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Hamilton's Philadelphia Production Announces Digital Lottery

The digital lottery will be available for every performance.

Hamilton will run at the Forrest Theatre from August 27 through November 17.
Hamilton will run at the Forrest Theatre.
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Philadelphia's Forrest Theatre has recently announced its rush policy for Hamilton, which will run August 27-November 17.

As with the Broadway production, 40 $10 tickets will be made available via digital lottery. The lottery for the first performance will begin at 11am on Sunday, August 25; all other lotteries will begin two days prior to each performance.

The musical is described as follows: "Hamilton is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America then, as told by America now.