'Hamilton' Coming to Kennedy Center; Tickets on Sale This Week

Get excited, D.C. Broadway fans: the biggest musical in years is coming to the Kennedy Center -- and there's one way to score tickets.

The Kennedy Center announced in a statement that the national tour of Hamilton is coming to DC as part of the 2017-18 season.

You'd better take action now to secure what is almost certain to be the hottest ticket in town. Although there are no exact dates for performances nor are there tickets on sale yet -- those details will be announced at a "later date" -- you can purchase a 2016-17 season subscription at the Kennedy Center on May 18 at 10 a.m., which will put you first in line for seats for the 2017-18 Broadway series, including tickets to Hamilton.

Hamilton has taken Broadway by storm, and was recently nominated for a staggering 16 Tony Awards, including Best Musical -- which it surely is the clear frontrunner to win at this point. It also won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The musical, which was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is based on the biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

"Hamilton is the story of 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," the statement reads. "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."

In March, Lin-Manuel Miranda was rapping with President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House. Obama had watched Hamilton last July and invited him over to perform privately in the State Dining Room.

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