HAMILTON National Tour

Treating myself to a July birthday present of seeing the National Tour of HAMILTON in Cleveland. Tickets went on sale today at 9am, and from a “virtual waiting room” when I logged on at 7am to a “you will be assigned a random place in line” at the stroke of the magic hour, within 10 minutes I had the luck of the Irish at my back and a center mezzanine row H (the front row balcony Loge rows A-C were all Premium going for $435). Not bad for a first try!

I’m also going to see the show in Pittsburgh January 2019, but the touring cast will be completely different: in Cleveland it will be the Philip Cast, in Pittsburgh the Angelica Cast.

Have the two touring companies been out long enough to where anyone here has seen BOTH of them? It’ll be interesting to see/hear the differences (if any) on how the leads perform.

Updated On: 4/13/18 at 07:58 PM

dmwnc1959 said: "The Angelica cast is currentlyplayingin Costa Mesa. I’d love to hear if anyone has seen this touring cast and your impressions. I understand Joseph Morales, who plays Alexander Hamilton, was inthe Chicago production until early this year. Very excited to see him!"

The Philip cast is actually playing Costa Mesa with Morales. Saw them in Seattle and he was very good. Played the role similar to Lin IMO.

The Peggy company will continue in North America after its run in Puerto Rico. As of last month, itinerary was still to be determined.

It's quite possible that it won't be a tour.

trpguyy said: "It's quite possible that it won't be a tour."

Call_me_jorge said: "Perhaps after the Puerto Rico it will transfer to San Fran as the sit down"



It would still seem unprecedented that we’ll have a musical with TWO simultaneous official National Tours while still playing in NYC on Broadway, and with multiple official sit-down productions in London, Chicago, and possibly a third in another major city, all at the same time.

Updated On: 5/13/18 at 06:37 PM

hamiltonstradition said: "Wicked had Broadway, 2 Tours, San Fransisco, West End, and an Australian production in 2010!"



Very impressive. I saw the “Wicked” tour this year back in January and loved the show. One of my Top 5 favorites over the past two years.

And I can’t wait to see “Hamilton” in 68 days up in Cleveland, and again in January up in Pittsburgh. Very excited about this one too.

Updated On: 5/13/18 at 07:55 PM

Blockhead24 said: "I saw the Angelica company when they were in LA and again when I just happened to be in St. Louis last month. Most of the principals changed but I really enjoyed all of them. Austin Scott was a wonderful Hamilton. I also loved seeing how much Sabrina Sloan has grown as Angelica since her first performance in LA.

Can’t wait to see the Philip company when they get here in a few weeks."

Sabrina Sloan was absolute perfection as Angelica when I caught the tour a few months back.

I've been lucky enough to have seen Hamilton 6 times so far and just saw Phillip cast in Costa Mesa this week. I like how everyone brings their own interpretation of their character and each show has been great but if I have to be honest, I didn't love the latest Aaron Burr. Don't get me wrong, he is clearly a great performer but his Burr is less serious and he sings his lines in a whimsical way that just didn't sit well with me. I had an understudy for Hamilton and I thought he did awesome. The sisters were great too. If I have to rank the casts in order of favorites it would be 1) original cast cuz well, duh. Then 2) original Angelica cast, 3) first replacement cast in NY, 4) original Chicago cast and then finally Phillip cast. Saying that, they were all great shows and I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing it.

I saw it Sunday night (Mother's Day) in Costa Mesa. Hamilton was played by Wonza Johnson, and I didn't realize until the curtain call that it was his FIRST performance...I saw the cast's reaction to him during the final bows, and then verified with the sound tech that it was actually his first performance as A. Ham. He did a GREAT job (only messed up a line in The Election of 1800 that I noticed). Shoba Narayan as Eliza was the highlight of this cast for me...she was fantastic!

I saw Ryan Vasquez in LA, and he was great! I saw Jevon McFerrin's 2nd performance in NYC...I've missed Michael Luwoye on both the East and West coast....maybe someday he will stop avoiding me.

Eager to hear any updates on the tour, especially for the Philip Cast.

36 days and counting! :)