Spamilton — Page 2

mpkie said: ""The names of the characters are the OBC" ! I mean, I know most of the principal OBC, like Lin, Daveed, Chris, "Oak", Phillippa, Renee, Leslie, Anthony, etc. I've seen whatever performances were telecast (like Tonys, Grammys, White House) and endless "Alexander Hamilton" parodies. I was also at Elsie Fest where Leslie did "Room Where It Happens" and MisCast where Ana and three boys did "Schyuler Sisters". As a result I probably know a lot more of the songs than I wanted to!

Will skip it though because I don't want listening to the OBC to be a prerequisite, something I'm purposefully avoiding until after I see the show."

There are no pre-requisites to see the show. However, I think to understand any sort of satire or spoof of something, it's important to know the actual original story they're spoofing (is that a word?) from. If I had a choice, I'd watch Hamilton first and then watch this spoof but that's my opinion.

FYI, I'm here right now as one of the 2 people who entered the lottery, so it's pretty easy to win. They are sold out already for next week so this is the one way to get in right now.

Always an honor to be at the theater with Whizzer. Some light spoilers below.

I second everything said above-This is the funniest thing running in Manhattan right now, although I'd venture to say it is a bit more insider than the past few go-arounds of Forbidden Broadway. There were clearly people in the room who knew Hamilton very well, responding to every reference, and clearly people who were slightly confused from the rapid-fire nature of the parodies. It hearkens back to old school Forbidden Broadway, not 100% polished, but really funny, and featuring some classic costumes that haven't seen daylight in years-The old Lion King mask for one.

The cast is uniformly great, a young group, 2 of whom just graduated college in May. Of note, Dan Rosales, from my seat in the balcony, could have been Lin or Javier on stage, and Nora Schell manages to play all 3 Schuyler Sisters at the same time. The other 3 guys are hilarious, especially Juwan Crawley as Annie in Drag, singing a few bars of Tomorrow in what sounded like the original key. I can't wait to hear what Christine Pedi does with the Diva track when she comes into the show in a few weeks-Gina Kreizmar this week, Jenny Lee Stern next week per Gerard, and I'd assume Christine from there.

There are no tickets, except the 5 lotteries seats at each show, left until August, and at least 1 show in August is already sold out. I'd expect this to sell out its whole run at the Triad, and for Reidel to announce a transfer closer to the theater district for the fall.

TL;DR: Buy Tickets to Spamilton now!

We saw it last night, and it's BRILLIANT. I cannot imagine that this is not going to have a longer life elsewhere, this sorta feels like the out-of-town (up-town?) try out. Couldn't be much better, smart, fast, funny. The whole cast was great, but Nora Schell as EVERY woman is a force to be reckoned with. (imean, DAMN, all 3 Schuyler sisters at once..!)

don't want to spoil too much, but 'another hundred syllables came out of his brain...' is so SO right.

:)

Fleasa said:

Can you tell me what time the lottery was drawn?



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There really was no direction as to how the lottery worked. I had to figure it out myself. Basically, you have to go upstairs to get the lottery slip from the box office. This is supposed to be 40 minutes before the show, but I got the slip at around 6:10. Gerard came down at about 6:30 to collect the slips and pick the winners.

Hope this helps.

Jakeevan942 said: "Fleasa said:

Can you tell me what time the lottery was drawn?



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There really was no direction as to how the lottery worked. I had to figure it out myself. Basically, you have to go upstairs to get the lottery slip from the box office. This is supposed to be 40 minutes before the show, but I got the slip at around 6:10. Gerard came down at about 6:30 to collect the slips and pick the winners.

Hope this helps.



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Yes, thanks!

DOUBLE POST- sorry for that

Is there any chance this will extend? My mom is visiting over Labor Day and I thought she'd get a kick out of seeing this. Otherwise I might check it out by myself via lottery next week.

Thomas Kail and Alex Lacamoire were at the show last night. Looks like they had a great time cracking up at the expense of their show.

Brilliant show. The cast blew me away.

Or you could just go to the tweet.

https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/763561586959187968

http://www.playbill.com/article/hamilton-parody-spamilton-extends-sets-official-opening-night

Managed to get a ticket for this on Flea Market day. It says it is general admission, so does that mean that seating is based on the order in which people come and where people want to sit? And I also noticed tables in some pictures and that is making me nervous now because I'm going by myself and get really anxious around people I don't know. Or is it not as bad as my brain is making it out to be?