Hamilton in Chicago

[LizzieCurry]

I would think of it as pretty wide. I saw Mormon there from extreme side orchestra seats (both sides) and it wasn't a bad view if you were already familiar with the show. But since I think more happens upstage in Hamilton than in Mormon, they may be less than ideal.

[Play Esq.]

Scratch my last post...scored two tickets!  Wahoo!  I get to see Karen after all!

[ggersten]

Playbill said "previews" begin Sept 27 and a press opening in October 19 which means season ticket holders were again misled about tickets.    First it was inability to buy extra prior to general sale and now we are seeing a preview?!?

 I did just call BIC and they deny that there are preview performances.

[KJisgroovy]

I'm not really sure why that would upset anyone. 

They likelihood they'll be changing anything about the show is... um... what's less than nothing? 

[LizzieCurry]

ggersten said: "Playbill said "previews" begin Sept 27 and a press opening in October 19 which means season ticket holders were again misled about tickets.    First it was inability to buy extra prior to general sale and now we are seeing a preview?!?"

Did you not think there would be previews of a sit-down?

 

[ggersten]

I would normally expect "previews" but that is not how the tickets were advertised nor sold.  If true - and again BIC denies it - then the season ticket holders generally got "preview" tickets not regular run tickets.  I'm just frustrated by my prior inability last spring to buy one extra ticket to our subscription performance (and I was out of the country when swapping was open).  

[Call_me_jorge]

ggersten said: "I would normally expect "previews" but that is not how the tickets were advertised nor sold.  If true - and again BIC denies it - then the season ticket holders generally got "preview" tickets not regular run tickets.  I'm just frustrated by my prior inability last spring to buy one extra ticket to our subscription performance (and I was out of the country when swapping was open).  

 

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What do you expect previews to be? Not the final piece? Everything will be the same as the NYC production. They will just be working out the kinks. 

[sorano916]

David Korins has been posting some great photos of the Chicago cast.

 

This amazing one of Josh Henry as Burr: https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUO7G2Abgu/

Cast: https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUCvmFAghv/

[toofunktastic2]

Schuyler Sisters: https://twitter.com/davidkorins/status/775880396009385984

[Call_me_jorge]

This one is amazing. https://instagram.com/p/BKWCsNvAXo4/

[yanks02]

I ended up getting a ticket to a Wed and Thurs show in March! Excited to see this cast!

[Call_me_jorge]

Again another amazing capture https://instagram.com/p/BKXBLBEgBZA/

[luvcaroline]

One more week until performances start!  For your listening pleasure, here's the beautiful Ari Afsar:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL7VOw8ifjo&list=PLq9gzUlPaWWV2j8Eph0PYZHFWlmXVJKsT

I hadn't known anything about her, but now I'm in love with her voice.  Can't wait to see her as Eliza!

[Call_me_jorge]

Does anyone know where this rehearsal room is? https://twitter.com/steph_klem/status/778334463755366401Or where all Broadway in Chicago sit down productions rehearse! I'm guessing the Joffrey ballet since it's right across the street.

[luvcaroline]

I'm surprised we haven't seen any rehearsal videos. Have any been released?

[neonlightsxo]

http://www.playbill.com/article/new-block-of-tix-for-hamilton-in-chicago-will-go-on-sale-next-week

Do we know how long the cast is contracted for-- will they all still be there through the summer?

[ggersten]

FYI -pre-general release tickets for March - September just released for Broadway in Chicago subscribers - but have to purchase by Sunday, September 25.  Limited to the number of season tickets already purchased.

[sparepart973]

Would anyone know when the alternate Hamilton goes on? Any chance he's on on a Monday? I have multiple tickets in December and was hoping I'd be able to catch him in addition to the first cast Hamilton. 

[neonlightsxo]

He tweeted he was going on for the last show of every week, mostly Sundays. Not sure about Mondays. His name is Joseph Morales.

