Hamilton New Block of Tickets — Page 3

Sarah,

I wish I could answer that question! The line " I am imitable, I am an original" makes me think of Daveed, Chris, Lin, Leslie, Okieriete, Pippa, Anthony, Jasmine, and Renee. It's the best theater district on the planet, so whomever they chose as replacements will be amazing I'm sure. But, the run in Chicago is open-ended, it could run there forever. The people cast will be incredible because it takes an incredibly talented performer to be in this production. A lot of performers like being the first to be cast, so on one hand you will have great performers in Chicago, but the best actors are based in NYC. "It's all your call"!

Updated On: 6/5/16 at 11:34 PM

probably it's not impossible to watch the Tonys AND buy tickets at the same time, right?

blaxx said: "Margo319 said: "sarahb22 said: "At this point I'm asking myself if it might be better to see the show in Chicago than NYC. Which version will have better casting? Hmmm...

The original Broadway cast is always the best. Out of all the people who auditioned in the world, those people were determined the best of the best. I have no doubt Hamilton in Chicago will be great, but the best cast is always the Broadway one. Touring casts never compare to the OBC either.



You must be very young to have this perception. Broadway musicals have a very long history of having replacement casts of the highest caliber. As improbable as it may seem to you, this show will have future performers giving much better performances than the OBC.

A lot of fans have a special attachment to original casts, but that doesn't make them 'best'.





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This is very true. While for many people, myself included, these characters and the OBC will always be forever linked, that doesn't mean they're the best performances you'll ever see. Some people will think that no matter what, but often times replacement casts are better than the original. I am going again in October and I am actually excited Lin will be gone because I really want to see Javier. And I am interested to see what this show looks like apart from the OBC.

There are many, many talented people who will be auditioning for these new companies. Most of the OBC were close associates of Lin's. There are plenty of people out there as good, or maybe even better.

dramamama611 said: "^while I think mosy of us are expecting Javier, that game been announced. Yet.



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Yeah I know it is not official but I can't imagine who else would get it. I would think he would get it if he wanted it. Otherwise they're going to have to find someone to take over the biggest show on the planet in a month.

"Yeah I know it is not official but I can't imagine who else would get it. I would think he would get it if he wanted it. Otherwise they're going to have to find someone to take over the biggest show on the planet in a month."



Do you think they don't already know who it is? If they haven't officially announced Lin's leaving, they CERTAINLY aren't going to announce his replacement.

It probably will be Javier but it doesn't have to be. There is every chance that someone else is in rehearsals for the part.

There could be a number of reasons for this decision. For example, they may be concerned about the impact that winning the Tony for Best Musical will have on scalpers getting more tickets or they may think that by setting it up at the time of the Tonys, less people will log in and there's less chances of the website crashing or everything selling out at once.

And I'm sorry but Margo319's comments about the OBC always being the best are ridiculous, baseless and completely misinformed.

AnnieBlack said: "It would have been very classy for the tickets to go on sale at 11pm on June 12th- after the awards- a celebratory move, rather than overlapping the awards.

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So at 8pmPT, so west coasters should be the ones who have to buy tickets during their viewing?

Oh, good lord. ALL shows know buying habits - that people WILL go on line DURING the awards. If they released them earlier, there would be none left DURING the broadcast.

This is nothing new.



And I'm pretty good at multitasking. This hurts NO ONE.

If you think it will take 5 minutes, I am betting that you have never tried for Hamilton tickets on the first day! It is a crazy mad scene. Nothing will go as you plan. But I guess if everyone is thinking that it will be easy, that's better for me.

Well, you're way luckier than I am, apparently! I've had everything go wrong, including putting tickets into my cart and having them snatched away by someone else, having the site crash or be overloaded, having the map functionality taken away due to volume.

Updated On: 6/6/16 at 02:26 PM

mailhandler777 said: "Margo319 said: "The original Broadway cast is always the best. Out of all the people who auditioned in the world, those people were determined the best of the best. I have no doubt Hamilton in Chicago will be great, but the best cast is always the Broadway one. Touring casts never compare to the OBC either."

This is one of the dumbest things I ever heard/read.

LOL. It's my opinion, you have a different one. And that's okay.

I find it incredibly tasteless and disrespectful to release the new block of tickets at the EXACT time of the Tony Awards. If it were any other show then it'd be fine, but everyone knows that any little twitch from the Hamilton machine will move masses.

I don't know why more people aren't angry, don't know what went through the producers' heads.

Updated On: 6/6/16 at 02:58 PM