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Ha interesting timing! After giving up my ticket to Hamilton Chicago two+ years ago (and this thread being dormant since about then) I’m FINALLY seeing the show here in Columbus on Saturday! (Aka three days away!)

Excellent review, thanks for sharing it.

Exactly the kind of info I'm going for, thanks so much pc1145N!

Does anyone have any thoughts about stage-dooring at Hamilton Chicago? How long of a wait it's likely to be, how many people are likely to come out?My daughter & her friend are at the show RIGHT NOW (her review to follow!) and would like to stage door but we have limited time in Chicago and may want to use it for other stuff if it's a long wait/ not likely to be worth it.I entered the lottery twice (for the matinee and the evening show) and came up short both times. Ah well. I'll see it somet...

WOW velevele what an amazing review! Thank you!I am someone who tried VERY hard to see the OBC and while we are very much looking forward to seeing it in Chicago, I've thought of it as a bit of a consolation prize. With the exception of Lin, looks like Chicago may be even better in some ways. Really encouraging!!Looking forward to your part 2!

I've been in touch with the theater about the cancellation line, and this is what they said:"You can go to the Box Office and wait in the outer lobby, that is the 'cancellation line.' If it starts to looks like there are a lot of people in the lobby the Box Office attendants will directly you were to go, or where for form an actual line."She didn't say anything about how many people I can expect/ when to arrive (I asked) but I find the "IF it starts to look like..." part encouraging, plus sto...

ggersten said: "But, what ended up happening, is I went to the box office about 1:45 (there was a 2 p.m. show) and asked for a single ticket. I was given a "house seat" row F for under $200. In part, I got the ticket because it was a single and easier to sell - but also because it was a "house seat" that was being held back. "Oh wow! I know that's nothing to plan on but it's certainly encouraging!!Thank you and also macnyc for the kind words. Fingers crossed that I can get all three of us in!...

So does anyone have a sense of how the cancellation line works in Chicago?When I was trying to get to NYC I had a really good sense of about what time of day I'd have to arrive in line to actually get tickets, but I don't yet for Chicago.I have two tickets -- good seats -- for November. They're a surprise birthday present for my Hamilton-obsessed daughter, whose birthday is a few days before the show. I planned to be her +1, but her best friend finally just got MAJORLY into Hamilton and they ...

ImAGeneralWEE said: "Your seats should be really good! "Whew! Thanks!

ImAGeneralWEE said: "I was in the right orchestra, row N, "limited view." I figured it would be okay because it was still sold at full price, and it was pretty good. "Thanks, that's encouraging! We'll be in right orchestra, row H, and nothing about limited view. So if your seats were pretty good then ours should be just fine? (We haven't seen it yet at all and definitely want to see everything we possibly can!!)Agreed about the annoying pricing, grr.

ImAGeneralWEE said: "Just got home from the first preview performance. It was incredible! "Thanks so much for the review!! Can't wait to see it.Where did you sit and how were your sight lines?

airconway said: "I got lucky and snagged three mezz seats for January 20th. KEEP LOOKING. More tickets are popping up on random dates."Hey congrats! " "

Airconway, yep, this is why I asked my question in fact -- trying to figure out if there is any reason to switch dates. (Good luck!)Thanks for feedback re: alternates. I really thought that others were regularly off too, but that may have been towards the end of their run.Still would love to catch Miguel. For most of the Broadway run Javier Munoz stepped in for the Saturday matinee specifically, so that's my worry. (The show I have tickets for is the Saturday matinee.)

I thought I remembered from when I followed this closely that it wasn't just Lin/ Javier, but that Renee, Daveed etc., also had regular days that they didn't perform. If only Miguel Cervantes is at risk of not performing at our show, that's a relief (although of course we'd like to see him).

Thanks for the hotel recommendations!Question: Does anyone know what the schedules are for Hamilton Chicago performers?I've searched Google and these boards and haven't been able to come up with this info, but apologies if I've overlooked something.My daughter is an enormous (HUGE) Hamilton fan, and I've gotten her tickets to the November 26th matinee in Chicago. Managed to get them via Ticketmaster when they became available (not resale). We tried hard to see the OBC in New York and came tan...

genabasha said: "Hi all, I'm a little late coming back to this thread, I spent a lot of last week in the line. I'm really sorry to hear this business about the system not being honored, it worked so so well when i was there a few days ago. I got to see the show after 68 hours, both the line experience and the show made it so incredibly worth it and i would certainly do it again. I've documented my experience in its entirety if anyone is interested. It's long, but contains everything you need ...

Yeah I can't make anything work. Just "Searching.... sit tight" FOREVER on my laptop and won't load at all on my phone.Sigh. Still hoping Chicago works anyway.

Margo319 said: "sarahb22 said: "At this point I'm asking myself if it might be better to see the show in Chicago than NYC. Which version will have better casting? Hmmm...The original Broadway cast is always the best. Out of all the people who auditioned in the world, those people were determined the best of the best. I have no doubt Hamilton in Chicago will be great, but the best cast is always the Broadway one. Touring casts never compare to the OBC either."One thing though is that the OBC c...

sarahb22 said: "I wonder at what point does the wait to see Hamilton get so long and arduous that, when you finally get a ticket and see the show, you realize, "You know, that was a good show, but it wasn't worth what I just went through to see it" ?72 hours? 96 hours? 120 hours? I guess we'll find out at some point..."Ha! I was wondering the same thing.I've also been wondering if at some point the wait is so ridiculous that everyone says "gah never mind" and then the wait is back down to say...

chelseaburnside said: "Hi everyone,I'm planning on camping out with three friends (yes, I know the odds aren't in our favor :,() and was wondering if we'd face problems if we waited on line in shifts. Like if we were to take turns in pairs sleeping and waiting on line, even just during the overnight and waited together the rest of the time once it was morning, would we be risking getting kicked off for any reason"It might be safer if two of you go the whole time and then the third acts as you...