“Hamilton” is currently a growing phenomenon that has taken the nation by storm. “Hamilton” is a Broadway show written, composed, and starred in by Lin-Manuel Miranda, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, the first treasurer of the United States.

“Hamilton”’s popularity is largely attributed to its music, which appeals to every age. The show consists of 46 songs and only one spoken scene — everything else is sung in all different kinds of music, predominantly rap.

Before “Hamilton,” Broadway generally appealed more towards older generations with the exception of Disney-based shows such as “The Lion King.” However, kids and people of all ages are getting involved with the show and the music.

There is a program for public school students in junior year of high school in New York City to go to the theater and learn American history with the cast and rap songs the students make up about what they are learning in school. This program also allows the kids to watch the show for just ten dollars.

It has become such a hit that the popular workout company, SoulCycle, has even come out with workouts where participants exercise exclusively to “Hamilton” songs.

President Obama is even a fan of the show, and First Lady Michelle Obama has said it is one of the best pieces of art she’s ever seen. The Obamas have hosted the cast at the White House, where they performed different songs from the musical in front of other unprivileged school kids from the Washington D.C. area.

However, with such tremendous of popularity, getting a ticket to the show is almost impossible. Buying tickets through the box office is not even possible, as they are sold out until the end of 2017.

Virtually, the only tickets available are through resale. Resale is a process by which tickets are purchased from the box office in large quantities and then sold on websites for significantly more money. Since the show has become so popular with such a high demand for tickets, resale prices are incredibly expensive. For any performance in June or July (before July 9), the cheapest tickets were sold for at least $1,000. If bought through the box office, typically how tickets are sold, they would be about $100, an average price for a Broadway show.

However, July 9 was the most coveted night in Broadway history. It was Lin-Manuel Miranda’s last performance, along with two other stars and two members of the ensemble. Front row tickets to the show reached a staggering $20,000 each.

After leaving the show, Miranda has realized the insanity of the show and has decided to step in and put an end to bots buying tickets for the sole purpose of selling them for much steeper prices. Miranda has recently targeted Vivid Seats and StubHub, two websites that offer resale from tickets purchased by bots. There was also a New York Times article on this issue claiming that the process of resale is affecting other broadway shows and events, not just “Hamilton.”

A New York attorney has looked into the case and found that many of these websites have been illegally bypassing some important security measures that allowed them to buy hundreds, sometimes thousands of tickets at a time. Miranda has even brought this issue to the representatives of New York to hopefully pass a law or enact stricter regulations to avoid issues like this.

Recently, Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted, “I want you to be there when the curtain goes up. You shouldn’t have to fight robots just to see something you love.”