UPDATE: Hamilton tickets are still available for March 2020 at the Fox Theatre

**Ticket prices for Hamilton‘s 2020 run**

The good news is that prices are quite a bit lower this time than they were in 2018, when premium seats (first 10 rows of Center Orchestra section) were close to $800 once all of those fees were added. The bad news is that they are still higher than the average show at the Fabulous Fox.

This is what the Fox website says about current prices: Tickets will be priced from $80-$199, with some premium seats earmarked at $349.

What it doesn’t say is there is a $63 fee tacked on to those premium tickets at checkout. By the time all fees were added, the premium ticket in our cart totaled $418. (FYI, that fee is lower for tickets at other price points.)

WARNING: There are currently quite a few resale tickets available on StubHub, for as high as $1500. You don’t have to pay that much! And if you’re wondering where those tickets came from, our best guess is that season subscription holders are putting their tickets up for sale at exorbitant prices, motivated by greed.

When tickets go on sale on Dec. 2nd, there will be a limit of eight tickets per household for the entire run (not per show).

What about those cheap $80 seats? Good question. The good news is, those budget seats will get you in the room where it happens. The bad news is that most of them come with a limited view — because they’re either far back or far to the side — and potentially with sub-optimal sound acoustics as well.

Because here’s the thing. The 4,665-seat Fox was built for viewing movies on a giant screen. It was NOT built like Broadway-style theaters, which average about 500 seats for more intimate viewing.

Our best advice is this: If you’re going to splurge on one big entertainment item this year, let it be Hamilton. Yes, good seats are a few hundred bucks. But it’s still cheaper than flying to New York (or London!) to catch the show.

More good news: If your budget won’t accommodate even an $80 ticket (which will be over $100 when fees are added), you can play the Ham4Ham lottery, which gives you a shot at $10 tickets. Details on the lottery are below.

The iconic set of Hamilton! We took this pic at the Fox during the 2018 run.

Tips for getting Hamilton tickets

UPDATE: Hamilton did NOT sell out on its first day of sales (as of 8 p.m. on Dec. 2nd).
You can CLICK HERE to see a list of show dates, with a tally of how many seats remain for each other.

If you’re on the hunt for a good view of the stage, consider shopping for single seats that have been left stranded as the seats around them were snapped up. You can still go to the show with a friend, you just won’t be sitting next to each other.

Hamilton tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 2nd. Will they sell out again, like last time? We’ll see.

Number one tip: Act quickly, and have a plan. This is even more important if your goal is to score great seats.

The last time around, in 2018, ticket buyers were placed in a virtual waiting room and assigned a random place in a virtual queue. When buyers got to the head of the virtual queue, they could begin a 20-minute shopping session. This was most likely done out of concerns a high volume would crash the ticket server. But, needless to say, it left a lot of Hamilfans disappointed, because the entire run sold out quickly.

This time around, it looks like it will be an open sale, without the virtual waiting room. (This is our best guess.)

Here’s what we suggest you do NOW:

Go online now and set up an account at the Fox Theatre (www.foxtheatre.org) if you don’t already have one. You can even add your credit card info to make checkout faster. (Once you place tickets in your cart, you have eight minutes before your chosen seats are released again.)
Familiarize yourself with the process. You can do this by clicking on any show and walking yourself thru the steps involved in shopping for tickets either by price or by seating section. (You don’t have to actually buy them.)
Look at the Fox interactive seating guide online and check out the view of the stage from each section. It’s not perfect, but it can give you some perspective if you’re not familiar with the layout of the Fox. There is also a more detailed chart with seat numbers here.

Here’s what has worked for us when tickets go on sale: (your mileage may vary!)

Shop from a computer rather than a mobile device, if at all possible. The Fox ticketing site is not well optimized for mobile.
Be at your computer and logged into your account at the Fox Theatre before 10 a.m., when ticket sales start.
Have the seating chart pulled up in another tab, for quick reference while you’re shopping.
At 10 a.m., you can start refreshing the page until it gives you the option to buy tickets. (And sometimes it is later than expected.)
You have to start by choosing the date and time of the show you want to shop for. Often, you can get the best seats (if that’s your goal) by going farther out in the show’s run. In this case, that would be late April or May 1-3.
Then you choose whether you want to shop by price, or by seating section. Our preference is always to shop by seating section, even if we plan to look at lower-cost seats.

TIP: This is too late to help you now. But if you sign up for the free Broadway in Atlanta email notifications, you’ll get advance notice about ticket sales — and possibly a code to presale events. The Fox Theatre also has email notifications you can sign up for.

ANOTHER TIP: We know someone who saw Hamilton on the cheap by becoming a volunteer usher at the Fox. She committed time rather than money, as she had to honor an agreement to work a certain number of shows before she could sign up for an usher shift during Hamilton.

The Hamilton ticket lottery

The Ham4Ham lottery is open to anyone over 18. Winners are allowed to purchase up to two tickets for just $10 each. That’s where the name comes from — you hand over a Hamilton (a ten-dollar bill) for a Hamilton ticket.

There are 40 seats per show reserved for lottery winners. (You decide when you enter whether to claim one or two tickets. Assuming everyone will choose two tickets, there will only be 20 winners for each lottery.)

It generally works something like this: Each digital lottery begins at 11 a.m. two days prior to each performance. You must enter each lottery separately. If you win, you’ll be notified the day before the show, and you’ll have about a 5-hour window in which to purchase your $10 tickets. Note that you must have a valid, non-expired photo ID that matches the name you used to enter — and your tickets are non-transferable.

We’ll update this page with very specific lottery info when it becomes available in March, 2020.

There are two ways to enter the lottery: through the official Hamilton app (available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store), and online through a browser at hamiltonmusical.com/lottery.

TIPS for winning the ticket lottery

Don’t throw away your shot! We recommend doing everything possible to maximize your chance of winning the daily ticket lottery.

Enter every day without fail. In the words of Hamilton, You don’t get a win unless you play in the game.
Get the phone app — and enable notifications. You’ll get a daily reminder when the lottery opens.
Stop what you’re doing when you get the reminder. Just enter the lottery, before it slips your mind.
Don’t forget about the matinees. On Saturdays and Sundays, there are two shows — you have to enter each one separately.
Make a pact with a pal. You each enter every day for two tickets, and you take each other to the show if one of you wins. In the words of Burr, Grab a friend, that’s your second.

And in the words of King George, Good luck!