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http://deadline.com/2015/10/broadway-hamilton-new-york-city-students-rockefeller-foundation-1201595040/ 20,000 Students

"Hyperbole much, damnfew?" -- dramamama611 As it turns out, I was rather tepid in my response (comparatively). My bad. "

Oh, please - who do you think bought $4M (and counting) of group sales? Ladies auxilieries? Church groups? ummm, no. I talked to a group sales agent and he said that schools are "clamoring" for HAMILTON (his word, not mine). I'm guessing the show will have a close to a 20M advance by the time it opens. You'll have to get on your high horse and write the WALL STREET JOURNAL for the outlandish hyperbole printed in on their Editorial page today (notice, not theater section): "I saw “Hamilton” th...

HAMILTON has sold $6.5 million worth of tickets in its first 11 days of Broadway availability, and has orders from groups for another $4 million worth of seats. NY Times Wonder how many school groups make up that 4M? Hyperbolically yours, Damnfew

Dear dramamama611: Time will tell. I look forward to continuing our conversation over the next couple of years. Hyperbolically yours, Damnfew PS. The rehabilitation has already begun in the sense that the musical has provided additional exposure for the excellent biography by Ron Chernow, upon which the musical is based. https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/alexander-hamilton-by-ron-chernow/ “Justice shall be done to the memory of my Hamilton.” - Eliza Hamilton

1. RE: Obscure Historical Figure - how many people would know or care about Evita Peron today if not for Andrew Lloyd Webber? Alexander Hamilton is arguably the most important of our founding fathers but because he was never president has been neglected. This musical makes the case for his importance and will go along way to restoring his reputation. The New York Times Op Ed (David Brooks) has already written about this musical (when was the last time that happened?) and many more politicos/b...