Hamilton New Block of Tickets — Page 7

This is probably just me but I remember in 1997 when Streisand was doing her first tour and she still had a great voice… And I've loved her forever....just could not bring myself to spend $350 for a seat… Just felt I was being taken advantage of. Feel the same way about this. $849 for most of the orchestra...geez!!! It is really bad karma for a show that in all ways has been about the opposite. It's almost like the producers are going to put the scalpers out of business by becoming scalpers themselves! And before anyone starts jumping up-and-down on Mr. Miranda....From what I've read he owns less than 10% of the show so he probably doesn't have much of a say in this… And I have a feeling he would not be pleased.

The producers clearly made a strictly financial decision… which is their right. How much is a gallon of water worth in the desert? This moment in time is probably the ultimate frenzy situation for the show… It is going to clean up Sunday night etc. etc. people are going to be hungry to see it even more so than now… after the Tony telecast people who didn't even know they wanted to see it are going to want to see it… And they are taking absolutely full advantage of that situation. I have a feeling a year from now tickets will be nowhere near this high even straight from the box office….overall I just think it was a really arrogant and somewhat despicable move on their part… Anyone with a financial stake in the show is absolutely positively set financially for life… Why do they have to be pigs? Because they can? That's just wrong… So disappointing.

Updated On: 6/7/16 at 11:58 AM

Sylver1 said: "I have a feeling a year from now tickets will be nowhere near this high even straight from the box office…"

Interesting theory. Does anyone know of instances where ticket prices from the box office/TM/Telecharge have ever come down during a run? Even long-running shows like Phantom see minimal increases every year or so.

Does anyone know, is the $849 premium seat price a Broadway record?

I'm surprised more of you don't seem outraged about the $849, I just saw and was flabbergasted. looks like Reidel wasn't too far off! (when he suggested $999 we were all "yeah right!"...or at least I was.) I love the show but come on producers, that's crazy. I obviously get they're attempting to get some of the cash the scalpers have been getting and it will probably work (until the scalpers then sell those for $4000 each to make the same profit margin). But hey, they tried.

Updated On: 6/7/16 at 12:50 PM

I'm sure LMM's dad helped his son financially many times and if Lin wants to return the favor, who are we to judge?

No one is going to root against them winning the Tony because of this, you need to let go of that notion because it's bizarre.

Yes Gyspy, he gets 1% of profits made.

oh, profits? for some reason I thought that royalties were percentages of the revenue, not profit. Still, 1% adds up when they make almost 2 million a week in gross.

nvm

Updated On: 6/7/16 at 01:33 PM

Jesus Christ. I think some of you have officially lost your minds. If only some of you would put this kind of effort into more serious issues, we might make real progress.... The homelessness rate of veterans, school choice in urban communities, the persecution of refugees, etc.



Are we really criticizing LMM for nepotism? Do you not realize this sort of thing happens every day in the industry?? It's all incestual nepotism in some form or fashion...

So, let me ask based on the prices we saw for pre-sale this morning and the likely free-for-all that will be Sunday night....(and I am truly sorry for wearing y'all out like this, it is just so important to get this right as this will be a big trip for us)

If I wanted to go ahead and buy the tickets for fall at resale prices, should I go ahead and do that before Sunday night when they will likely jump? Fall just works better for us, schedule wise, though I hate to think of missing out on possibly affording four tickets instead of the one I can do for fall (for my daughter). Someone mentioned to me before waiting on July when cast changes are announced but I'm afraid I'll wait that late and tickets will be harder to come by and really not any less expensive (and harder to start planning and budgeting for the trip).

gypsy101 said: "I'm surprised more of you don't seem outraged about the $849, I just saw and was flabbergasted. looks like Reidel wasn't too far off! (when he suggested $999 we were all "yeah right!"...or at least I was.) I love the show but come on producers, that's crazy. I obviously get they're attempting to get some of the cash the scalpers have been getting and it will probably work (until the scalpers then sell those for $4000 each to make the same profit margin). But hey, they tried.



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The issue is the scalpers are getting at least that much. From the Producers perspective, if that's what the market will bear, they should get the profits themselves rather than resellers. If the market won't bear that price, then they will lower the prices. Mormon did that at some point as the demand for premium lessened. And the tickets for the block before this one went super fast at high prices, so they are testing. I think people underestimate that the show is a bigger star than many of the cast members -- I think this show will succeed and they will have no problem finding excellent replacements. Of course, at some point the demand will die down, but there are also many "Hamilfans" that have and will want to see the show multiple times.

"We have the check stubs from separate accounts"

"Almost a thousand dollars, paid in different amounts."



Yeah, that was just for a single next March.

sundaymourning6am said: "You make it sound like Lin comes from nothing. I'm pretty sure he grew up in Manhattan, his father was a political advisor, and he went to private school.



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He grew up in Washington Heights, which while in Manhattan was not a wealthy neighborhood. He went to Hunter Elementary School/High School, which is a well known public gifted and talented school. His parents were smart and educated, but he was not wealthy. And it likely was not his decision but rather the producers to raise the ticket prices....