HAMILTON Previews — Page 10

I loved the show when I saw it two weeks ago. This is what I want:

1. A cast album, STAT. I realize that probably won't happen until the Broadway run.

2. An extension at the Public.

3. No Broadway transfer until the summer, so that Fun Home takes home a couple of big Tonys.

4. To win the Hamilton lottery.

Is that too much to ask?

Thanks, Lin-Manuel, for a great show.

Updated On: 2/16/15 at 07:47 PM

^^^
Pretty much sums it up. Over a week after seeing it, I think I'm just getting the impact of it now. The clip released by The Publuc hit me like a sack of bricks, but in a good way. I loved it, but now I that I want more, it's being able to analyze it and think about why it's special. There's nothing like this. It's that simple.

In an incredibly selfish, childish way, I hope I can tell someone 50 years from now that I saw Hamilton in previews the same way my grandmother talks about seeing Oklahoma 2 days after it opened.

So, Jaglin, do you like Lin-Manuel Miranda and his show? I really can't tell.

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I thought In the Heights was good, not great. It was energetic, fun, and new. It was something different that we hadn't seen in a long time.

Hamilton is staying with me because it's doing something that's brand new, or at least feels that way. It's taking a topic that, on the surface, seems boring and unrelated. It's an effective biography. It tells the story in a way that makes sense. The music is smart and catchy. Yes, it's a bit silly to think of Thomas Jefferson asking his fellow founding fathers what he missed in a rap, but it's memorable. I want to tell people about it.

I think what gets me the most is that everything about this screams risk and bad idea, but it works. Could other people do this? Mayb, so we'll seem. It just feels like a breath of fresh air. It's a smart show that makes you think. But it manages to be catchy as all hell. To me, that happens so rarely.

^I could be wrong, but from the times I tried the lottery, it looked like the cancellation line didn't start forming until after the lottery.

Also BTW, someone earlier in this thread mentioned that Brian d'Arcy James' last performance is March 1st -- less than 2 weeks from now. If that's the case, they must have someone lined up to replace him already right? Especially since they've known for so long that he'd be leaving. Nobody's heard any rumors? I'm really curious.

So repeating, and not even singing "I'm Not Throw'en Away My Shot" over and over passes for a Broadway caliber song now, huh? And Lin-Manuel Miranda can't even dance the three steps they gave him? He looked like one of those third rate comedians on his first night of "Dancing With the Stars who is the first to get thrown off. It'll transfer and just like the other "ground breaking" musicals, "Spring Awakening" & "American Idiot" be gone in eighteen months.

"So repeating, and not even singing "I'm Not Throw'en Away My Shot" over and over passes for a Broadway caliber song now, huh? "


Yeah, apparently. Quite impressive, that!

" It'll transfer and just like the other "ground breaking" musicals, "Spring Awakening" & "American Idiot" be gone in eighteen months."

After a volcanic eruption of hype and hysteria.

Whatever happened to measured judgment?

To all prospective groundbreakers: Leave our ground alone!

I'm Not Throwing Away My Shot is a great song, propulsive and dramatic and catchy.

I wonder if it is the "I Want" song.

Anyway, as far as the standby line: I think it really varies day by day. Yesterday (Sunday) I headed down to the Public, thinking that no one besides me would be fool enough to venture out in that extremely cold weather. Turns out a lot of people would, and did. For the 2 p.m. matinee I got there at 11:30 because I forgot that the matinee lotto starts taking names an hour and a half before showtime, not two and a half hours.

A woman with a party of six (all present) started the standby line, and I got behind her. This was a bit after 11:30. By the time the lotto was over, there were about 25 people on line. It ultimately turned out that there were only six standby tickets, so the people ahead of me all got in, and I just missed. (This information was doled out just before showtime.) I believe their seats were in row Q. I was happy that they got to see the show because they were here on vacation from Miami, and I've already seen Hamilton. The lotto was packed. I believe 11 to 12 tickets were sold.

No matter how cold it gets, people realize that you're waiting in the nice warm lobby of the Public, not out on the sidewalk as with most theaters. So the crowds will be there regardless, and if the reviews on Tuesday are as good as I expect them to be, demand will continue to build.

Updated On: 2/16/15 at 08:50 AM

^^^^. Yes. I believe they're $122.

Phillipa doesn't rap, as far as I can remember, but Renee Elise Goldsberry does, and is terrific. It's so fast, it's like a patter song.

Updated On: 2/16/15 at 09:00 AM

Each person on the standby line gets a voucher that's good for up to two tickets.

So Okie, is your tip to just get there as soon as the box office opens to grab a voucher? Or should I get there a little earlier?

I'll be going March 12th, so it's likely that the reviews will have made the demand even higher (if that's even possible) for this show.

Okie, your help is greatly appreciated! And you said after I get my voucher, I am allowed to leave and come back?

This show had a huge impact on our high school group; for most of us, it was the most we've ever laughed, and the most we've ever cried. Seamlessly blending dramatic musical theater, modern culture, and laughs, this show largely changed our lives.

The cast is not only incredible, but also super humble, with every lead including Miranda talking back to us after the show.