“Hamilton’s” Grammy-winning original cast album has sold 1.5 million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music.
Hamilton
He’s been tucked inside your wallet all along. The “$10 Founding Father,” that is — the inspiration for the Broadway-and-beyond musical phenomenon “Hamilton,” which opens a monthlong Smith Center run Tuesday night.
Haven’t seen “Hamilton”? Don’t have tickets? Check out these facts you can drop into any conversation about the musical to help you sound like an expert.
The Tony-winning, Pulitzer-winning, Grammy-winning musical “Hamilton” is a multivenue phenomenon.
Between “Of Thee I Sing” and “Hamilton,” multiple musicals have given U.S. history and politics the song-and-dance treatment.
“Alexander Hamilton,” historian and author Ron Chernow’s biography of the Founding Father, was published in April 2004.
Thanks to some exhaustive source material, “Hamilton” is historically accurate — for the most part. Lin-Manuel Miranda did take a few creative liberties, however.
So you weren’t able to score tickets to “Hamilton” — or weren’t willing to fork over the dozens upon dozens of Hamiltons for the tickets that were available. Here are some ways to console yourself:
“Hamilton” takes a historical figure who — let’s be honest — nobody found particularly interesting during American history class and somehow makes him seem to be America’s coolest Founding Father.
They’re not just in the room where it happens. Joseph Morales and Nik Walker are in the room making it happen.
If you missed out on tickets to “Hamilton’s” upcoming Smith Center run, you’ve got another shot.
The quest to be “in the room where it happens” — The Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall during “Hamilton’s” May 29-June 24 run — began hours before tickets to the Tony-winning musical went on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Smith Center set the stage for Saturday — when “Hamilton” tickets go on sale to the general public — by releasing additional tickets Thursday for sale to season subscribers.
Ticket sales for The Smith Center’s “Hamilton” run will begin at 10 a.m. April 28 online at thesmithcenter.com .
Tickets for “Hamilton” tour dates in Las Vegas are not officially on sale yet, but ticketmania has officially begun, with hundreds of tickets already available online — some with asking prices around $4,000 each.
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