“We are certainly advocating for it to be in Dayton,” she said. “We are excited. We are looking forward to it.”
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Warren said chances are high that a “Hamilton” premiere in Dayton would not come until sometimes after it plays first in Cincinnati.
“We are on that second (market size) level,” she explained.
"Hamilton: An American Musical" will be staged at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati as part of the Fifth Third Bank Broadway in Cincinnati 2018-2019 series.
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No dates or times have been announced for the Cincinnati shows.
The Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is based on Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton, one of the nation's founding fathers.
The Schuyler sisters — Angelica, Eliza and Peggy — are characters in Hamilton based on historic figures.
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Warren said the local theater association is also working to get other works from Miranda to Dayton.
“He’s written other musicals as well,” she said.
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TIPS TO SCORE ‘HAMILTON’ TICKETS
Elizabeth Truitt, director of public relations for Broadway in Cincinnati, said those who want to see Hamilton in Cincinnati are being encouraged to buy season tickets for the 2017-18 season
Those subscribers will have first access to Hamilton tickets when they renew their subscription for the 2018-19 season.
Truitt said several season tickets packages for 2017-18 are still available and range from $175 to $645.
Show include “Finding Neverland,” “A Christmas Story,” “Waitress,” “School of Rock,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “King and I” and Disney’s “Aladdin.”
Credit: Joan Marcus
Credit: Joan Marcus
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