulligan/Madison was the same person too. There were a couple others but they all worked well.
I’m pretty sure that’s been true in all the showings. Lafayette, Mulligan, Laurens, and Peggy Schuyler only appear in the first act, and those actors play Jefferson, Madison, Philip Hamilton, and Maria Reynolds, respectively, in the second act.
Bone - what city are you in?
We’re going in LA in October. Got the presale tickets from American Express. Great seats. I’ve come a long way from post 2 in this thread.
I haven’t heard any of the music except a few clips on the news, etc. Do people recommend getting to know the play via the soundtrack first or going in cold?
That is a* riot*. I can’t say why, it just is.
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Neat, I didn’t even pick up that Peggy was the same as Maria Reynolds. The guy who played Lafayette and Jefferson was pretty awesome, didn’t realize Jefferson was so sassy.
I saw the show in San Francisco.
I made a point to listen to the whole thing a few times before going in. My wife heard a total of maybe 5 minutes so went in almost completely unsullied. I can’t tell which would be better. I think if you go in cold, you will definitely miss some of the lyrics because it happens so fast and there is a ton of info dropped. One thing about listening before watching is that I couldn’t always tell who was speaking so some of the songs made a whole lot more sense in context when I knew who was speaking. Keep in mind she doesn’t like rap or hip hop music hardly at all and she thought the show was great.
I know I wanted to appreciate the performances and I thought I would be able to do that more without having to hyperfocus on the lyrics. I still heard things I missed at the live show.
I want to see it again, but I think the chances of that are pretty low.
I’d recommend listening to the soundtrack because:
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It’ll get you familiar with the songs and plot. One of the complaints that people had when the show first opened, especially people without much familiarity with rap and the way the words can be spit out so quickly, was that they had trouble following the plot especially in the beginning. Rather like watching Trainspotting - until you get used to everyone’s accents you’re going “What did they say? What’s that? Who is it?”. Having heard it at least a few times will help with that.
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It’s damn good and having listened to it beforehand will mean you have listened to it more times!
Yeah, if you can find someone with the talent to play a character described as “Lancelot meets Ludacris”, you don’t throw away your shot at using him in the second act. 
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And now you can appreciate the genius of the opening song and how it works with the dual casting!
LaFayette/Jefferson & Mulligan/Madison: We fought with him
Laurens/Philip: Me? I died for him
Washington: Me? I trusted him
Eliza & Angelica & Peggy/Maria: Me? I loved him
Burr: And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him
For the dual cast roles, there’s also a dual meaning in what they say about Hamilton.
The guy who plays Burr spoofs the old “Got Milk?” ad: Got Hamilton? Parody Commercial - YouTube
On Saturday my wife wanted to watch the PBS special about Hamilton. I told the kids that we were watching it, thinking that they would want to see it. Our son said, “I don’t like that music anymore”. When asked if she still likes it our daughter said, “I don’t mind it”. Our kids are not fun a lot of the time (both suffer from depression) but we didn’t expect that they would be completely done with something that they were so excited about for so long.
Since we were two weeks from seeing Hamilton on Broadway, this freaked us out a little. I played the soundtrack in the house on Saturday but nobody took much notice. On Sunday I played it in the car on a long trip. Our son was into it from the very first notes and listened to the entire soundtrack, singing along at times. Our daughter didn’t sing (she won’t sing in front of other people) but she was also engaged. Whew! We’re feeling confident again that they’ll be excited to see the show.
I’m sure they’ll get caught up in the excitement of seeing live theatre, with real, breathing actors in front of them and a thousand people cheering them on. Have a good trip!
We saw it Saturday in San Francisco. My wife wasn’t that excited because all she knew was that it was mostly rap music, and she didn’t like rap. But it turned out she loved it!