Most of us have resigned ourselves to never escort “ Hamilton ” in this life-time , but Lin - Manuel Miranda himself says that it does n’t have to be that style . He wants to fight the ticket robots together so us lowly non - celebs can buy them before they ’re resold forhalf the terms of a unexampled car .
write in theNew York Times , Miranda acknowledged that “ the demand for ticket exceeds the number of seats in the theater , ” which is a very dry way of state that his musical about the the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton is probably the hottest slate there has ever been on Broadway . When everyone famous — and we meaneveryone : the Obamas , Beyonce , Liza Minnelli “ in a cloud ofmedicinal marijuana smoke”—has check the show , prices are rebound to go up . ( Yes , there ’s always the $ 10 drawing tickets , but the betting odds arealmost one in a thousand . )
But the ticket bots make everything worse , and that ’s where Miranda thinks we can make a departure by supporting legislation that would penalize factor using them . Third - party agent use these bot to grab up tickets in moment before fans can buy them , and then offer them up for resale on legit site like StubHub — but 700 percent more expensive . scalper areputting off nearly $ 240,000 each weekoff “ Hamilton ” alone , with at least $ 30,000 from each show travel to resellers .
The bots are illegal , of course of study , but so profitable that hoi polloi are using them anyway and then just happily pay the civil mulct . The subject has reached the attention of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman , whoconducted an investigationand then proposed a bill to create actual criminal penalties for repetition offenders , which lawgiver will shortly vote on .
Miranda intend that passing the notice and creating criminal penalties would actually discourage people from using the bots and make the tickets more approachable .
Stole from sleep last calendar week to indite this for the@nytimes . Let ’s fight bots . Write your rep.https://t.co/l1fbMTCc4j
— Lin - Manuel Miranda ( @Lin_Manuel)June 7 , 2016
So far , “ Hamilton ” has exalt everything fromhigh school curriculumtoa camel named Alexander Camelton . Its king is immense , so now we ’ll see what pass off when Miranda — overall genius , real MacArthur genius , Pulitzer winner — asks buff to compose to reps about ticket bots and “ say no to this . ”
[ New York Times ]
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