smash broadway hamilton tells the story of alexander hamilton and it's been bringing people back to the theater from former president obama to current vice president mike pence. and since july 2015, it has sold more than 868,000 tickets and hamilton has been a victim of ticket scalping. so it's producers increased the price of the premium seats to keep scalpers from buying them. they now cost $849 a piece. way up from the old price of $475 and it may be working. an analysis by the financial times shows the resale of hamilton tickets has plunged by nearly half since the price changed. with more on this bold approach to ticket sales, i'm joined by financial times