Frank Rich Suggests New Alexander Hamilton Currency in Light of HAMILTON's Box Office Success

Broadway's HAMILTON isn't hurting at the box office -- the founding father's Broadway debut already has $27 million in advance sales.

But the musical has one monetary controversy waiting in the wings, and Frank Rich, writing in New York Magazine, has the solution.

"The only controversy surrounding Hamilton is not Hamilton but the pending removal of Alexander Hamilton from the $10 bill to make way for a long-overdue female successor," Rich said. "One solution to this problem is for the Treasury to bring back the $1,000 bill, which originally also had Hamilton on it. (He was later replaced by Grover Cleveland.) A thousand bucks will come in handy for those seeking to see Hamilton: That's the price a pair of prime orchestra seats was commanding on StubHub this week."

Nice jab, Rich! What do you think? Should the U.S. bring back the $1,000 bill? Aside from the pain of asking for "change for 1,000," it's not a terrible proposal.

Capitalizing on the $10 bill issue, HAMILTON is offering $10 front row seats by lottery beginning two and half hours prior to each performance, with the winners' names drawn two hours before show time. And the musical is still taking it to the bank.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical HAMILTON began previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on July 13th, prior to its official opening night of August 6th. HAMILTON is inspired by the book Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and features book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and direction by Thomas Kail, who previously collaborated on IN THE HEIGHTS.

From the creative team behind the Tony Award-winning In The Heights comes a wildly inventive new musical about the scrappy young immigrant who forever changed America: Alexander Hamilton. Tony and Grammy Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda wields his pen and takes the stage as the unlikely founding father determined to make his mark on a new nation as hungry and ambitious as he is. From bastard orphan to Washington's right hand man, rebel to war hero, loving husband caught in the country's first sex scandal to Treasury head who made an untrusting world believe in the American economy,Hamilton is an exploration of a political mastermind. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, ElizaHamilton, and lifelong Hamilton friend and foe, Aaron Burr, all attend this revolutionary tale of America's fiery past told through the sounds of the ever-changing nation we've become. Tony Award nominee Thomas Kail directs this new musical about taking your shot, speaking your mind, and turning the world upside down.