Hamilton Previews — Page 11

"9 pages of comments after only one performance of Hamilton and half of the pages are crap because of this kid. If I had known about his behavior, I never would have engaged in conversation with him on the School of Rock thread. I thought I was talking to a normal person interested in conversation. Turns out I was talking to a Ninny.
Can the moderators not do anything about this? The thread cannot continue in this way. "

That is why I blocked him. My first and only. I like it.

Updated On: 7/15/15 at 12:39 AM

So I won tonight's lotto (Weds, 7/14) and I am still on a high. I have tickets for after opening and I'll reserve full judgment until then, but this show is incredible and it's only going to get better. Lin is unsurprisingly great. For me, Leslie Odom, Jr. was a real highlight. His mannerisms were so spot-on and he really captured the essence of Aaron Burr as I understood him after reading the Hamilton biography.

Daveed Diggs and Renée Goldsberry were also fantastic and Jonathan Groff was hilarious. They'll be splitting hairs when award season rolls around. I think if they make the ending a little more powerful and tighten up act two, they'll have a masterpiece on their hands.

Updated On: 7/15/15 at 01:01 AM

I was there tonight as well. Remains largely unchanged from Off-Broadway, save some minor cuts and the excising of the Whiskey Rebellion. One of my favorite Biggie references was also cut, but the brilliant Ms. Goldsberry informed me that they couldn't afford to pay all the royalties for too many references. Not a big deal (more like not a Biggie deal AM I RIGHT [dodges projectile tomatoes]).

Show is in great shape, and I guess I'm the only fella who thinks that Act 1 is a fine length.

I live in LA, college student, never been and not going to Broadway any time soon. I go to see live theatre here almost every week. I love theatre so much. Reading these great reviews, are giving me goosebumps.. like I want to cry of excitement. I cannot wait to hear that cast recording so much times until I memorize all the lyrics.. and maybe in the next 3 years I'll have seen the tour (hope Lin stars in it like he did with In the Heights) I love when other theatregoers can appreciate when a show is REALLY good. I'm loving all this positivity.

"lol they made 27 million dollars in advance and couldn't afford it... sure"

Well, you've obviously never had to try and secure royalties before...

So I'm not really sure how the eligibility for getting nominated for a Tony is but since Hamilton has to wait until June 2016 for the Tonys and until April 2016 for the noms does that mean the original cast has to stay with the show until that time. I mean it doesn't matter if an ensemble member leaves because they can't be nominated for anything but what about the named roles? For example would it be legal for Leslie Odom Jr. to be nominated even though lets say he left come February. It would be odd but it would still be allowed for him to be nominated even though he wasn't with the production anymore, right?

Yeah, Tony voters have been JAILED for nominating closed shows! Haven't you heard?

I was using "legal" to symbolize if it would be "eligible" to get nominated. &&& that makes sense.

re the royalties,

first of all, never rely on what an actor in a show tells you about something like that. Producers don't sit everyone down and explain everything that is being done and much of what an actor hears is often gossip, and often second third fourth etc hand. Also, she could have intended it as a joke. (I am assuming jesse was relating what he heard from his/her new best friend at the stage door.)

secondly, unlike the rights to record or play or sing a song (or part thereof) in a bar, which are automatic, the right to use a song (or part thereof) in a show requires negotiation, which can mean (as is often the case) an outright refusal, a restriction as to extent or an absurdly high price. We do not know what happened here.

"It's odd because those far seats in the orchestra haven't been sold at all, so I don't know why a pair would just show up like like. But it's there! $167 each."

The probably waited until the set was loaded in and they ran the show in rehearsals first, so they could determine whether to sell them for regular price or partial view (which is what they are doing), although given the demand PV isn't a huge reduction in price.

Was hoping this thread would only be reviews from people that have gone this week to see it instead of a lot of nonsense arguing. Anyway I'm seeing the show tonight and really hope it lives up to the hype that everyone is going nuts over. It will be my first time seeing it. Review to follow

I was at the show Tuesday night and I just wanted to share understudies and the changes that I noticed.

Understudies:

Hamilton: Javier Munoz, Jon Rua

Burr: Sydney James Harcourt, Austin Smith

Laurens/Philip: Andrew Chappelle, Thayne Jasperson

Lafayette/Jefferson: Andrew Chappelle, Seth Stewart

Mulligan/Madison: Andrew Chappelle, Ephraim Sykes

Angelica: Alysha Deslorieux, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Betsy Struxness

Eliza: Alysha Deslorieux, Carleigh Bettiol, Emmy Raver-Lampman

Peggy/Maria: Alysha Deslorieuz, Sasha Hutchings, Emmy Raver-Lampman

Washington: Sydney James Harcourt, Austin Smith

Interestingly, no King George understudy...

Changes that I noticed from the Public to Broadway (there are probably more but these are what I noticed):
- Some transitions between scenes/songs have been extended
- The beginning and end of "The Schuyler Sisters" are changed slightly... also more riffs in the middle, plus some new instruments
- About 75% of "Right Hand Man" was changed... either lyric-wise or moving around portions from one section to another
- Some slight lyric changes in "History Has Its Eye on You"
- The letter about Laurens is now sent from his father not his brother (I don't know if that was a change to make it more historical factual)
- Beginning of "Say No to This" was changed
- Some lines changed when Burr ran/won against Hamilton's father-in-law
- "One Last Ride" has been changed completedly to "One Last Time", as many already mentioned, it focused more on the Washington's leaving/final address than the Whiskey Rebellion
- Because of the song change, the staging was also changed. Before Washington went up the moving staircase, now he doesn't. Thus, King George doesn't show up sitting on the staircase in the transition but walks out.
- Some lyric changes in "The Adams Administration" (or whatever is the name of the song that happened before "Hurricane".)
- "The Reynolds Pamplet" seemed tamer... And Hamilton starts it off with announcing it rather than Jefferson/ensemble singing it... hard to explain...
- "Dear Theodosia (Reprise)" was cut as well as the scene of Burr telling Hamilton that Philip was going to be in a duel was also cut.
- "The Obedient Servant" had lots of lyric changes
- I honestly didn't notice the additional ensemble members in the numbers.

Overall, I thought it was still a great show. It'll take used to certain changes, mostly "One Last Time" and "The Obedient Servant" but the bones from The Public are still there. I kinda wished that they fixed the ending a little bit. It always seemed a bit muddled to me. But since it's suppose to be a epilogue, it works. I just wished it flowed a little bit more.