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Yes, there is. As you face the theater's main entrance, go to the right and around the building, and it's near the back of the building. There's an obvious fenced-off area surrounding the door. While I was waiting for my ride after the performance, I heard various applauding from the people surrounding this area, so I assume some actors were coming out, but I don't know which ones.

The show. I don't watch TV or see movies, so I've never heard of a lot of the actors who made their names in either of those media. The one exception was that I flew to NYC for less than 48 hours specifically to see Lin-Manuel Miranda in "Hamilton", one of the best decisions I've ever made. (Of course, he wasn't a "name" for his TV or movie work.)

Hi experts - I too could use some January help! This is a week in late January, and I have several slots to fill.Have tickets for: Farinelli, Band’s Visit, and Springsteen (this entire trip is being planned around the Springsteen ticket I was lucky enough to score! have been a fan since the 1970s).Have already seen and loved: Hamilton, Come from Away, Book of Mormon, Avenue Q, Lion King.Have already seen and didn’t like: School of Rock, Dear Evan Hansen (sorry! though Platt was amazing), Cats...

I saw it this weekend. Not sure what I was expecting, but this wasn't it. If you're going, you might not want to read reviews or summaries first, as there's a plot sort-of twist that it's better not to know about in advance. I didn't think it was much like either "August" or "Superior Donuts", both of which I also saw at Steppenwolf. My companion and I, in our post-show discussions over the rest of the weekend, couldn't really decide if we liked it or not, or what we thought of it. (Sorry to ...

Oh, thanks so much for all this info, RussT2. I've been a fan since the late 1970s, back when I was a poor student and couldn't afford even the cheapest ticket to see Bruce live. I didn't get even a standby code the first time, but I got a code and then a ticket for the extended run. I love acoustic Bruce more than anything else (my favorite recording is "Nebraska&quot, and I was in heaven at the thought of an entire evening of this, but was worried it would somehow just not work. I should ha...

I second the comments about considering the theater. I saw "Hamilton" once at the Private Bank in Chicago, and three times in the RR. No comparison. The Private Bank theater felt like the architect accepted a challenge to make every seat in the house as awful as possible. The RR felt intimate and warm - the PB felt like a cavern. I didn't go up to the mezzanine at PB, but it looked like it was set considerably further back than in the RR.Even if the OBC was kind of a unicorn, that doesn't mea...

- "One Last Time", Hamilton. I didn't cry at all when I heard it on the CD, but when I saw it, and Christopher Jackson got to the line, "They'll be safe in the nation we've made", I started to bawl, and now EVERY TIME I listen to the song, I cry. Especially now, when I think of all their sacrifices, and how I don't feel all that safe in the nation they made.- I'm embarrassed to admit I cried, off and on, almost all the way through "Come From Away", but the first line that got me was in "Welco...

NYfanfromCA, I too like being in center front orchestra, and for this show I sat in D108. I loved this seat. The stage wasn't so high that I was craning my neck upward, and I really like seeing every nuance of facial expressions. The tradeoff, of course, is that there's less of a panoramic view. But the sides are taken up with musicians and some pieces of the set, so I felt I was seeing most of the action happen pretty much in front of me.As far as listening to the recording first - no, no, n...

Thanks to everyone who took the time to post about this! After carefully reading all the posts, I bought my ticket (about 2/3 of this thread was here when I bought it), and then I spent the next 1/3 of the thread second-guessing myself. But I ended up being thrilled with my seat, which was BC23 (banquette). I felt I had a good view of everything. I only had to turn my head slightly to see what was happening at the rear entrance. As far as loot - I got a dumpling, a shaker, and a page of the b...

I saw it last night. I really, really wanted to like this show (I'm definitely a member of the choir it's preaching to), but... I didn't. Even at 70 minutes, it seemed too repetitive to me, and (trying to avoid a spoiler here) I thought the decision to include the lines at the end was a mistake. However! I'm pretty sure I'm in a minority of one here. Last night's audience appeared to be sold out, it was extremely enthusiastic, and it quickly got to its collective feet at the end. (And the fin...

