Hamilton On Broadway 10th Anniversary- Page 2

[MezzA101]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 5:59pm

'Hamilton' Turns 10: Four Actors Share Backstage Secrets and Slip-Ups

https://variety.com/2025/legit/podcasts/hamilton-turns-10-actors-share-secrets-1236478978/

[Mr. Wormwood]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 11:55pm

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!

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 9:41pm

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?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:51pm

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. 

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 10:53pm

Ohh really, and then you call me a clown?  Get out!!

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:10pm

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. 

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 11:47pm

That’s not why I was calling him a clown.  I also love how he loves Evita but hates Hamilton 

[witchoftheeast2]

Posted: 8/8/25 at 10:11am

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. 

[African Queen2]

Posted: 8/25/25 at 11:26am

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 !!

[quizking101]

Posted: 8/25/25 at 11:35am

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.

 

[African Queen2]

Posted: 8/25/25 at 11:58am

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