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LIR - Does this make sense? We bought season passes this year for our local theatre to get Hamilton next year. (Added)

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Apr 20 '22, 06:02

We got 18 tickets, face value $67 each...but the season pass rate was ~900 total.

We just got our chance to buy next season -- $1800 for the same passes.

I know Hamilton's great and all, but that's insane short of those tickets alone being $350 each, right?

The rest of the group is Dear Evan Hansen, Tootsie, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats and the Temptations biomusical.

1) Is it realistic this happened?
2) If so, how pissed would you be to get in line early at significant cost, and then get bent over a table like this?

This past year, there was Come From Away, Mean Girls, Rent, Donna Summer biomusical, Hairspray, and Anastasia.

Year over Year, Hamilton is the marquee, but the other 5 are not exactly non-comparable. Rent = Cats, Hairspray = JC Superstar, the 2 bio-musicals, Come From Away = Dear Evan Hansen,

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Agreed on that seeming pretty crazy. I do think last year you underpaid, and they are taking advantage of DEH and Hamilton. - MDH Apr 20, 06:10
Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous -- nm - ty97 Apr 20, 06:05
Kilbo, thanks for the details from your experience. - Will Hunting Apr 20, 06:04 7
- It’s the second time through here and when we bought a few weeks after on sale there were still a bunch available -- (edited) - spamlet Apr 20, 06:08 1
  - Echoing this. They are doing a second touring run here and Tickets are widely available still. -- nm - MDH Apr 20, 06:15
- That does suck. For reference, our renewal cost in August for 2 people was $476. In 2018 it was $474. In 2016 it was $330. 2015 was $456. - oblique Apr 20, 06:08
- Hopefully you can get tickets still. - ty97 Apr 20, 06:07 3
  - When we went in Chicago (non-subscription), we bought a block of group tickets (20 was the minimum I think) early before they sold out. Sold them to - oblique Apr 20, 06:12
  - That was our comment -- it'd be cheaper to go to Broadway -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 06:12
  - I mean, yeah. Let's do this! -- nm - Qale Apr 20, 06:10
Are they upgrading your seat location? That's the only reason I could think of for that scale of difference. -- nm - znufrii Apr 20, 06:03 2
- Nope. Same seats. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 20, 06:04 1
  - Yeah, that smells like bullshit to me. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 20, 06:08

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