These teachers waited in line nearly 24 hours to be first for ‘Hamilton’ L.A. tickets

Two middle-school teachers from Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in Pacoima were the first in line to score tickets for the L.A. run of “Hamilton.” They arrived at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre at 11 a.m. Saturday armed with portable chairs and waited for the box office to open at 10 a.m. Sunday, at which point an estimated 1,500 fans formed in a line that wrapped through the lobby and down Argyle Avenue as far as the eye could see.

The teachers’ goal: to get seats for six students who are obsessed with the show. By 10:11 a.m. they walked away down Hollywood Boulevard with 12 tickets.

Here are some highlights from an active morning.

The line for “Hamilton” tickets in L.A. was approximately 1,500 people deep by 10 a.m., Sunday. (Jessica Gelt / Los Angeles Times)

At 6 a.m. Pantages staff began allowing the line into its lobby, where some people spent the time sleeping. At five minutes until 10 a.m., the line was funneled out to the front of the theater where the box office stood ready to open. (Jessica Gelt / Los Angeles Times)

Overheard in the “Hamilton” L.A. line

• “You can’t even see the tip of the iceberg right now, I can’t tell you how many times that line snakes back and forth from here,” said a security guard peeking through a front door of the Pantages into the theater’s grand lobby. The “Hamilton” soundtrack played inside, and some described the scene as a party.