Hamilton Box Seats — Page 4

lite2shine doesn't even reply to a private message from me.

Esgred said: Do you mean that these regular price, partial view tickets that are available for late December and January are NOT box seats?

lite2shine said: "Correct. I didn't ask which partial seats are available but from ppl who were buying at that time, I guess rear orchestra side seats."

Updated On: 4/5/16 at 03:30 AM

Michael19 said: "I'm surprised no one has spoken about the upper boxes.....they are really very bad and certainly shouldn't be sold at top (non premium price). It's nice that so many people are excited about getting box seats for Hamilton, but I fear they will be seriously disappointed once they see how poor the visibility is from upper box seats."

Apparently, they "heard" you and/or others, and are now selling the lower boxes for $30 more than the lower boxes.

Esgred said: "lite2shine said: "From what I remember and from the theatre images, these box seats are two tiers: lower and upper. On the ticket, how does it say? Does it say Lower Box A, Box B, etc.? Thanks."

Example: "LOW BOX A LEFT" (box A)

Seats: 1, 2, or 3 (with seat 1 being the best seat, AFAIK)

Here's my question: I finally looked at the seat numbers on my tickets, and (sadly) I forgot to ask about getting seat 1 before I bought them. I got seats 2 & 3. Will a tall person sitting in seat 1 obstruct the view of a short person sitting in seat 2 or 3?

Thank you! :)

"

Since you aren't looking straight ahead, but to the side, that won't be a problem. Also, the seats in boxes are not (usually) bolted down, so you can actually shift them a little.

shanphelia said: "A few months back, my friend and I had box A, seats 2 and 3. The seats are indeed not bolted down, so you can shift around a bit, and so we (plus our new box seat friend) all arranged our seats in best way to maximize viewing. You do miss some bits of the staging, BUT I will say you are very, very close to the stage, and we had some great cast-audience interaction moments at times. When we went to stagedoor after the show, Leslie Odom Jr recognized us from the boxes and commented on playing to us during one scene, so that was a nice bonus :)"

Thank you, dramamama611 and shanphelia! :)

On an unrelated note (for people who don't yet have tickets): If someone (anyone!) tells you that there are no more box seats available - ignore this information! Go to the box office yourself, and ask the employees if they have box seats for sale for any days.

Updated On: 3/25/16 at 02:30 PM

No, they likely will not. HE is not really the draw as an actor. The best you can hope for is that the prices don't continue to rise.



If you are waiting to get tickets IN June, for a performance that week, do not expect that to happen. I got my box seats for July in November....I can't imagine there are any still available for this summer. (of course, it's POSSIBLE.)

Wee Thomas2 said: "To spell out what dramamama said: To get the box seats you need to go to the box office and ask about availability. You will NOT be getting tickets for today, tomorrow, or this week. You MAY be able to get tickets for next month or 3 months from now or "late fall"

Just a quick follow-up-- I went to the box office last week and asked about partial view seats (including box seats), and was able to buy one for the day after Christmas, which was the earliest available.

That said, I have in past lucked in to a partial view (my box seats I discussed above) with much less notice, but these few "lucky" spots may have dried up. It's always worth it to stop by the box office and ask. You never know!

Updated On: 3/28/16 at 05:30 PM

The first people to see Hamilton when it opened on Broadway who paid the least amount of money, paid somewhere around $77, IIRC.



Barring $10 lotto / $40 standing room, the cheapest ticket when Hamilton first opened on Broadway was $57 rear mezz.

Anakela said: "The first people to see Hamilton when it opened on Broadway who paid the least amount of money, paid somewhere around $77, IIRC.



Barring $10 lotto / $40 standing room, the cheapest ticket when Hamilton first opened on Broadway was $57 rear mezz. "



And the high end was $277. I sat 3rd row center in August with the ticket I had bought in May, thinking at the time that was the most I had ever paid for a Broadway show. Now that seems so cheap!!

Sir lurks-a-lot said: "Thanks to this forum, I got two box seats for late Sept for myself and my Hamilton obsessed 13 year old son. The guy at the box office couldn't have been nicer...."

For September 2016? If so, WOW! I was (by a box office employee) told that the earliest they had box seats was December 2016.

Which upper box will you be in?

C is a lower box, so it should be pretty good! I will be in Box B in May.

Sir lurks-a-lot said: "That was another surprise--I thought lower boxes would be at least $239. It really did feel like an amazing stroke of good fortune. And after having read this forum, I knew that "C" was a good place to sit! "



Yes, Box C is wonderful. It's where I sat for Javi's first Bway show (aka when the President came to see it) and it's a great view.

Sir lurks-a-lot said: "Oh, wow. You have no idea how happy this picture makes me. Thank you!!!"



Actually, sorry, I just looked back and that seat was in Box D. However, Box C is still good. :)

Esgred said: "Sir lurks-a-lot said: "That was another surprise--I thought lower boxes would be at least $239. It really did feel like an amazing stroke of good fortune. And after having read this forum, I knew that "C" was a good place to sit!"

I am in a huge rage right now (FURIOUS!) Not, with you, but with the box office staff! I was told that the soonest they had box seats available was December! I told them that I was willing to get two box seats that weren't in the same box too. Also, they charged me $239 and you got yours for less! I wanted box D or box C. I am going to have to go there and complain."



Esgred, sometimes box seats (or any other seats) open up for no reason (house seats being let go, producers returning seats, etc.) I can't recall what date in December you got tickets for, but during holiday times (it could be the a few weeks in a month), prices do go up. Like when I bought tickets for Thanksgiving last year, instead of $177, it was $199.