Hamilton ticket prices

What's another Hamilton thread among friends?

I am noticing that tickets are not selling like they did for pre 7/9 shows. I am actually noticing that tickets are selling for close to face value. Also, the shows for this week or next, still have an unbelievable amount of tickets unsold on resale. 

Has the time come that ticket prices may fall back in line with the face value or even less?

 

 

Updated On: 7/18/16 at 03:04 PM

but it's the fees with Tickemaster resale and stubhub that makes those tix still a bit too $$$ for my wallet.  What's pretty cool to see are premium tickets priced at $549 (face value) popping up on ticketmaster; normally on the day of or the evening before performance.

Jarethan said: "I saw Wicked 14 years ago from a premium seat that I bought the day before the performance at regular box office price when it was impossible to get tickets.  It happens. "

That's amazing!!!

Considering it's only been around for 13 years... Talk about impossible tickets.

I'm teasing, of course. :) But I had to, too easy.

You ARE aware that Wicked wasn't open 14 years ago?

I'm shocked the prices have dropped so low. I was looking at August 10th and prices for the same seats I saw then are virtually half now what they were a month ago. I don't think it matters to the general public if the cast is a mess or who's in it now, I guess it really does matter who was in it. I think it's the fault of the media and the show by turning the leads into rock stars, so when they left...meh. At least Book of Mormon was smart by making sure the show was the star, so there was no blip in attention when Andrew and Josh left.

BrodyFosse123 said: "Technically it will be 14 years old in a few months.  But by year, it is 14 years old."

The tryout in SF ran for a month from May to June 2003. Then came to Bway in Oct 2003. So the day-before ticket did not exist in any way shape or form 14 years ago (2002). Technically, it will be 14 years old in a year and a 3 months. It's about to celebrate its 13th anniversary this Oct. By literal count, it's 12 years and change; by literal year (2003), it's 13 years.

Hence why I teased him (it's a joke, no harm meant, but you're still so very wrong any way you cut it). Thanks for backing me up, TotallyEffed. :)

The prices have just gone back to what they were before they announced the departure of the cast. People weren't paying $1000 at the beginning of 2016 either.

It's important to look at the average asking prices (and resale market prices) prior to any announcements of principal role departures. It spiked dramatically once those announcements began, and it is now leveling itself out again to the "old" prices. I'm not sure why people are being so dramatic here. Look at the numbers and you'll understand. They don't lie. 

WICKED opened on Broadway in October 2002.  I know because I was there.  Orchestra Center, Row G, seat 106.  Laura Bell Bundy was Glinda at my performance.  

@Brody, It's a sad journey to suggest a show opened at a different date than it did. There are in the world facts and guesses, and this one is an absolute fact.

Re Hamilton, as I have said before, the phase it is entering is healthier than the one it was in. You want a show to move beyond its initial white heat, because otherwise it will burn out. Hamilton will now settle into a very comfortable long run, lubricated by a nine figure advance. There is NO bad news here and only a fool would suggest otherwise. It is well to remember that the sum total of people who have seen Hamilton is less than a half million. That leaves a HUGE future audience. (Compare with the opening week audience of a middling film that disappoints its studio.

 

Looks like some seats have opened up for tomorrow's matinee for $549