A few things to consider:(1) How badly do you want to see "Hamilton"? I know that if I had had only one opportunity to see it at a price I could afford, I would have leapt at that opportunity, obstructed view or not, rather than not seeing at all, or having no idea when I might be able to see it in the future. I was that deeply in love with the recording and that desperate to see it live.(2) The Chicago theater is awful. When I saw "Hamilton" there, I paid face value for a seat in the left or...

pupscotch, I was a big fan of Jasmine Cephas Jones's interpretation (I saw her twice in NYC) and, especially, her gorgeous voice, so I was a little nervous about what I'd think of Samantha Marie Ware, but she was fantastic. She was a tad more forceful as Peggy (came across as a bit more of a spoiled brat), which I really liked. For Maria Reynolds, she was exquisite. I thought her interpretation of Maria was noticeably different than Jones's. Jones begins by playing Maria as a distressed victi...

Luvcaroline, I didn't see Alexander as King George - the understudy, Jin Ha, went on. I was a little disappointed at first, since people have been raving about Alexander, but on the plus side, Jin Ha is a friend of a friend, so that was fun. Ha played it very understated in his first two numbers - I think it was the first time he's gone on as KGIII and I was wondering if he was playing it a little cautious, but he loosened up considerably in his third number, and he was hilarious in "The Reyn...

Thank you, Jennabee and Luvcaroline! Jennabee, you are NOT getting a consolation prize in Chicago at all. Yes, Miranda won't be there, but I hope like mad that you won't be disappointed. Let us know! And Luvcaroline, thanks again for your brilliant review, which went a long way to reassuring me before I went. You were spot-on about Henry!

Following up my Part 1 Chicago vs. NYC comparison with Part 2, and repeating the warnings: Warning, this post is only for “Hamilton” geeks, and it’s really long. If that doesn’t interest you, now’s the time to stop reading! Also if you don’t want spoilers for Chicago, don’t read this. Also it’s so long, I’m breaking it into parts. And again - obviously, these are only my opinions, and YMMV. Part 2 here:Washington. In NYC, I saw Austin Smith and Christopher Jackson, in Chicago, Jonathan Kirkla...

Warning, this post is only for “Hamilton” geeks, and it’s really long. If that doesn’t interest you, now’s the time to stop reading! Also if you don’t want spoilers for Chicago, don’t read this. Also it’s so long, I’m breaking it into parts. Cross-posted to my Facebook page, so if you're Facebook friends with me and read it there, there's nothing new here. Also, should be obvious, but everything that follows is my opinion, not The Gospel Truth That Applies To Everyone. Part 1:I’ve now been lu...

Thanks so much for this awesome review, luvcaroline! I've seen it twice in New York and will be seeing it in Chicago tomorrow for the first time, so this was very timely for me. I especially appreciated your discussion of the seats - we'll be in orchestra row G also, but stage left instead of stage right (not quite as far right as you were to the left), and I was starting to get pretty concerned about the stage being too high from there. But I really, really, like seeing facial expressions up...

Interesting! I was there the night Justin Trudeau was there, and the level of security was like at any other show, I thought - relatively fast bag and coat checking, but no metal detectors or anything like that. Normal theater opening time, too. Let us know the story!

Hard though it is for me to believe now, deep into my fandom, the first time I listened to the "Hamilton" score, I didn't get it. I was listening in my car, in segments during my commute (which is quite short, so I was only hearing the score in fragments of a few minutes at a time), and it was all just kind of overwhelming, to the point that nothing particularly stood out (other than "Wait For It", for some reason). I was wondering what all the fuss was about. Then I listened a second time un...

Thank you, BVD's grandma, I mean, KingOPancakes, that was beautiful. I too wondered if knowing every word of the recording would detract from the live performance, but it was indeed like going from black and white to color. For example, I didn't find "One Last Time" particularly memorable, pre-show, but I sobbed when I saw Jackson perform it live, and now I sob every time I listen to the recording of it... honestly, I start welling up when I even just THINK about it now, as the whole thing pl...