--- title: Donald Trump Trolled by 'Hamilton' April Fools' Prank description: A New York website claims you can get free tickets to Hamilton by calling a number— which connects you to Donald Trump's campaign headquarters. canonical: https://time.com/4279296/donald-trump-free-hamilton-tickets-prank/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-01T16:17:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:24:25.763Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Trolled by 'Hamilton' April Fools' Prank og:description: The campaign's HQ was listed as the contact for free tickets og:url: https://time.com/4279296/donald-trump-free-hamilton-tickets-prank/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb38a621912ef40f2/69888d4e0b72e39f376e8c46/donald-trump32.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: MSNBC - Election Coverage - Season: 2016 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Trolled by 'Hamilton' April Fools' Prank twitter:description: The campaign's HQ was listed as the contact for free tickets twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb38a621912ef40f2/69888d4e0b72e39f376e8c46/donald-trump32.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump Trolled by _Hamilton_ April Fools Prank > Sponsored content. 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Tim Hiatt—MSNBC/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Apr 1, 2016 4:17 PM UTC If there’s one thing you can be sure of, it’s that thousands of people would jump at the chance to see the musical _Hamilton_ for free. At least that’s what website [Brokelyn](http://brokelyn.com/hamilton-prospect-park-show-2016/) is betting on with its April Fools’ joke aimed at Donald Trump. In a [post](http://brokelyn.com/hamilton-prospect-park-show-2016/) on the lifestyle and deals focussed website, Brokelyn claims that the cast of the Broadway musical phenomenon will put on a free show in Prospect Park in New York over the summer. To score one of the supposedly 7,000 free tickets available, the post urges readers to call a phone number. But call that number and instead of a _Hamilton_ ticket office, you get connected to Trump campaign headquarters. (Luckily for Trump’s office, a recorded message first fields the call, so human operators won’t have to deal with the potential flood of ticket seekers.) 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