[LizzieCurry]

Here:

https://twitter.com/JosephAMorales/status/776795292599394304?lang=en

[xxdrewboy85xx]

I have a few questions regarding reselling a Hamilton Chicago ticket and figured this would be a good place to ask. Pardon my ignorance! I've done a little research and I'm doing some more, but figured I should ask fellow BWW peeps! 

 

*Note i am not selling the ticket; I'm asking for a friend and told him to hold off until I got back to him with the smartest decision for him.

 

A friend of mine and a group of his friends decided to all take a trip to Chicago to see Hamilton for a weekend matinee in November. They all planned on seeing the show on the Saturday Matinee. My friends ticket for himself was bought by his other friend and he was buying two tickets for his roommates who were out of the country the day tickets went on sale. He accidentally made a mistake when he finally got through on that first day tickets went on sale and purchased two tickets for Sunday's Matinee instead of Saturday— so he went back and purchased two more for Saturday and figured he'd sell the Sunday ones to other friends. That's when I told him his mistake was actually a good thing and NOT to sell them to friends and wait and sell them on StubHub or TM. Which he decided to do. 

 

So he's ready to put them up for resale and wanted to know if he should sell them on StubHub or TM. I was under the impression BIC didn't do resale through TM- but apparently tickets are being resold on TM? 

 

So my questions are: For those who have resold tickets in the past, do you prefer SH or TM? And do you only get paid IF the tickets are sold? Or is the broker buying the tickets from you and then they are selling the ticket? He's aware of the buyer and seller fee's but if I recall correctly I remember reading on one of the Hamilton threads that someone sold their ticket on one of the resale sites and the tickets were listed for hundreds more than they listed it as. So did the broker buy the ticket from the seller guaranteeing that they get paid and then chose to up the price to make more of s profit on top of the buyer and seller fees? Or do they choose to sell it for more than you listed but you still only get the price you listed it for and they get the money over what you listed but you still only get paid if the ticket sells? 

 

I guess what what confuses me is if the broker chooses to list it for more than the amount you set, and it's the day of the show and your ticket still hasn't been sold you'd want to drastically lower the sale price to insure the ticket had a better chance of not going to waste and making some money  over none at all. I would assume if you only get paid if it's sold you can update the sale price— but from more than one account of hearing the broker selling it for more than the price you set, makes me think you get paid no matter what and the broker is buying the ticket from you to resell. Or am I mixing the two companies up and with StubHub you manage your own ticket and TM resale is buying the ticket back from you? Can you even legally resell a BIC ticket on TM? 

 

Sorry for the rambling and ignorance. I'll continue to use google to figure out the smartest thing for him to do— just trying to help a buddy out and figure people on here could give better information that what I've already found. 

 

 

[laugard]

xxdrewboy85xx, did your friend request hard tickets, or online ones? Because depending on the answer, he may not have a choice between TM and Stubhub. I sold a pair of Chicago Hamilton tickets recently, and when I went to list them on Stubhub, I received a message saying they'd be checking my account before approving the listing. (I'm assuming to make sure I wasn't a serial reseller who sold large blocks of tickets.) Additionally, I was told that only hard, paper tickets could be listed for sale. Since mine weren't, I ended up selling them on Ticketmaster.

[neonlightsxo]

You only get paid if the tickets are sold.

[another sloe eyed vamp]

Just got an email from Broadway in Chicago that a new block of tickets is going on sale tomorrow, Tuesday the 27th, 10:00 a.m. Central time. (I hope it goes more smoothly than the first block.)

[ggersten]

Got three tickets for March 24 on the subscriber presale for March 21-September 17 - although I'm not crazy about the location.  Way off to the side, when our subscription seats are in the center.  Hard to believe that of the three proposed dates and two separate "seating areas" these were the "best available" during the presale.  But, whatever.  

 

[sarahb22]

I'm not sure I'm even going to try for Chicago, even though it's much closer to me than NYC.  It looks like just about every seat in that theater has problems, and I'm sure the halfway decent ones were sold long ago to subscribers and presale.  Maybe I'll just see what I can get for Detroit...