Leslie Odom Jr Leaving Hamilton — Page 6

Hellob said: "Blaxx- most people don't go to the Avengers or started watching big bang theory or ncis bc of the stars. Like Hamilton, it's the story but the actors get rewarded anyway. There's a saying- big stars don't make great entertainment, great entertainment makes big stars. They should have kept him but it's over now. The truth will be in the papers soon enough. Letting him go after raising prices seems shady af though.

ETA I hope Odom doesn't do a sick out or anything like that.



It's ok, I see you don't get it. This show is already with the revenue. The films and TV shows live day by day. This show has already collected the $. If the producers cast their families to be in the show starting tomorrow, the show will still be sold out for a year and the money has been made. It makes no difference who's in it now.

once again, I haven't read any article on the topic in a few months. I just recalled that was what I read had said (10% of weekly gross).

blaxx said: "Hellob said: "Blaxx- most people don't go to the Avengers or started watching big bang theory or ncis bc of the stars. Like Hamilton, it's the story but the actors get rewarded anyway. There's a saying- big stars don't make great entertainment, great entertainment makes big stars. They should have kept him but it's over now. The truth will be in the papers soon enough. Letting him go after raising prices seems shady af though.

ETA I hope Odom doesn't do a sick out or anything like that.



It's ok, I see you don't get it. This show is already with the revenue. The films and TV shows live day by day. This show has already collected the $. If the producers cast their families to be in the show starting tomorrow, the show will still be sold out for a year and the money has been made. It makes no difference who's in it now.







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It's not that I don't get it, I totally get it but it's a scam. Seller raised the price under the guise of saving us from the scalpers and to use part of the money to get people to stay. So if that's the case, why are people suddenly expendable? He had an idea of what Odom wanted before the new batch went on sale and the likelihood of it working out. I feel like he never had any intention of doing anything but lining his pockets and hustled people. That's why I said before, I'd rather give a scalper $850 than this phony. But I'm never going back to Hamilton anyway so I guess I should be quiet! Lol

There is obviously something unresolved with Leslie Odom Jr. appearing in the filmed versions of the show, or else he wouldn't have raised the possibility of not being in them. That's two performances between now and July 9, so they will need to figure it out soon. As with everything connected to the show, there is undoubtedly money involved - either because Odom wants compensation for however the footage is eventually used, or because of bad feelings about contract negotiations over an extension. The former actually seems more likely to me, and it seems like a legitimate issue, although also one that could be resolved. And Odom doesn't say it he won't be in the filmed performance, just that he might not be.

We've heard for months, and I've seen commercials in the San Francisco Bay Area, about Odom's upcoming concert appearance July 23. So it's not surprising at all that he's leaving.

The Hamilton producers don't need my sympathies, Odom should have a fine career (in part thanks to the show), and so my only interest is a selfish one. I would rather have good filmed performances of as much of the OBC as possible, just because I would like to see a non-bootlegged version of the show someday. And because Leslie Odom Jr. was so fantastic in the role, I would like to have a record of that. It's in the show's long-term interest (even if they don't need Odom to sell tickets now), and it's in Odom's interest too. Great Broadway musicals are ephemeral. They exist in the moment you see them and poof, they're gone forever. That's part of the magic of the theater, but for a show about history, it would be a shame to lose this piece of it.

Updated On: 6/20/16 at 01:58 AM

Hellob said: "In the ticket thread iirc gypsy said hope they use the money to pay the cast and someone replied that was part of the producers' intention."

Well hopefully whoever said that will come to this thread and confirm it as the only reason I've seen the producers give is to help to stop scalpers.

ZZZZZ. These are NOT the best people just because they got there first. Other people can play the part as well or BETTER than he can. It will NOT affect resale prices when actor unknown to the world leaves the show people want to see (as if they were only there to see him; or had any idea who he was beforehand).

Groupies are so annoying. At least Hamiltonians are better behaved than ReNtheadz. Those were super aggressive. Does anyone remember when ReNtheadz thought there would be no more Broadway after Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp left the show and the world would just end? Yeah that happened.

Updated On: 6/20/16 at 02:39 AM

Your opinion is that a group of people are the best when NOBODY else has ever played the part? Ok, good opinion.

Goodnight love. Hope you are camping outside the Rodgers right now, The Hamiltonpocalypse is coming! Crappy actors will take over. Be very afraid!

I'm sure there will be many wonderful replacements in the years to come, as well as talented unknowns filling out the touring/sit-down companies. That doesn't change the fact that Leslie MADE the character. I really do believe that Burr will be remembered as one of the iconic characters in theater, and it would be such a shame if Leslie's performance weren't recorded and preserved in an official way.

As for the producers' decision, of course they don't owe the public anything. The tickets are already sold, and the show will go on with or without the OBC. Still, it would have been nice for the ticketholders to have the OBC exit in a staggered schedule - that way, you might miss Lin or Pippa, but you still get to see Leslie or Renee.

And original cast members often leave on groups.



And taking someone's word here that the producers said rising costs had anything to do ticket prices is silly.

Sounds to me like Leslie has a shark of an agent or manager (or both), and they're holding out for more money. Leslie doesn't have a track record for selling tickets on his own name (yet). He's in no position to play hardball with his salary.

I wish him luck. And I hope he's in the filmed version.

devonian.t said: "I look forward to the books that will be written about this period. There's drama backstage, it is pretty clear



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I wish I could be alive to see Hamilton, Or The Making Of The Musical Sensation Of 2015 And All That Followed sweep the Tony Awards in the year 2115

Updated On: 6/20/16 at 07:21 AM