Tickets to Tony Award-winning Hamilton sell for jaw-dropping US$6,000-plus
Last performance as Alexander Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the Broadway show that won 11 Tonys on Sunday night, has fans willing to pay big money for seats
Tickets to the smash-hit Broadway musical Hamilton, which just picked up 11 Tony Awards, are selling for record-breaking prices exceeding US$6,000 apiece.
Fans are paying big money to see the July 9 final performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda, the show’s creator and current leading actor. Since debuting in July 2015, the musical focused on America’s founding fathers has won fans as high-profile as US President Barack Obama and swiftly become Broadway’s most popular.
“We’re calling Hamilton the cultural equivalent of the Super Bowl,” said a spokesman for the ticket resale website StubHub, referring to the annual American football championship.
Miranda – who wrote and composed the musical – announced on June 2 he would perform the lead, Alexander Hamilton, for the last time, taking a break to devote time to other projects.
It’s not the final performance of the musical itself, which will run on Broadway at least until 2017, but the star power of Miranda has fans clamouring for seats.