Can an 11 year old see the show Hamilton alone?

In my opinion, 11 is a little young. My daughter saw her first broadway show alone last year. She was 13. We stayed with her until they scanned her ticket. Had her stay in her seat during intermission. Picked her up as soon as it was over. However, we had a very frank discussion about what to do if someone near her did something inappropriate (be loud and even stop the show if necessary). We also established what to do if there was an emergency (fire alarm, terrorist attack, etc.). Everything was fine, but I did have challenges paying attention to the show I was seeing. You have to know your child and prepare them.

Why not wait until you could possibly afford to go with her or until she is a bit older. It is not like "Hamilton" is going to close soon !!

I think this varies from family to family and the maturity of each individual child. But you seem comfortable with the idea which I think means GO FOR IT! I would explain to her how ushers are dressed in all black, etc., and they stand at the back of the theater during the entire show so your daughter can just get up from her seat and walk to the back of the theater if she needs help in the middle of the show. The Hamilton audience, by and large, is a very mature group so I'm sure she'll be fine. For example, I'm not sure I'd let her go to Rent or American Idiot alone - lovely fan base, but a rowdier group, for sure. Yes, you can wait outside the theater for her and stay with her until they scan her ticket and then meet her immediately afterwards. For your piece of mind, I'd suggest having her call you as soon as the show ends (including the end of the curtain call) and then staying on the phone with you while she walks out. It can take 10+ minutes to walk out and you'll get nervous watching all the patrons stream out without seeing your daughter and she can easily walk out and talk on her phone to you at the same time.

I would say to go for it. I can only assume that she is very mature if that she has gotten that passionate about it. I have never heard of the Reynolds pamphlet, and I have seen the show three times. I would absolutely follow the approach that Hum A Song did. I am guessing that it will be a life event that she will remember to the day she dies, her first Broadway show or at least her first show alone, its Hamilton, etc.

One other thing you may want to add on. For 20+ years, I passed Trinity Church twice a day, coming from and going to the Path train. I never knew that Hamilton and Eliza were buried there (and Pre-LMM, I probably would not have thought much of it). Last year, we went there and were very glad that we did. It is near Ground Zero, Wall Street, etc., so you can even make an afternoon of it,

Since the seats are so expensive I do not think its such a wise idea. How can she enjoy not talking and sharing her thoughts at intermission or after the show with her parents? In NY balcony seats are at least $299 if it is a hardship to pay for 2 tickets I definitely think that much for an 11 year old to attend alone is not the right decision. Certainly not showing her the value of money what will she want next. Just being real.

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melanine08 said: "We've been thinking about seeing Hamilton but only have money for 1 ticket. My daughter is obsessed with Hamilton and has been begging to go for months. She's only 11 but she's pretty mature. She knows about the Reynolds Pamphlet and most of the vocabulary. (It makes me feel like I was an idiot at her age) Can she go alone? I could buy her ticket, let her go inside the theater, and wait outside. Is that possible????"



Why don't you just save up and see it with your daughter this summer or fall together!? That's what I would do and not send her alone. Wait outside? That's a crazy stupid idea sending her alone!!!

Updated On: 1/13/19 at 08:43 PM

Well after frightening the bejesus out of her with all that.beware of stranger talk and how to stop the show!!! it's a wonder she still wants to go outside her house.

Take her to martial arts class instead and then say--you're own your own baby. She is actually going into a secured environment-a theatre and not some rave down at the docks. The odds she will sit next to 'a pervert'---are nil to none..

I often knock the knee or elbow of the person next to me-those cramped seats-and apologise. Will this young girl do as instructed and scream till the show stops?? Ridiculous.

Jarethan said: "I have never heard of the Reynolds pamphlet, and I have seen the show three times."



Wait, huh? Am I reading that correctly? How have you seen the show three times and not heard of the Reynolds Pamphlet?

I also agree with the person who said that she should feel that she earned the money for the show. I don't want to tell you how to raise your kid (and this certainly is not an indictment on you, as I do not know you), but it feels like these days, we're raising children in a manner of being afraid to say no to them, and make them wait for what they want. Or maybe make a plan of "If you get all A's until the end of the year, you can go in the summer." She may have been begging to go for months, but has she done anything to earn that privilege?

Again, I'm not accusing anyone of anything, but when I was growing up, I earned every reward I got. We should bring that back.

Updated On: 1/14/19 at 03:59 AM

Another idea, if you live in or very close to the area. Stalk Stubhub tickets at about 30 minutes prior to curtain. On Friday, for example, 2 great seats int he Rear Mezz opened up at $79 a piece! You could purchase them, print them out, and head straight to the theater. That way you both can see the show at a fraction of the cost it would take for you to just buy one ticket at face value AND the scalpers lose!



You can buy tickets on the app and print them off at a hotel's business center nearby.