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American Greed Podcast

Broadway Ticket Scam

American Greed Podcast

CNBC

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Scams, sex, and even murder all in the name of a perverted American dream. Enter a world where crime pays until you get caught. (Original television broadcast: 02-17-2020) Want to binge watch your Greed? The latest episodes at: https://www.cnbc.com/american-greed/

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0:00.0

This is the American Greek podcast presented by CNBC, I'm Stacey Keech.

0:07.0

In this episode of American Green, Joe Meleys says he's the guy with tickets to all the horror shows.

0:15.0

He picked the events that everyone wanted to go to and that were very hard to get tickets to.

0:20.0

Hamilton, you couldn't get a ticket to Hamilton in this city.

0:24.0

Meleys straddles two worlds.

0:27.0

Wall Street and the music business.

0:29.0

And tells investors that he has special relationships with famous artists and producers.

0:35.0

He was the guy who could get, you know, Billy Joel on the phone or could get a deal with the producer of Hamilton

0:45.0

or could get a meeting with the people at Harry Potter.

0:48.0

Investors will lose nearly $60 million.

0:52.0

Because while Meleys may dress in sheep's clothing, he confesses the truth about himself when he writes,

0:59.0

the wolf is on the way.

1:02.0

On Broadway in New York City, one show has led the way to a rebirth of musical theater.

1:20.0

With more than $600 million in revenue and still growing, Hamilton has shattered box office records.

1:29.0

And four years after its premiere, the hip-hop musical about the $10 founding father still draws theater goers from around the world.

1:39.0

She has been bugging us to fly all the way here. We're from the Philippines, by the way.

1:43.0

Yeah, we came all the way here to watch Hamilton.

1:46.0

Yeah, I'm most excited to hear this song in my shot.

1:50.0

I wouldn't let her see it till now. She just turned 10, so it was a 10th birthday present from her grandfather.

1:59.0

With tickets ranging from $200 to well over $1,000, going to see Hamilton for many people is a milestone event.

2:08.0

It's a celebration of her birthday. That's birthday. Probably 11th birthday. Probably 12th birthday as well.

2:15.0

It was a hard to get tickets.

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