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[ SECRET POST #4067 ]

⌈ Secret Post #4067 ⌋

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This secret really feels like it's about two years old.

Shhhhh, it's fine. Because there's no statute of limitations on fandoms.

It doesn't sound 2 years old because there's a statute of limitations on fandom. It sounds 2 years old because the accessibility of Hamilton has gotten much less bad over the last 2 years, and because people are paying a lot less attention to what its creators & crew say about inclusivity, especially since many of them have moved on to other projects.

Genuine question: why is it especially inaccessible to people with less money and opportunities compared to other Broadway shows?

It's on the West End now and they've actually done a fabulous job making it accessible to the masses. The tickets are at least in line with other shows and even cost less than many other big shows and they've utilised a ticketing system that prevents scalping. I can't get tickets to my club's football match because of cost and the ticketing system but I can certainly see Hamilton. I just kinda figured it was the same on Broadway.

Tickets definitely aren't cheap, though. Top price tickets will set you back £200+ unless you put in for the lottery.

West End tickets are a little out of control right now. Cheapest ticket to see 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' (which could be the surprise winner at this years Olivier's...and a very good show) is £38 for a restricted view seat. Same for 'Young Frankenstein' (which has just cut the backstage staff wages by £65 per week) and 'The Grinning Man'.

Tickets to Hamilton on Broadway are currently sold out for months. Some resale tickets are available- I tried to find one ticket for a trip I'm taking in May and it would have cost me over $700. It's about to go on tour throughout the US and, in my city, you had to buy tickets for the entire Broadway series (about 6-7 shows) the previous 2016-2017 season to get early access. From my understanding, anyone who didn't do that has a snowball's chance in hell of getting tickets. So yeah, not accessible. At all.

Unless you’re a high school student from an underserved area, because so far as I know big blocks of tickets are still (rightfully) being set aside with a $10 ticket price for poor school kids.

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(Anonymous) - 2018-02-22 01:05 (UTC) - Expand

The touring production does still have the $10 ticket lottery. That's how I saw it.

I don't know how much tickets cost on Broadway, but unless you live in the New York area, you would also have to factor in the cost of travel to New York, which for the majority of Americans is non-trivial due to distance. Until there's a touring show, a lot of people just can't afford to see it even if the tickets themselves aren't ridiculous.

There is a tour, though? I mean, it can’t go everywhere and tickets are still expensive, but a tour exists.

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I saw it last year in Los Angeles. Pretty cheap since I have season tickets to the theater. Less than $100. I realize that still isn't doable for some though.

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There's a bunch of other productions besides the original now - in addition to the touring show, there's also productions in Chicago and London.

But also, just the fact that it's on Broadway doesn't make it any less accessible than any other Broadway musical.

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But that's the same situation for all Broadway shows and doesn't make Hamilton less accessible.

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I'm going to NYC in the summer and checked to see what tickets were going for. Hamilton was by far the most expensive, at $240. Dear Evan Hansen was next at $120. Half as expensive as Hamilton. The other shows were about $30 - $80. For the cheapest tickets. It's not accessible to the masses, especially those coming from out of town and paying crazy hotel prices.

This complaint always sounds like total butthurt from people who think they are entitled to pirated copies/illegally taped copies of shows.

But anyway, just wait a few years and every community theater will be performing it. You won't be able to get away from it.

Don't people usually complain about the show's supposed inaccessibility while begging for there to be an official taped copy that they can purchase legitimately?

Uh, I'd love legal copies of Broadway shows tyvm. I'd gladly play $20 for a copy of Hamilton.

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I'm not into theater at all, but even I know that watching your local community theater perform a play =/= seeing the Broadway production.

I'm planning to see it within the next few months. Yeah, it's definitely not cheap. Almost 200$ for the cheap seats, plus a three hour drive.

£250 UK tickets and insane copyright restrictions for fan-made content. Over it.

How do you mean “insane restrictions?” You mean that schools can’t put on productions or concert versions? Because that’s totally normal. One of my favorite shows didn’t release the rights for schools for over 20 years, they’re still expensive and otherwise not easy to get, and community and regional theatre productions still aren’t allowed. The film version took 18 years and sucked balls. And you can’t perform songs for profit without paying licensing fees, much like you can’t screen a movie to the public for profit (or even sometimes for free) without the copyright holders getting their cut.

Rubbish. There are stalls seats for £100, tickets as low as £35 for general public in grand circle.

I paid £85 for mine and I'm going to be third row from the front in the middle. Goodness know where you pulled £250 from!

just curious, how is the Frozen Broadway Production in comparison (ticket prices / accessibility)?

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