Tickets for 'Hamilton' at the Wharton Center go on sale this week

LANSING — Helpless for "Hamilton"?

You're in luck. Tickets for the show's Wharton Center dates go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday. 

The show is scheduled to run May 14 through June 2. 

Tickets will be available at whartoncenter.com, at the Wharton Center ticket office and at 1-800-WHARTON. Prices will range from $73.50 to $163.50, with a few premium seats available for $398.50.

"Hamilton" is a hit Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton, one of America's founders and figurehead of the $10 bill. The show is celebrated for its diverse cast and use of hip-hop music, winning 11 Tony Awards in 2016 and taking the Grammy award for best musical theater album that year for its original cast recording.

Buyers will be able to purchase up to four tickets per household. 

Forty tickets will be available for $10 at every performance through a ticket lottery. Lottery details will be announced closer to the premiere.

Producer Jeffery Seller has warned against purchasing tickets through outside sites, because they may be overpriced or fraudulent, according to a statement from Wharton Center.

Hamilton opened at Detroit's Fisher Theatre  on March 12 and runs through April 21. The cast then travels to Rochester, New York, before returning to Michigan for the Wharton Center shows.

Those who go to the box office Saturday must have a wristband to purchase tickets. The wristbands will be handed out from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., with no overnight camping permitted. A drawing will decide the order in which wristband holders can make purchases. Tickets may sell out and having a wristband will not guarantee getting tickets.

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