Thursday, January 07, 2016
Hamilton Digital Lottery Crashes; Live Lottery Returns Today
Luner on Theatre: “Breaking the Internet” is so 2015. However, Broadway’s Hamilton might have brought back the term that surfaced in 2015 and set a new standard at the same time. Luner on Theatre brought you the news that Hamilton’s lottery would go digital effective immediately. However now we’re bringing you the news that that’s all changed. Today, Luner on Theatre brings you the news that Hamilton’s lottery will return to a live drawing today following yesterday’s launch of the digital lottery which crashed just minutes after going live!
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Hamilton broke the internet. This is not new news. However, what I find remarkable is that a Broadway show draws such a large crowd. This is so exciting. I am excited to hear about the success of Broadway shows, but this one in particular takes the cake.
Beyond everyone being obsessed with the music for the show, Hamilton, as I stated before brings up so many important issues, while entertaining masses.
Lin Manuel Miranda inspires so many people with this work. Not only has he inspired many arrays of audiences members of all colors, races, orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds to come see live theatre, but he has also inspired many to dive into America's history. Because of Hamilton, I can attest that I am now more interested in the founding of our country. I am so inspired that I recently purchased the biography that this musical is based on: a 900 page historical read that I am nose deep in.
I can attest that I am not the only one.
More than anything I am excited about the opportunities afforded to the participants behind the proscenium. From actor to technician these participants obviously have jobs set up for a long time, as the show is sold out for the next year. Successful Broadway shows give jobs to those in the industry, so I say keep 'em comin!
The reason the digital lottery crashed was likely because people either entered themselves in excess, or people entered themselves even though they knew they would not be able to see the show, which to me seems like a waste. When you have a street lottery that draws several hundred people every day, there is no possible way that that number could logically shoot up to 50,000 when the lottery goes digital, unless one of those two scenarios happened. I actually think that it's kind of a shame that Lin Manuel Miranda had to reinstate the street lottery after this, because the reason he wanted to move it in the first place was because of safety concerns and possibly weather concerns as well (NYC streets are not a fun place to be standing for long periods of time in the cold). In addition, because the online lottery crashed, the tickets for that night had to go unsold in order to make the situation fair. Instead of giving people the same opportunity to see the show, 21 opportunities to go see this performance were lost because of the actions of those over-entering the digital lottery. While it definitely speaks to the popularity of the show, it is still a shame to see those tickets unsold.
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