You know what would be nice for someone like me who lives in San Francisco? It would be nice to be able to see the musical “Hamilton” when it comes to town in 2017 for a run at the Orpheum Theatre from March 10 – August 5, but dang it if those tickets are expensive AF and hard to get AF.
The tickets went on sale to the general public Monday, December 12 at 10:00 a.m. online, by phone (888-746-1799) and in person at the Orpheum Theatre Box Office. The lines have been formidable no matter where you tried to score tickets.
Trying online gets you into a virtual waiting room where you can be waiting for hours and hours and hours.
Ticket prices start at $100 and go up to $524, if you can manage to buy them direct. If you go through a ticket reseller, the prices are even more absurd.
Dear Lin-Manuel Miranda, economically challenged folks want to see your show too. When the cheap seats are $100, it’s clear that many of us will just have to hear about it from moneyed folk. Too bad Trump is boycotting because he could totally afford to go. Sigh.
I’m not the only one feeling the burn of not being able to come anywhere near an SF “Hamilton” ticket.
Here are some of the most amusing tweets about trying to get #HamiltonSF tickets.
It’s raining for someone whose name rhymes with Lin-Manuel Moneyanda.
https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/808420033944834050
Right?
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So many people are willing to wait for it.
When the #hamiltonSF wait list is already like, 7 years pic.twitter.com/iBAbx2atzr
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) December 13, 2016
You’re not just paying in currency to watch the show, you are investing serious time to even have the chance to fork over your money.
Some people have the time, but not the money.
when you wanna attend #hamiltonSF but you're a community college student who works a very minimum wage job pic.twitter.com/Anio6QhBus
— s o f i a (@_sofiawithanf_) December 12, 2016
Aww, that’s just not right.
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Sad truth.
Hamilton San Francisco tickets are going for up to $3,000 right now. Wow, for THAT much money you could rent 1/2 a studio apartment there!
— After Midnight (@midnight) December 13, 2016
This tweet’s not even exaggerating.
Ouch!
december 12, 2016. the day everyone in the bay area fought to the death for hamilton tickets. #HamiltonSF
— emma (@emmachxrlotte) December 12, 2016
Maybe not to the death, but those of us who can’t get tickets died a little bit inside.
Don’t have enough Hamiltons to see “Hamilton.”
https://twitter.com/AktivistHatun/status/808429544310980608
Too bad all I have left over after rent are a couple of Hamiltons and a Clipper card with about $3.75 on it.
If only.
@realDonaldTrump Can you please tell the Russian hackers to get me Hamilton SF tix? #HamiltonSF
— Sam Lowry Jr. (@rJyrwoLmaS) December 12, 2016
It would be hacking for art.
I mean is this even for real?
Waiting for tickets to Hamilton.#hamiltonSF #HamiltonBway pic.twitter.com/gwpgiQTGYt
— joel (@jpostman) December 12, 2016
This is worse than when the MAC Selena makeup ran out.
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Too many people, not enough seats.
The #hamiltonSF ticket line pic.twitter.com/5kLQ6oSvs4
— TrivWorks (@TrivWorks) December 13, 2016
It’s simple math, the theater seats 2,023 people max. Multiply that by the number of scheduled shows and ask somebody else to figure it out because I like math about as much as I like not getting “Hamilton” tickets.
It sucks when you don’t want to boycott, but you are forced to.
I'm not Boycotting #hamiltonSF but my bank account is! Lawd Jesus!!!
— Reggie Watkins (@ReggieWatkinsJr) December 13, 2016
Oh well, I can’t wait to hear what the Haves have to say about the San Francisco show and cast.
Good luck.
Well I hope some how some way you get to see it!