Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/23
'Hamilton' Turns 10: Four Actors Share Backstage Secrets and Slip-Ups
https://variety.com/2025/legit/podcasts/hamilton-turns-10-actors-share-secrets-1236478978/
There were some really fun videos posted by Broadway World and other outlets of the performance tonight and the party after. Seems like it would have been quite the fun place to be!
Featured Actor Joined: 7/27/25
What happened with the little people on the street? Did they partake in the party? Or did they just stare at the theater all lit up?
10 years already. I moved to NYC in 2015 weeks before this started previews (I’ve since moved to coastal Laguna Beach, CA but still have my apartment in NYC). I had a friend in the HAMILTON ensemble so I was able to get his house tickets (only had to pay his cost: $150 - Orchestra Center, Row H). My head exploded when I learned what others were paying weeks later. Anyway, hated the show and still do. Loved IN THE HEIGHTS and saw it a handful of times, but HAMILTON just didn’t spark for me. Tried to watch the Disney+ film and stopped 5 minutes in. It was baffling watching the mass hysteria the musical created plus all the praise it was receiving from everyone. Oh, well.
Featured Actor Joined: 7/27/25
Ohh really, and then you call me a clown? Get out!!
I agree with Brody on this one. This show is the emperor’s new clothes and a prime example of how people none the wiser will revere something just because everyone else is revering it.
I’m getting overkill deja vu with all the videos and memories and articles. It was overhyped ten years ago and it’s overhyped today. It’s brilliant, yes. But it’s not good. The only reason people think it’s important is because Lin et al keep telling us it’s important. Give us a chance to learn it’s special for ourselves instead of grinning and watching while we sleep and waiting for us to wake up!
In The Heights, meanwhile, is infinitely better and should still be running. It has the heart that Hamilton never could because there’s too much “agenda” in it. That’s not Hamilton’s fault. It’s inherently about agenda. It has brains and wit of course, but too much of it. I never needed to see it a second time and similarly turned off the filmed version very quickly. Whereas In The Heihhts… I was blown away the first time and went back twice more, always discovering more of its layering, and feeling more deeply.
Okay, release the hounds.
Featured Actor Joined: 7/27/25
That’s not why I was calling him a clown. I also love how he loves Evita but hates Hamilton
Leading Actor Joined: 9/25/24
This is why it's good that art is subjective. You can dislike a show that others love. No one is required to love any show, they see it and decide for themselves. It's not a bandwagon type thing- it's people see it and it touches something in them. Maybe it's the cast- they see that someone who looks like them can play one of those roles. Maybe it's the music. Maybe it's the whole thing. But it's different for every person, it is important to an individual, you don't get to negate that.
Yankees x Hamilton cap night tonight. In honor of the 10th anniversary of Hamilton. First 10k people get a free cap. Christopher Jackson singing national anthem, Renee Elise Goldsberry first pitch, and Schuyler Sisters performance during 7th inning stretch !!
New block of tickets for LOJ’s return just dropped on TodayTix…starting at $1000+.
Obscene as it may be, I’m actually kind of happy for Leslie that his return has caused such an uproar that the shows he is returning for are commanding more than Denzel & Jake in OTHELLO.
Good for him. Wasn’t he the leader of the pack who fought to get the cast more money back when the show exploded? I’d love to know how much he’s being compensated this time
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/23
Lin-Manuel Miranda Leads 'Hamilton' Sing-Along in NYC
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/lin-manuel-miranda-is-hosting-a-hamilton-sing-along-at-united-palace-082725
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/23
How Lin-Manuel Miranda Weathered the Storm
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/theater/lin-manuel-miranda-biography-excerpt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.FtJo.l1G0jooLnelr&smid=nytcore-android-share
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/23
Will 'Hamilton' get a movie adaptation? What Lin-Manuel Miranda says
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/09/04/hamilton-movie-2025-adaptation-premiere-lin-manuel-miranda/85968367007/
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/26/16
MezzA101 said: "How Lin-Manuel Miranda Weathered the Storm
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/theater/lin-manuel-miranda-biography-excerpt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ik8.FtJo.l1G0jooLnelr&smid=nytcore-android-share"
He got a lot of grief. It’s not surprising that he turned to Sondheim, whose answer was pretty much ‘Children and Art.’
Leading Actor Joined: 9/25/24
MezzA101 said: "Will 'Hamilton' get a movie adaptation? What Lin-Manuel Miranda says
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/09/04/hamilton-movie-2025-adaptation-premiere-lin-manuel-miranda/85968367007/"
It will never capture the magic in the same way. Leave it to the proshot and live stage productions. Leave it alone.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/23
Lin-Manuel Miranda: 'Easy decision' to cancel 'Hamilton' at Kennedy Center
https://www.out.com/gay-movies/lin-manuel-miranda-kennedy-center
Broadway Star Joined: 1/12/17
The producers jacked up the ticket prices for Leslie's return: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2025/09/04/hamilton-sets-record-breaking-top-ticket-price/
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
Paying $1500 to see several cast members come back...ok, but just for one and one whose performance you can watch on streaming
simply confounding
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Paying $1500 to see several cast members come back...ok, but just for one and one whose performance you can watch on streaming
simply confounding"
I wouldn't pay that much to see Merman come back in GYPSY!
Broadway Star Joined: 1/12/17
There is something different about seeing it in person. I'm not saying that the difference is worth $1,500, but it is something.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/23
A TikTok Trend That Gets at the Complex Legacy of ‘Hamilton’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/movies/hamilton-tiktok-trend.html?unlocked_article_code=1.k08.ODWM.8uvBjImgHNbt&smid=nytcore-android-share
I’d pay $1500 to see Merman in Gypsy, or Bernadette in Sunday. I wouldn’t pay $1,500 to see Hamilton. Things have different value to different people.
binau said: "I’d pay $1500 to see Merman in Gypsy, or Bernadette in Sunday. I wouldn’t pay $1,500 to see Hamilton. Things have different value to different people."
Merman I can understand, but even with the Sunday video you’d still pay that?
If Bernadette (and preferably Mandy too) came back to do Sunday one last time at say a reunion concert, yes I'd pay $1,500 USD and if someone wanted to kill me they'd probably know where to drop the bombs.
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