“Hamilton” is about to hit the road. And, more than a year before it arrives in many cities, theaters around the country are trying to convert the hunger for tickets into subscriptions and memberships.

In many cities, theaters are encouraging potential patrons to subscribe to their 2016-17 seasons, even though “Hamilton” won’t arrive until the following season, with the promise that those who subscribe now — and then renew — will be guaranteed “Hamilton” tickets and can lock in their chosen subscription seats.

The strategy is eyebrow-raising because the theaters acknowledge that some tickets will ultimately be available for sale to nonsubscribers. Given the widespread publicity over the scarcity of tickets to the Broadway production of “Hamilton,” though, many theatergoers appear unwilling to risk facing a sold-out show in their hometowns.

“In my 38 years of being involved with selling tickets for various activities, I don’t believe there has ever been this kind of ‘but how do I get my-tickets’ conversation,” said Deborah F. Rutter, the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.