Is it possible to like Hamilton if you hate rap?

Maybe a dumb question, but I'm curious.

Yes

Absolutely

its sort of rap light IMHO.

Can you say what it is about "rap" that you hate? It is really not possible to answer your question as is, because your impression of what you are calling rap not even be in the show at all and that may be driving your statement that you hate it. As others have explained the show is certainly not all rap, but if you hate all urban music, or like only Rodgers and Hammerstein (or Irving Berlin, or British invasion musicals, then maybe you will fall in the category of people here who can't abide Hamilton. But you have already heard from many people who say they don't like rap (or not very much) but love Hamilton. At this point there is at least 10 minutes of excerpts from the show online. Watching them may help you more than we will.

I did.

My dad hates rap. As we left the show he said "do you think I'd sound too enthusiastic if I posted [on facebook] that this is the greatest musical I've ever seen?"

So in other words, yes. Now it's not for everyone and I know some people don't like it, but it really is not a ton of rap.

Although I feel these videos do not come close to portraying how great the show is, these four snips show the variety of music in the show. Still missing my favorites though, and I don't feel they do justice to the performances, but it's at least a taste.

http://newyorktheater.me/2015/08/06/hamilton-on-broadway-review-photos-videos/

I can articulate exactly why I hate rap.

I don't consider yelling into a mic while walking back and forth across a stage throwing your arms up in the air music.

And from what words I can make out, it sounds all angry.

Not for me.

I don't really like rap but I can certainly appreciate that it takes a talent (that I myself do not possess) but my boyfriend loves it so I've had to grow used to it. I love In the Heights, so I hope to love Hamilton as soon as I can.

"How would you compare it to say... Sondheim patter or just In the Heights? Is the flow faster or is there just a lot of information being conveyed?"

Hamilton is very fast-paced (definitely more fast-paced than ITH), and though there are definitely quieter, slower moments, there is a lot of info packed into it. Something I've noticed though is that LMM is careful to highlight the important info. He finds appropriate times for super fast word-packing verse, and also knows when to slow it down let the audience follow carefully, even within the rapping sections. In the really fast sections (like in My Shot, or in Lafayette's rap), I'd say he's going for more of an effect, kind of like how we aren't necessarily supposed to absorb every word in "Not Getting Married" from Company, but rather to feel her manic energy.

No, there are tickets available.

I'm the the UK, I saw the show last week when I was in NY and came back raving about it to my mum. She's 65 and I suppose kind of cool, she likes Dylan and Cohen etc, and I used the fatal words 'hip-hop' and 'rap' when telling her about Hamilton and she sort of grumbled. But I showed her that 10 minutes of footage BWW has here and she was all "Oh this isn't rap, rap, not really, I was thinking it was something much more different, this looks amazing." Lyrically it's very dense and moves at a pace, but I don't think that should be off-putting. So I think that hip-hop, rap label might, in some circles, be putting people off but not to an extent it's damaging to the show.

Updated On: 8/7/15 at 07:49 AM

Also not a fan of rap.

But a big fan of both In the Heights and Venice (at least the CR of Venice) for example.

This isn't "Holler If You Hear Me" rap.

I don't know if that makes sense, but I truly believe that if you like musical theater this will appeal to you.