PHOTO FLASH: Enormous Crowd Gathers For This Afternoon's HAMILTON Lottery

An enormous crowd began gathering outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre this afternoon for the first Hamilton ticket lottery held after Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash hit won eleven 2016 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

Entries for Wednesday matinée performances begin at 12 p.m. with winners drawn at 12:30 p.m. for 21 front row tickets available for $10 each. Nicknamed #Ham4Ham, the live lotteries typically feature an appearance by Miranda and entertainment from a Broadway celebrity.

The photo below was posted on Twitter by arts administrator and advocate Howard Sherman,. Director, Arts Integrity Initiative, New School for Performing Arts and Strategy Consultant, Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts.

Winner of eleven 2016 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, HAMILTON is now playing at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre. With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical direction and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway,HAMILTON is the story of America then, as told by America now.