How to get $10 ‘Hamilton’ tickets
You know that our Alexander Hamilton is on the 10 dollar bill, right?
That’s perfect because there will be a lottery for $10 tickets to the national tour stop in Miami of the Broadway mega-hit musical about the Founding Father.
“Hamilton” will play the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts — where tickets run $79 to $449 — Feb. 18-March 15.
All you need is a little luck … and these helpful “Hamilton” hacks:
■ The lottery opens at 11 a.m. on Feb. 16, for tickets to opening night on Tuesday, Feb. 18.
■ Subsequent lotteries will take place two days before performances. All lotteries open at 11 a.m. two days before the show and close at 9 a.m. the day before the show.
■ There will be 40 tickets sold at the $10 discounted price for every performance.
■ You can buy two of the $10 tickets, only one entry per person and you must be 18 or older.
■ You can enter the lottery through the “Hamilton” app, which works on all iOS and Android devices and is available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Go to HamiltonMusical.com/ app.
■ You can also go to HamiltonMusical.com/lottery to register for the lottery, starting on Feb. 16 at 11 a.m.
■ No matter if you win a lottery ticket or not, everyone will be notified between noon and 4 p.m.by email or text the day before the performance.
■ If you are selected in the lottery, you must buy the tickets with a credit card by 4 p.m. the day before the performance using the link and code sent to you via email. If you do not claim your tickets by 4 p.m., they are forfeited.
■ You can pick up your lottery tickets at will call starting two hours prior to curtain and you must have a valid photo ID.
So what makes ‘Hamilton’ so special?
The musical follows Alexander Hamilton’s life in the 1700s, from his birth in the Caribbean to the very center of power after the American Revolution. The show highlights his sparkling career and private life, including his scandals and tragedies.
“Hamilton” hip-hopped it’s way into pop culture back when it debuted off-Broadway in February 2015. The sung-through musical (which means there is very little dialogue) went on to break ticket sales records when it moved to Broadway later that summer. Aside from 11 Tony Awards, “Hamilton” also earned its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, a
Pulitzer Prize for drama and a Grammy Award.
But “Hamilton” got major press even before it was a show, or much of anything for that matter.
Miranda was still composing the score when he gave theater fans a sneak peek in May 2009 during a White House Poetry Jam, performing what would become the musical’s opening number to a transfixed Barack and Michelle Obama. At the time, Miranda, who also created the rap-infused score for “In the Heights,” thought the project might be a hip-hop mixtape.
After the show made it to the stage, critics were rapturous about the show’s urban rhythms and multiracial casting (Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and even Hamilton’s killer, Aaron Burr, are portrayed by actors of color).
The national tour first played South Florida with a run at Fort Lauderdale’s Broward Center for the Performing Arts that stretched over five weeks in late 2018 and early 2019.
The tour coming to Miamiis also playing the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts through Feb. 16.