Hamilton Incarnations (Workshop vs Mixtape etc)

[Akitarent]

Posted: 7/8/20 at 2:42pm

I am a relatively new Hamilton fan and I know Hamilton went through many different drafts and workshops.  In a nutshell, is there a huge different between:

Demos vs Workshop vs Mixtape and so on.

thanks!  

[Blue_Lotus]

Posted: 7/8/20 at 3:24pm

Akitarent said: "I am a relatively new Hamilton fan and I know Hamilton went through many different drafts and workshops. In a nutshell, is there a huge different between:

Demos vs Workshop vs Mixtape and so on.

thanks!"

As with any show that goes from a developmental stage through to the opening night - absolutely there are differences. There are even differences between the production that ran at The Public and its Broadway counterpart. 

[Broadway61004]

Posted: 7/8/20 at 3:40pm

Akitarent said: "I am a relatively new Hamilton fan and I know Hamilton went through many different drafts and workshops. In a nutshell, is there a huge different between:

Demos vs Workshop vs Mixtape and so on.

thanks!"

I know that the workshop in Spring of 2014 ran over 3 hours (I wasn't there, but have talked to several people who were) and the final run time on Broadway is around 2.5 hours, so while I'm not sure exactly what was cut, there was about 30 minutes of material that was cut between then and the Broadway premiere.