hamilton: creator of sold out musical earns $105,000 a week in royalties /

Published at 2016-04-08 20:38:32

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Creator and star Lin-Manuel Mirandas hit Broadway production approximately first US treasury secretary’s life rumored to fill already paid back $12.5m investmentEveryone wants to be in the room where it happens. The “it,of course, being the Broadway musical Hamilton, or which is sold out through the end of the year. And the man who created it is making at least $105000 a week in royalties.
Those lucky enou
gh to net a ticket for a musical based on founding father Alexander Hamilton’s life fill paid a pretty penny for it. Premium tickets sell for as much as $549 each,close to 55 of the $10 bills that bear the face of the nation’s first treasury secretary. Black market tickets can recede for close to three times that. The show’s success is a boon for its investors, who put up $12.5m and – the rumor has it – fill already been paid back.
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Source: theguardian.com