#columbus dispatch

Thank you, Columbus Dispatch!

ya so goncharov may be dead

If you wanted to see “Hamilton” in Columbus next year, you haven’t thrown away your shot, but it could cost you. The 16,000 season passes for Broadway in Columbus sold out for the first time ever Thursday, leaving only about half of the seats available for single-show sales for the Broadway hit’s three-week stop at the Ohio Theatre in 2019. [. . .] ″ ‘Hamilton’ is a phenomenon all over the country, and it’s no different here in Columbus,” said Chad Whittington, CEO of the Columbus Association for Performing Arts. Theatergoers who bought the six-show season pass for 2018-19 guaranteed themselves “Hamilton” tickets. Whittington said that spurred high demand for the packages, ranging in price from $215 to $750. Across 24 shows between Jan. 29 and Feb. 17, 2019, about 66,000 people will see “Hamilton” in Columbus. About 33,000 tickets will be released for single-show sales at a yet-to-be-announced date. To get updates on subscription availability and upcoming events, sign up for the Broadway in Columbus eClub at http://tickets.broadwayacrossamerica.com/col-eclub. “We expect demand that’s going to far exceed available single-ticket sales. That’s one of the reasons subscriptions have been so popular,” Whittington said. The opportunity to renew for season-ticket holders from 2017-18 runs through the end of March, so CAPA might have some limited availability for additional season-ticket packages. CAPA will notify people who sign up for alerts on its website about available packages. [. . .] Tickets to “Hamilton” in Columbus already have popped up on the secondary market under skyrocketing prices. The cheapest available on ticketnetwork.com as of Friday morning was $423 each to sit in the balcony Jan. 31. After that, tickets jump to more than $600 each at minimum. [. . .] Tickets on the secondary market for “Hamilton’s” six-week run in Cleveland are similarly pricey, easily cresting the $600 mark on ticketnetwork.com and StubHub. “People who aren’t typical theatergoers are aware of the show,” Whittington said. “When you have that kind of demand it also does seem to push up ticket prices. We’ll fill every seat. We want to give as many people access to see this important production as we can.”