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Could someone please tell me what the Jonathon Groff character does to make his 8 minutes apparently so funny/laugh out loud-he wasn't mentioned in many reviews.

Is it jokes/does he sing a funny song/camp it up? It must be totally worth doing to wait around all night for those 8 minutes.

Genuine question as the only way I will ever see Hamilton-should I live so long-is when it eventually comes to a 'cinema near me'.

Thank you.

Groff's character is campy and given mostly comedic material. The character is (mostly) set apart from the rest of the cast in both the staging and the music. I thought his delivery was spot-on and his performance extremely funny. It's quite a memorable performance. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a nod come Tony time, but depending on what happens with the upcoming shows and how the actors get placed in the categories, I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see Daveed Diggs snag the Tony next year. It's one of those perfect combinations of performer, role, direction and material not unlike Wilson Jermaine Heredia in Rent, Dan Fogler in Spelling Bee or Gary Beach in The Producers. And I am wishing and hoping Goldsberry finally gets a Tony for her mantle. I think she probably would have received it if Two Gentlemen of Verona had transferred to Broadway, so I'm hoping 2016 will be her year. She never fails to wow me.

To me, there's really no villain or hero in the show and despite Lin-Manuel playing the titular character and being the creator, it really felt like an ensemble show.

That's exactly how I felt as well. Even characters with few songs/lines felt just as vital and important as the others due to the writing, direction and performances.

Updated On: 8/7/15 at 03:44 PM

34 songs listed

""34 songs listed"

PRE-ORDER for cast album UP. 46 songs to record in the next month. OKAY I'M GOING BACK TO SLEEP. https://t.co/d8Zh6CYDQ7

— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) August 7, 2015

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I believe HH is referring to the playbill with 34 listed.

When the highlights first came out a few days ago Broadwayworld posted a video that was longer than ten minutes. I can no longer seem to find this video (I think it had a clip of Helpless in it, on of my favorite songs in the show). Does anyone know where I can find it?

@wicked--

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-TV-Blow-Us-All-Away-Watch-Scenes-from-Lin-Manuel-Mirandas-HAMILTON-on-Broadway-20150805

It's here, enjoy!

Hamilton B-Roll

While the entire cast is energetic and exciting, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Daveed Diggs absolutely stole the show for me.

The 26th can't come soon enough.

Saw this tonight, from the dreaded "obstructed view" seats - not so bad, except that standing room is right behind you . But anyway, what a wonderful show. I think someone said it best at intermission, "there is just so much theatre happening" - I was so moved! Very glad to see this before it becomes impossible to do so. Excited for this show's success.

Wow! I was lucky enough to get tickets for 10/3...but I just watched the 10 minute YouTube!! Good Lord! Renee, and the choreography, and the company's energy!! They may as well start giving the Tonys and awards out now...

Thanks for posting the link to the longer video, which is hard to find on YouTube with a search. One of my favorite scenes in the show is the Battle of Yorktown, and I particularly love the moment when tailor's apprentice Hercules Mulligan, the "spy on the inside," propels himself from the back of the stage and tells how he's plying his trade as a tailor for the British and smuggling out their secrets. It's a very moving and exciting scene, and I'm so happy to be able to watch it.

mattporter, as much as I love the show, i would not say for certain that Choreo, Orch and the design awards are dead givens to win with all other shows sight unseen. Also, I would definitely include Direction on any list of presumptive wins. And this would be a very good year to reinstate sound design because the Nevin Steinberg's sound design is really as close to perfect as possible.