Chicago HAMILTON cast announced- Page 3

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 3:07pm

I believe Joseph Morales is Filipino or part-Filipino and is from Hawaii. He's the Ham alternate. Morales is a common name in the Philippines.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 3:08pm

Asfar, who is playing Elizabeth, is Indian. 

[jpbran]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 3:18pm

Curious to see if that IS the same Chris Lee who's worked with Street Theater Company here in Nashville (as the link about In the Heights says.) Saw him in their Heathers and was only somewhat impressed. His JD character is sullen and covered in a big duster coat, so not sure how much was director's choice, but he didn't seem to know what to do with his hands/arms, and kinda shuffled around a lot. He seemed at times to be in a different show than the rest of the cast, though at times you could tell he had some pipes. Seeing ChiHam in early Nov, so time will tell!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 3:52pm

OMG...Karen Olivo!  My wish was granted!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 4:19pm

eerhelm said: "Cast seems great! Though I do wish that there was more of a presence of Asian actors as leads. Maybe even someone of Indian or Middle Eastern descent? We don't see much representation of them in theater but it's a small nitpick."

You're right. And for what it's worth, Ari Afsar (Eliza) is of Bangladeshi heritage.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/New-Miss-California-Crowned-not-Miss-California-USA-98374434.html

 

EDIT: Not related to above, but aw!

https://twitter.com/WallaceSmith007/status/753327594217570304

Updated On: 7/13/16 at 04:19 PM

[rcwr]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 4:57pm

For all the Karen Olivo fans, here's a vid clip you might find useful in your life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMuHmx0t3S4

[binau]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 5:33pm

Karen = amazing casting. When I first heard Satisfied all I could think of was her.

Alex = very very odd casting. I would never have guessed in a million years he'd ever get the part. Find him to be so incredibly boring and plain. This will be a real test of the material. 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 5:38pm

ashley77 said: "I believe Joseph Morales is Filipino or part-Filipino and is from Hawaii. He's the Ham alternate. Morales is a common name in the Philippines."

He's performed with East West Players, so good call!

http://www.eastwestplayers.org/news/the-whos-tommy-opens-may-13th-at-east-west-players-featuring-deedee-magno-hall-joseph-morales-cliffton-hall-and-parvesh-cheena/

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jun/20/il/FP606200311.html

[maxkko]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 5:41pm

jpbran said: "Curious to see if that IS the same Chris Lee who's worked with Street Theater Company here in Nashville (as the link about In the Heights says.) Saw him in their Heathers and was only somewhat impressed. His JD character is sullen and covered in a big duster coat, so not sure how much was director's choice, but he didn't seem to know what to do with his hands/arms, and kinda shuffled around a lot. He seemed at times to be in a different show than the rest of the cast, though at times you could tell he had some pipes. Seeing ChiHam in early Nov, so time will tell!"

Yes it is that Chris Lee (the picture a few pages ago was him).

 

[Dallas Theatre Fan]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 7:18pm

I love Alex but King George is a strong comedic role and I don't think Alex has ever done such a comedic role.

 

 

[Margo319]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 11:11pm

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 11:12pm

Margo319 said: ""

Credit to: http://dulcetdear.tumblr.com/post/147361026322/the-chicago-hamilton-cast-so-far-im-so-excited

[Margo319]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 11:31pm

Nope, not where I got it from and I never said it was my image.  How ridiculous. 

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 11:34pm

Are you saying the tumblr user took it from elsewhere? I see the source URL is instagram.

Updated On: 7/13/16 at 11:34 PM

[Margo319]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 11:36pm

That's correct.  

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/13/16 at 11:39pm

I'm seeing it pop up twice but no credit to a designer. Now in hot pursuit!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH0zjGahuZ0/?taken-by=im.a.general.whee

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH0pkSnhgZN/?taken-by=hamiltonmusi

(Also seen here; the second link I pasted above just screencapped this and instagrammed it: https://twitter.com/hello_andreia/status/753324543725436928 

I guess it's too recent for TinEye or reverse Google Image search, because neither of those are working.

[Theater_Nerd]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 10:36am

Is it wrong for me to secretly wish that they re-cast "Angelica" in the Chicago production and have Karen Olivo replace Renee Elise Goldsberry here in New York in the fall? 

[Kate Monster3]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 10:50am

Theater_Nerd said: "Is it wrong for me to secretly wish that they re-cast "Angelica" in the Chicago production and have Karen Olivo replace Renee Elise Goldsberry here in New York in the fall? 

Nope, not at all.  Even though I love Renee, I kinda wish Karen would come to the NY show as well. 

 

[Theatreboy49]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 10:51am

@theatrenerd is it wrong to hope? Of course not. I am sure that if Karen had wanted to go to broadway she could have. I believe the proximity of chicago to madison played a part in it. I am thrilled we will get to see her. I expect her to be the highlight of the chicago run. However, I am part of the camp that finds Alex to be less than thrilling casting. I typically find him wooden on stage with the exception of his work in Violet which I did love. So i agree this will be time to see how the material tests against that. But exciting that we are getting a first rate production. Also, he seems to be happy in book of mormon but my dream casting is Daniel Breaker as Burr.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 10:54am

gypsy101 said: "this news of the cast has made me so sad. the day the tickets went on sale, I was on a plane at the time so I couldn't buy the tickets myself, but a friend of mine hunkered down to get us seats and got stuck in that infamous line that ticketmaster had that day. She never got tickets (we needed three and by the time she got through there were only singles) and now with this....I hope I don't miss Karen altogether. I'm hoping against hope that she's still there when the next round of tickets are released (though obviously I won't hold my breath)."

 

The show didn't sell-out that first day, so unless you had very specific dates in mind, you should have been able to get tickets (maybe not good tickets, but I digress). I remember finding it amusing that scalpers on the TM resale site were charging $1000 for tickets to a show that was not yet sold-out. While that initial frenzy was unusual for a production in Chicago, it appears to be selling about the same as Wicked did initially (though I think there's more of a worry that Hamilton may close-up and tour sooner, not due to lack of demand, but the desire for more money on the road, so people are more anxious to get tickets now than they were with Wicked).  I'd be surprised if the same type of chaos ensues when the next block of tickets goes on sale.

I wasn't around when Wicked had its sit-down, but back in the day with Ragtime and Show Boat and Phantom, the contracts were usually six months.

 

[yinyang1195]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 2:49pm

Liza's Headband said: "Asfar, who is playing Elizabeth, is Indian. 

 

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She's actually Bengali

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 3:44pm

yinyang1195 said: "Liza's Headband said: "Asfar, who is playing Elizabeth, is Indian. 

 

"

She's actually Bengali

 

"

 

My apologies. Okay, she's Asian. Either way, it was in response to someone complaining about a lack of Indian and Asian actors... It still applies. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 4:03pm

I'm hoping sSpongeBob gets delayed and emmy raver lampman can get cast in the ensemble.

[sorano916]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 4:46pm

Miguel from his Hamilton debut yesterday:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BH2rmOvA7x_/?taken-by=mig.cervantes

 

https://twitter.com/alysha_d/status/753660447174365184

Updated On: 7/14/16 at 04:46 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/14/16 at 8:45pm

Article about Chris Lee. He's only 21!

http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/07/13/belmont-student-cast-hamilton/87031228/