Hamilton original cast signatures

My daughter received a Hamilton playbill signed by the original cast (well, 8 of them anyway lol) She is autistic and and I am having a hard time identifying the signatures of each cast member. She will not stop obsessing about them until she knows who’s signature is who’s....part of her autism symptoms. I was wondering if anyone is able to help ID these signatures. Thanks!

Updated On: 12/24/17 at 02:51 PM

Oh no! It showed up on the message preview but now it’s not there!! ?????????????? No clue how to get it back.



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Updated On: 12/24/17 at 03:21 PM

That's Oak's signature on the top right. I believe right under him is Leslie Odom Jr's. Top left might be Rory O'Malley?

Lin in silver, Oak in the top right, Rory on the top left. Quite confident about those.

Moving into more guesswork, the one to the right of Hamilton looks like a sloppy Leslie Odom Jr. It's not how he usually signs his name (He tends to get more fractured when he's rushing, not more simple) but I think that's his

Far right on the right arm of the star looks like Daveed to me. Again very simple, and without the running-out-of-ink-sharpies he often has, but the letter formation looks correct.

Bottom right arm of the star looks like it might be Betsy, as noted. Unusual on a boarderless playbill.

After that, I don't really know. To the left of Hamilton, I see a P and would again suggest a simplified Pippa perhaps? She's a signature I think I only have one example of and I don't know it well, but if I had to make a guess that would be it. Bottom left I have no idea, I think I may have an example of it and will look through my book tomorrow.

May I ask where you got it?

I hate to say it, but I think the signatures may be forged. They don’t look like the stage door signatures, but they do look like ones currently for sale on eBay from known sellers of fake signatures. I really hope I’m wrong, but there are people selling identical ones on eBay, and the combination of the unlikely autographs (like having two different King Georges), and the uniformity of the inks makes me suspect this is one of them. I’m really sorry if you or a family member got defrauded.

annang said: "I hate to say it, but I think the signatures may be forged. They don’t look like the stage door signatures, but they do look like ones currently for sale on eBay from known sellers of fake signatures. I really hope I’m wrong, but there are people selling identical ones on eBay, and the combination of the unlikely autographs (like having two different King Georges), and the uniformity of the inks makes me suspect this is one of them. I’m really sorry if you or a family member got defrauded."



I thought this too. The "Oak" signature looks very sketchy to me. What is the month and year of your daughter's Playbill? They got rid of the borders on Playbills as of July 1st, 2016 and Jonathan Groff left the cast before 2016 according to IBDB so that makes me suspicious if one of those signatures is supposed to be his.

I really do hope it's legit but I'm not too confident about it.

It's worth noting that Lin did sign a whole bunch of borderless ones exactly like that for the Flea market this year. I definitely won't say it's 100% fake, it's one of the ones where I wouldn't feel comfortable calling it either way. You are correct though, in that your daughter's happiness is the most important thing

Hi! I have two things in common with you. One, I have an autistic son who is 14 and two, I can't believe I just bought a forged Hamltom "Playbill" On Mercari, a shopping site. Really angry with myself because I know better as the signatures looked suspect to me from the start but the guy argued with me and told me it was absolutely legit. Well it arrived today and first of all, it's not on a Playbill. This person is printing a photo of the logo on a sheet and signing scribbles. I will put a copy here if I can figure by out how. I can return mine today - no problem. It just arrived. And I KNOW your sweet friend was just trying to so something nice for your daughter. But I'm.worried about you because I know how exacting autistic kids can be and how particular and literal they tend to be. And the thought of you sitting there telling her this is this person's signature and that is another person's signature breaks my heart. So I want to tell you that I would like to try and get your daughter a legitimate signed document. There are no strings. I'm absolutely reputable and can hook you up with all sorts of things to verify my identity and credentials. I simply want to help - one mom to another. And because I should do something really nice for being this ignorant (your friend probably hasn't had experience with autographs. I do!! I used to collect them when I was younger. But I just got so excited. Sigh! Anyway, get in touch or post here if you're interested. And have a wonderful day. Anyway, let me know. <<edited by BWW staff>>
PS yikes! Can't figure out how to post this. I will put it in my drop box or another doc and get a URL. Stay tuned.

Updated On: 5/3/19 at 03:26 PM