HAMILTON Heading to Record-Breaking $2 Million in 24 Hours at Box Office!

As the cast of Broadway's Hamilton was taking opening night bows last night (click here for photos!) producers were celebrating record-breaking numbers at the box office.

According to Deadline, during the opening night performance of the much-buzzed about musical, there was an explosive run on the box office at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, with $1 million in new ticket orders being placed, increasing the show's advance to $33 million.

A "highly placed" production source tells Deadline, "If you said we would do another million by the end of today, a Friday in August, you would be underestimating. And the advance is real American dollars, in the bank. There is no inventory - you can see that by going to Ticketmaster. Meaning people are buying months in advance, which is unheard-of these days."

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The new musical Hamilton has book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Lin Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed by Thomas Kail, with choreography byAndy Blankenbuehler and music direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. Hamilton is inspired by Ron Chernow's biography "Alexander Hamilton."

The cast of Hamilton is comprised of Lin-Manuel Miranda (Alexander Hamilton), Daveed Diggs(Marquis De Lafayette, Thomas Jefferson), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Angelica Schuyler), Christopher Jackson (George Washington), Jonathan Groff (King George), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Peggy Schuyler, Maria Reynolds), Javier Muñoz (Hamilton alternate), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hercules Mulligan, James Madison), Leslie Odom, Jr. (Aaron Burr), Anthony Ramos (John Laurens, PhilipHamilton) and Phillipa Soo (Eliza Hamilton).

HAMILTON is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was the first Treasury Secretary, a loving husband and father, despised by his fellow Founding Fathers and shot to death by Aaron Burrin their legendary duel.

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