Hamilton - Best Musical 2016? — Page 3

"If any scalpers are reading this:
Buying tickets to Hamilton is a really bad investment. Tickets will be lying around, unsold. Tourists and students will avoid Hamilton because it's a dry history lesson. Older folks hate hip-hop. The only Tony that Hamilton will win is Best Design of a Sippy Cup. Dump all your Hamilton tickets now and cut your losses!
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You bring up a good point. Those reasons might hurt it. I heard the Dear Evan Hansen readings have been amazing. We'll see how good their show is this summer

I, personally, think it is nearly certain that Hamilton will win Best Musical. I mean, nothing is set in stone, but for something to come along and beat it, it would have to be a total behemoth of a show. There's only one show to be nominated or win in the last 5 years that I think would have a chance of beating it were they in the same season, and that's Book of Mormon.

Hamilton is a fantastic, rule-breaking, exciting new musical with a beloved creative team and unbelievable buzz. It's one of the best, if not THE best show I think I've ever seen on or Off-Broadway. It's that good. Granted, I've only been seeing shows in New York for about 7 years now, but I've seen nearly all the best shows each season. To me, Hamilton trumps them all.

Whether it will live to be the sort of record-breaking hit that Chorus Line did, we will have to wait and see. But it definitely has the potential. When a show this good comes to Broadway, it doesn't matter when it opens, if it's better than the competition, (and I expect it to be) it will win the Tony.

Updated On: 5/27/15 at 02:20 PM

It's not a history lesson. Yes it's about history, but it's an interesting story about one of the greatest men in America's history. It's something young people will love. I could see the older generation not loving the hip-hop/rap music, but the night I saw it, the older generation jumped to their feet at the end of the show. It's a interesting, moving, relatable story told in a thrilling way.

Also, there were many factors that led to the Kinky Boots triumph over Matilda. And Hamilton is more a "fun show" show than it is a "heady" show, so I don't know why you're comparing it to those.

Not even going to say what you think was wrong? I made like 5 separate points in that last post and your response is "wrong".

I've never interacted with you before but I'm starting to see why people aren't particularly fond of you.

I am looking forward to seeing Hamilton in October. I don't know if The Hunchback of Notre Dame will be opening next year but it is very very good. It seems to me that a lot of musicals show up with little fan fair and win, ie, Gentleman's Guide, Once, Jersey Boys etc.

It is really early to tell.

By the time of the Tony Awards, Hamilton will have been sold out almost 11 months and likely will have recouped. Hamilton will be established as a huge commercial success. I don't think that helps with Tony voters. If there is another very good or clever musical which needs recognition to flourish, the voters may give it the nod.

I haven't seen the show. It may be the best thing in years but a lot of great musicals have lost.

What are the wining Illinois lottery numbers for next week?

There's dancing at Tony's. It's ritzy at Tony's.

"If there is another very good or clever musical which needs recognition to flourish, the voters may give it the nod."

I'm curious if that's ever happened. Like has there ever been a show that is clearly a better musical and is selling out, yet another show wins Best Musical because to basically give it a boost in sales?

I just honestly don't think the Tonys work that way, they usually vote for either the show that's going to sell the best on the road, or the actual Best Musical.

Hal Prince's The Prince of Broadway with Ramin Karimloo is set for this Fall in Japan and seems poised for a Spring 2016 Broadway Opening. I bet it will be a Best Musical Contender and very popular with Tony Tour Voters!

I think Score is one of the categories it sort of has locked down. Lots of great shows coming in with scores by talented artists, but the score to Hamilton is something by a loved person in the community, it's special and new, and something the Tony voters will want to award.