Seth Stewart takes over as Jefferson

[Golenboybway]

Posted: 9/28/16 at 11:02pm

According to his instafram he said he's taking over the role. Or Atleast that's what it looks like to me.

[hes16]

Posted: 9/28/16 at 11:12pm

You're correct. The Hamilton Twitter said he will take on the role until the end of the year.

[quizking101]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 12:29am

This makes me sad. When I saw him in place of Daveed back in July, he was clearly the weakest link and couldn't keep up with the rapping to save his life. Maybe he's improved, but he did sully my Hamilton experience quite a bit

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 12:32am

I'm not shocked they picked him over Andrew Chappelle (the superior of the two covers). Chappelle is a swing and also covers Mulligan/Madison & Laurens/Philip. Much harder to replace him unfortunately. 

[trpguyy]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 12:36am

^ which is why it shouldn't come as a shock that he wasn't recast into a principal role. It's the curse that many great swings struggle with. 

[nightnic001]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 1:23am

Chappelle also covers Burr (never gone on), King George (never gone on), as well as an ensemble track.

[MyLife]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 9:00am

IdinaBellFoster said: "I'm not shocked they picked him over Andrew Chappelle (the superior of the two covers)."

I'm not shocked either but I also think that Seth's Laf/Jef is superior to Andrew's. Seth is fantastic, and Seth has earned it. I'm happy for him.

 

I wonder if that means Seth is only contracted through December or if it means the show has someone in mind already for the role who isn't available until after the new year.

[neonlightsxo]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 9:19am

"I wonder if that means Seth is only contracted through December or if it means the show has someone in mind already for the role who isn't available until after the new year."


Those two things aren't mutually exclusive. I think both are true.

It does appear that they couldn't find anyone else to replace in this track, so they decided to give it to Seth. Well deserved, but it's annoying that they didn't do this in July.

[thirtythirtyninety]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 9:54am

I was hoping to see Chappelle , based on things I've read here, but I really enjoyed Seth's performance, and am happy to see him take over the role full time. His Lafayette is perfectly fine, but I think he's very good as Jefferson, and since he's been around since the beginning, he has very believable camaraderie with Oak and Anthony onstage.

[mariel9]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 12:46pm

When I saw him in place of Daveed back in July, he was clearly the weakest link and couldn't keep up with the rapping to save his life. Maybe he's improved, but he did sully my Hamilton experience quite a bit.

 

I saw him in September and completely agree. I know there are people who really like him, but I'm disappointed. Especially after the long wait, I was hoping they were working on getting someone who could measure up to Daveed, or at least come close.

[Capitalgal]

Posted: 9/29/16 at 12:55pm

I've only seen the show once, and Andrew played Laf/Jeff and I thought he was fantastic. Given the general comments on the main Hamilton thread, on the board I felt lucky to have seen him. He wasn't quite able to pull off Guns and Ships, but I don't know how anyone can rap that fast while affecting an extreme french accent.  I have been wondering ever since then: has anyone seen all three (Daveed/Seth/Andrew) in this role? I would love to know the main ways the there were different from one another.