Chris Lee attended McCallie School in grades ninth through 12th before going to Belmont University to major in musical theater. He’s now cast in the dual roles of Marquis de LaFayette and Thomas Jefferson in the Chicago production of “Hamilton.”If you’re in Chicago
Want to see Lee in “Hamilton”? Plan ahead. Most shows are sold out through February 2017, but there are handfuls of seats scattered around at various shows. If you go through the official Broadway in Chicago website, the lowest price on balcony seats in March 2017 is $181 while mezzanine and orchestra run between $500 and $1,400. Head to May and balcony drops to $62 each and $117 to $500 in mezzanine and orchestra. If you don’t mind an “obstructed view,” they’re $82 in May. – For what’s available, go to http://www.broadwayinchicago.com/show/hamilton-an-american-musical. You can find what they call “fan-to-fan” tickets all over the internet, but those prices vary widely.
This time last year, Chris Lee had just submitted a video audition for the Chicago and touring casts of “Hamilton.”
“We all know how that works – nobody watches a video, right?” he jokes.
“But I thought, ‘What the heck?’ It would be cool. ‘Hamilton’ was my favorite musical. So I wrote a rap I thought was pretty funny. Its premise was ‘You don’t know me, but you should hire me,’ and I sang a Stevie Wonder song,” recalls the McCallie School graduate who, at that time, was just starting his junior year at Belmont University in Nashville.
“Hamilton” is, of course, the Tony Award-winning musical written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, who left the New York production of the musical last summer after announcements of a new production in Chicago and two North American tours had been released.