Hamilton Previews — Page 7

"It's a silly musical. It will not cure cancer."

It is an odd impulse to negate people experiencing joy, which also doesn't cure cancer.

"WOW. I have never see so many heads explode on a thread. Relax. It's a silly musical. It will not cure cancer, but you know, if some of you donated to a cancer fund the outrageous money you waste seeing these silly musicals again and again, a cure might come quicker."

What a bitter show queen you are.

And lets tell folks WITH cancer not to seek out diversions to their unfortunate predicament.

"WOW. I have never see so many heads explode on a thread. Relax. It's a silly musical. It will not cure cancer, but you know, if some of you donated to a cancer fund the outrageous money you waste seeing these silly musicals again and again, a cure might come quicker."

That's rich coming from someone who uses the Playbill from one of the most notorious Broadway flops as their avatar!

I'm sorry, were we supposed to be moved by your Broadway-shaming so that we stopped talking about Hamilton?

Is anyone going to tonight's performance?

While I normally can resist adding to a tangent, not always.
I really enjoyed making a Sondheim reference a week or so ago without seeing the inevitable A8 sneer in reply.

^^^^ I would like to know this too!

(I think A8 went away after we realized that he's either Rex Reed or the equally hateful John Simon. I have my money on Simon.)

Updated On: 7/14/15 at 01:31 PM

"WOW. I have never see so many heads explode on a thread. Relax. It's a silly musical. It will not cure cancer, but you know, if some of you donated to a cancer fund the outrageous money you waste seeing these silly musicals again and again, a cure might come quicker."

JayG2, the only logical assumption about someone who would post such a sentiment would be that you are a cancer researcher devoting all of your time towards finding a cure for cancer. And yet, here you are on a message board spending some time reading and posting about theatre (and theatre fans) and not spending all your time searching for said cure.

So instead of coming on here urging others to do what you yourself are not doing (i.e. spending all available time and money on one cause), perhaps you should go back to the lab and get back to work on that cure, since you don't see any value in regenerating one's spirit with joy/catharsis/other human emotions to make it easier to go back to work with the soul replenished. Meanwhile, those who spend our lives working long hours on making the world a better place will continue to seek nourishment for the soul/spirit during our limited downtime. Good luck with your research!

Thanks for the info, Sam! I hope hope hope and pray pray pray they get the sound sorted out. That's my biggest worry now!

Of course, I'm also worried that sitting in Row Q on the side will be too far away, and that the show will have lost its magic in the translation to Broadway. But those are minor.

"The lyrics really are phenomenal. Outstanding.

Side note, does anyone know if they sold standing room yesterday? "

I believe they did.

I was there last night. It was the third time I had seen the show overall (first preview plus one more at the Public), but WOW. I don't know what I was expecting, but that wasn't it. It was like being at a rock concert. An unforgettable night for sure.

My only quip is that I wish they would've cut "Dear Theodosia" entirely (the reprise was cut). It's a gorgeous song, and I understand the feeling that it humanizes Burr, but it's completely unnecessary.