How does one get tickets to hamilton?

well obviously if you called them for a date that the website says there's no tickets, they will say the same thing. I don't know why the cancellation line wouldn't be there, but since that's in 6 months who knows what time people will be getting there on a Tuesday (also, why are you flying to New York for only one day? that seems strange) but it would probably be later in the morning than the weekend. Also there's that lottery, which who knows if that will be digital or in person at the time.

Thanks guys - I was posting this early b/c i was getting really stressed about it and I had no way to know whether I should wait before continuing my quest for tickets or to just splurge on TicketMaster now. I guess I'll just let fate decide when I get to NY. Btw -gypsy101- I'm not in New York for a day, I arrive on a Saturday which does have performances but I honestly believe I'll be way too jet lagged, but there's no performances on Sunday or Monday, before I fly out on Wednesday. Thanks for the help

I don't know what to tell you except A) you should've bought your tickets 6 months ago B) Try the cancellation line.

Sexual favors perhaps? Even then, you have to find the right person. JK

I think they cancellation is your best option if you don't want to pay $$$. You can always try to enter the lottery, but its basically 10-20 tickets with over 1000 entering the lottery.

I'm in the same boat, heading to NY in Sept. All of the shows are sold out so the only options are to buy through resale vendor or try to find something on Craigslist closer to the date...or the cancellation line/lottery the day of. So if you definitely want to see it and not worry about scavenging for tickets when you get there, you will probably have to spend a pretty penny.... For those saying you would not spend more than 200-300 for tickets (300 only if they are great seats with original cast and 200 for good seats) y'all are probably lucky enough to have seen the show already or live in NY and have the option of scooping up tickets at decent prices right before a show starts pretty much any day of the week because those seats at those prices just do not exist. Unfortunately, for us traveling from out of state or country, we do not have this luxury. So, yes I do think it is a show worth fighting for and I have already bought some tickets online (which I think are decent seats) for a pretty high premium, but that's because I really don't want to miss seeing this show on Broadway. I will continue looking at seats between now and then and if I see better seats for a better price I will try to snag those and sell the ones I got (knock on wood that I don't end up with 2 pairs)....However, my advise is if you want to see the show but you are not 100% dead set on it, I'd go the cancellation/lottery/scalper route. You would definitely save money this way but there's also a chance you won't get to see the show.

Why the heck do all these people plan trips to New York to see Hamilton without...I don't know...buying tickets to see the show when they become available??? I'm going in June and October and (gasp) bought tickets for both from ticketmaster for face value. Crazy thought, right?

Yeah I planned my April trip to New York around the night I was able to purchase Hamilton tix.

I just looked at availability of tickets for this Saturday on ticketmaster. It looked like about 50 tix left, all for resale. I believe all of them were well over 1000 each. The last time I saw Hamilton, I sat in the rear mezzanine and my row, the row behind me and the row in front of me were all up for resale earlier that week. When the show started, I noticed that there were about ten empty seats around me, apparently unsold. I suppose this means that these scalpers/brokers buy rows of tickets at face value and sell as many as they can for 5 to 6 times face value. If they sell enough at that price then they can afford to leave quite a few unsold. But sooner or later, they are going to have to lower the re-sale price as the show gets closer and the pool of people willing to pay 1000+ to see the show dries up. Then, a whole new crop of people who would love to see the show at regular full price can finally see it.

Til then, enjoy #ham4ham!

gypsy101 said: "Why the heck do all these people plan trips to New York to see Hamilton without...I don't know...buying tickets to see the show when they become available??? I'm going in June and October and (gasp) bought tickets for both from ticketmaster for face value. Crazy thought, right?"

Well, as crazy as it sounds, perhaps I hadn't even heard of this show until...i don't know...last month when I heard about it on the Grammys. Yeah, I sure would have been a genius to have bought tickets to a show that I had never heard of a year out from a trip I didn't know I was going to take(ps I didn't plan a trip to NY to see Hamilton, but since I will be there for other reasons, I'm definitely not going to miss this opportunity to see it). Yes, obviously I would have much rather have bought the tickets when they were released in January or whenever for face value, but seeing as I didn't even know what this show was then, that would have been impossible. So please keep your snarky comments to yourself, unless you have something helpful to contribute. Thanks!

Here is where people who are early adapters come across like total d-bags to people who are discovering something new, which is something to be encouraged. It'll happen again after the Tonys and really, I propose we save the eye-rolling for President Drumpf.

Were you appointed as my therapist while I wasn't looking, Pauly3?

gypsy101 said: "I bought mine last October or so, but okay, do what you want. Not my fault you hadn't heard of the show and have missed the boat, as they say. I didn't think my comment was very snarky tbh"

Haha okay...thanks for the wonderfully insightful advice that helps no one! I will do what I want. And no, it's not your fault, but to imply that we are dumb for not buying earlier tickets to a show we haven't heard of is kind of childish. Here's some advice, don't comment at all if all you're going to do it berate and make fun people, that doesn't help. And yes, using over exaggerated pauses and words like "(gasp)" in your text comes off as snarky... either that or it sounds like a teenage girl writing in her diary.

My family is going the first week of April... we bought great tickets for face value last July. If you want good seats at a normal price, the only option is really to just wait.