HAMILTON Racks Up Record-Breaking $57M in Advance Sales

On last night's 60 MINUTES on CBS, CHARLIE ROSE went behind the curtain to report on Lin-Manuel Miranda's new original Broadway musical Hamilton. Everyone knows that the critically-acclaimed and publicly-adored show is the hottest ticket in town, but the extent of its commercial success has been unknown- until now. Rose revealed that advance ticket sales of HAMILTON are now upwards of $57 million. In fact, a new block of tickets went on sale just today, giving fans a chance to snag seats through October 2016.

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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: AlexanderHamilton. Tony and Grammy Award winnerLin-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, Eliza Hamilton, and lifelongHamiltonfriend 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.

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