Lilly Anthony- 'Hamilton' has best week ever for a Broadway show

Significance: The well-known Broadway show “Hamilton” had it’s best week ever along the best week for Broadway itself. Hamilton reached a record high of selling $3.3 million dollars in tickets during the holiday week, breaking the old record of $3.2 million in a week from Wicked. Along with that, the average ticket price went up 33% to $303.1 and as high as $998 for premium seats. This was also a record for The Broadway League. Though this was a great week for Hamilton, the downside of the conflict with Pence was that Trump tweeted attacking them for being offensive to Pence, but Pence said he didn’t feel offended, yet it was Trump who said they were “very rude” and the show was “highly overrated.” This incident actually brought more interest in the show with Spotify having “the second most streams since its release.”

Analysis: Having seen Hamilton myself on Broadway, I wasn’t shocked to hear that it’s popularity had grown and was now a record high. This article reaches out to all the hamilton fans and others who keep up with Broadway and social media. Over the past week or so, many people had heard of the Pence incident at the show, so this wasn’t a shocker to them that Trump would lash out for him. The main idea was to share the growth and love America has for Hamilton and the continuous support of the Broadway community. Since Hamilton is the main topic covered in this article, it can simply synthesize to Alexander Hamilton himself and all his successes such as becoming the first Secretary of Treasury and his leadership of the Federalist and the Federalist Papers.

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