Renée Goldsberry Doc

[macbeth]

Posted: 10/13/25 at 8:39am

https://people.com/renee-elise-goldsberry-cursed-when-she-first-heard-satisfied-hamilton-song-exclusive-11808377?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_content=post

does anyone have an opinion on this doc yet? is it worth seeing? 

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 10/13/25 at 10:20am

I saw it last year when it premiered at The Beacon as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. While yes, Goldsberry is the subject of the documentary. And, while her story is interesting, it also does a fantastic job of pulling back the curtain and showing how hard it can be for a performer to balance work and life. Upon reflection, I feel that, while people may get that the work life balance is hard for someone on Broadway, the documentary shows that it may be more of a challenge to balance than one may think. 

Overall, it’s very well done. And, I think that it is very much worth seeing. Not only is her story interesting, but using Hamilton as the background is nice to see. Both in terms of how it impacted her personally but fun to see clips from the show’s early days too. 

[spicemonkey]

Posted: 10/13/25 at 10:23am

Is her name big enough to have a documentary produced. Super confused. 

[Islander_fan]

Posted: 10/13/25 at 10:40am

spicemonkey said: "Is her name big enough to have a documentary produced. Super confused."

Someone must have thought so. I mean, it was able to find a distributor post film festival run. Lots of, if not all films that premier at a film festival use that as a platform to find a distribution company that wants to produce a given film. Though,  I do think that since it covers her time with Hamilton (along with her winning the Tony) it can get people at least curious enough to see. 

[Jonathan Cohen]

Posted: 10/13/25 at 11:02am

I went to Q&A screening of the movie at the Times Square AMC, moderated by Kelli O'Hara, who was a producer on the film. While she was in Hamilton, Goldsberry filmed a lot of behind-the-scenes and video diary type stuff that she half-meant to post on social media, but never did. There's also a good amount of more professionally shot rehearsal footage the film gets access to. Some of what's featured is Ham4Ham stuff that's been on YouTube for years and I think even footage from the pro-shot filmed version on Disney+.     

If you're a Hamilton super-fan, it's worth seeing. 

What the film is actually about though, is Goldsberry's difficult journey becoming a parent, and her struggle finding a work-life balance while in Hamilton. She was the only actress in the original production that had kids at the time, and there was like a two year period, she only saw her kids for one hour a day, on performance days.  

Without getting too spoiler-y, the film reveals why she nearly didn't make the transfer from the Public to the Broadway production of the show.