So my second performance is now in the books and I have to say, Michael Luwoye is absolutely brilliant. It kills me to think he only goes on stage once each week. BVD was phenomenal again as well.
My first time was Renee's last day and now I got to see Anthony's last performance. The crowd went crazy when he first came out and gave him a wonderful ovation during curtain calls. He ripped his wig off during his bows and everyone laughed. It was so great to see him and Oak together as my first time I had Thayne and Andrew Chapelle as Laurens and Mulligan.
Nicholas Christopher is far better than I expected as Washington. I loved Chris Jackson, and Nicholas has a similar strength to his voice. I was very pleased with his performance.
I've now seen Seth Stewart as Laff/Jeff both times. His French hasn't improved any but I still enjoy his Jefferson. I know how hard it must be to replace Daveed, but I would really like to witness someone other than Seth in the role at some point.
I'll finish by saying how impressed I was with the cast today. Start to finish it was sung through 100% on the nose. With the lyrics packed as densely as they are and how fast paced it is, I figured there'd have to be at least one flub every show. I wonder how often they're able to flawlessly hit all 20,000 words. It's really remarkable.
Politically speaking, there was one homeless looking man holding a sign that said "Boo Hamilton" as we walked into the theater, no disturbances during the show, and then maybe a dozen protestors holding American flags at the exit chanting "Get off the fence. Apologize to Pence." I get the impression the "Boycott Hamilton" movement will lose steam and head back to Starbucks within a week. "Immigrants, we get the job done" did get a bigger applause break than normal as expected.
All in all it was another fantastic performance and I now have to wait until September 4th for my next visit. Unless I break down and buy another ticket between now and then.
