Hamilton's #Ham4Ham lottery allows fans to enter their names to see the show for $10 dollars. Hundreds of hopefuls line up before every performance to enter and wait to hear if their names will be announced. Read about the lottery for the show's first preview, in which 704 theatregoers turned up on 46th Street.
What makes this lottery so special and keeps the fans coming back, however, are the pre-show performances by the Hamilton cast and crew.
Here are some of our favorites.
Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan/James Madison) singing "Defying Gravity" from Wicked as Mickey Mouse:
Yesterday,
@OakSmash, our Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, gave us a blend of
@Disney &
@WICKED_Musical at
#Ham4Ham!
https://t.co/hVhZv0YdaA
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical)
July 27, 2015
Hamilton's leading ladies, Renee Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton), performing "Right Hand Man":
Monday's
#Ham4Ham:
@reneeelisegolds masters "Right Hand Man" +
@Phillipasoo
@Lin_Manuel
#YAYHAMLET
@HamiltonMusical
https://t.co/eOhkfMJcOC
— muusic (@muusic)
July 20, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton) answering audience questions using only lyrics from Les Misérables:
Today at
#Ham4Ham,
@Lin_Manuel answered fan questions using only quotes from
@lesmisofficial!
pic.twitter.com/RiR4FVqEth
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical)
July 18, 2015
Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton) and Alex Lacamoire (music director) take audience requests with Lacamoire's new melodica:
The full
#Ham4Ham show today.
https://t.co/JN7OPpdwqT
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
July 17, 2015
And, of course: Hamilton's leading men, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton) and Jonathan Groff (King George), rap:
In the words of Miranda himself, "If you don't leave with tickets, you'll at least leave with a story."
