Hamilton prices skyrocketing?WTF- Page 3

[JM226]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 1:58pm

you are talking about an outreach partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation. they sold the tickets at cost to the Foundation which in turn is distributing to NYC schools in need.  that's an outreach initiative ... not really part of this conversation as it doesn't impact the general public although i do think it was a very generous decision that they did not have to do so yes, there is some kind of accessibility still. 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:02pm

I know nothing about behind-the-scenes stuff but I bet Miranda had to hold a prop gun to somebody's head the make that happen.  And kudos to him.

[JM226]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:03pm

his father was actually the one who approached him with the idea. he is a public school teacher. i think it is a wonderful initiative

[pickles2]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 2:14pm

I see. I wasn't sure of the details of the program or organization. Thank you!

 

[JM226]

Posted: 3/8/16 at 4:43pm

pickles2 said: "I see. I wasn't sure of the details of the program or organization. Thank you!"

 

https://www.rockefellerfoundation.org/about-us/news-media/hamilton-the-musical-and-the-rockefeller-foundation-announce-partnership-to-provide-20000-nyc-public-school-students-with-tickets-to-hamilton-on-broadway-with-1-46-million-grant/

[mc1227]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 5:43am

Dave19 said: "MC1227 words are untrue?

 

Which words are you referring to?

 

[stevie3]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 8:43am

You people who hype this show have only yourselves to blame for the insane prices. Keep writing how wonderful the show is and how great Miranda is. The reality is that Miranda was not that great and the show is just a little better than average and the Music ( if thats what you want to call it) I think its its just fast talking jibberish. Dont jump on board because its the thing to do and you cant find anything else to talk about when you go to a restaurant.Go jog around Centeral Park but dont run to fast cause you might pull A Hammy !!!! 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 10:51am

Omg so clever, that Hammy line, such Swiftian wit, such deft control over the English language, you could really teach Lin a thing or two. 

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 11:51am

No, stevie, that is only YOUR reality.   I never care about what everyone else thinks:  I hated Rent, I loved Spring Awakening, Wicked is "ok".   I'm gonna like what I like....but it is exciting that a bway show can cross the lines of the typical audience member and make waves beyond the community.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 11:55am

stevie3 said: "The reality is that Miranda was not that great and the show is just a little better than average and the Music ( if thats what you want to call it) I think its its just fast talking jibberish."

 

[JM226]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 2:49pm

why are people criticzing the poster for voicing his opinion. he thinks it is overrated. that it his opinion. obnoxious GIFs and snarky responses will not change his opinion because we are talking about a form of art.  art is subjective. 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 2:53pm

You people who hype this show have only yourselves to blame for the insane prices. Keep writing how wonderful the show is and how great Miranda is.

 

Yes, if 100 active posters on this website had never mentioned the show, we'd be scoring tickets at the Times Square booth even as I type.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 2:54pm

Please, nobody talk about the shows you like on this theatre message board. It will make it so that you can't see them and also you don't actually like them, anyway. 

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 3:06pm

"why are people criticzing the poster for voicing his opinion."

 

Because they can't stand anyone who doesn't have the same opinion they do, and need to discredit anyone who dares voice it.

 

Why? Perhaps they're insecure. Maybe they feel threatened. Who knows? Really, though, what does it matter anyway?

 

Suffice to say they're not the most tolerant bunch.

 

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 3:17pm

I'd like to take this opportunity to say once again that I did not like Hamilton nearly as much as most of this board, but nobody has attacked me for that opinion because I'm not a dismissive, condescending, paranoid jerk about it. 

Updated On: 3/10/16 at 03:17 PM

[Mike Costa]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 3:18pm

 

Of course the businessmen who run Hamilton are not turning over hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of tickets every night to be sold to scalpers ... they are selling them themselves under a second party name.

The "scalpers" you are referring to are the producers, they have control of the the tickets.  They went to east coast business schools.  The third party "scalpers" you are referring to are partners with the producers if not actually in the same office.

 

This is not a government program, it does not have to be fair.  You already know the production holds onto contracted house seats and premium tickets each night.  It only makes sense for them to hold on to a thousand more and sell them thru a second party at a considerable profit.

 

We are not business guys but even we on this board would be smart enough not to hand over money to a second party not affiliated with the show after if it is successful.  We would keep the profit for ourselves.

 The producers  deserve any price the market will bear.

Updated On: 3/10/16 at 03:18 PM

[amoni]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 3:31pm

What keeps a producer from never selling a portion of tickets to the public, putting them up on Stub Hub immediately, at for four times the published price, putting the face value back into the till and keeping the rest?

[Dave19]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 3:32pm

I gave the cast recording  another try. Openminded.

 

I have listened to the whole thing 5 times now. And honestly, I have been searching for great moments. Lyrically, vocally or musically.

 

I really wanted to find them, but it was hard. I found 2 little moments. In the opening song at 1.33 Eliza sings "when he was 10, etc, that little part is actually slightly musical and good, even though it's only for a few seconds, including the lines the guy sings after her.

 

The only other catchy part I found was the line "say no to this". But only that line, the rest of the song goes nowhere.

 

The rest of the cast recording is one big cheap noisy uninspired r&b nineties amusical rip-off. Sometimes there is one word that tends to go into an interesting melody or harmony but it's quickly thrown away during the next word.

 

The weakest link of the performers is definitely Miranda, with an embarrassing amateurish quality next to the professionals, who also struggle to make something of the material.

[theatregoer3]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 3:39pm

Dave19 said: "The weakest link of the performers is definitely Miranda, with an embarrassing amateurish quality next to the professionals, who also struggle to make something of the material."

 

I understand your point about Miranda, but he sells the **** out of it when he does it live. When we saw it, we thought he was pretty great. Not an amazing vocalist, but he doesn't need to be.

Updated On: 3/11/16 at 03:39 PM

[JM226]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 4:02pm

MIKE COSTA. do you have any proof of this. you are throwing out a huge accusation 

[Mike Costa]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 4:07pm

I do not have proof.  This is how a marketplace works.

You already know the producers get to hold back as many tickets as they like at any performance.  

Why not one thousand seats and sell them thru a second party so it does not appear that the production has raised orchestra tickets to over one thousand dollars?  

No one would stand for that, so they make it appear that the "scalpers' are doing it.

Updated On: 3/10/16 at 04:07 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 4:16pm

Now you can move on Dave.  Don't spend another second of your precious lifetime searching searching searching in vain for a single likable thing about Hamilton.  You tried, oh how you tried and all was for naught.  Godspeed and there are PLENTY of shows with more cosmetically appealing casts for the likes of you.  88 WP

[haterobics]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 4:22pm

What is the word on SRO these days? They used to offer the remainder over the lottery losers, but now the lottery is just for the 21 front rows... so, do they go to the cancellation line anymore? Anyone know?

[dramamama611]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 5:57pm

Sorry, JM, Stevie was treated the way he was, not for his opinion, but his telling everyone else that we were wrong about ours.  Re-read his last post.  

[Dave19]

Posted: 3/10/16 at 6:02pm

FindingNamo said: "Now you can move on Dave.  Don't spend another second of your precious lifetime searching searching searching in vain for a single likable thing about Hamilton.  You tried, oh how you tried and all was for naught.  Godspeed and there are PLENTY of shows with more cosmetically appealing casts for the likes of you.  88 WP"

 

Wait, you like a show because the cast is cosmetically appealing to you?

 

I look at more. You should try it once. You miss out on a lot.