okay! now that I'm back in town (after we had a very dumb hunt for a deep dish pizza place in a snow storm followed by a like, 180 mile drive that was also mostly in that snow storm), here are some actual thoughts:
The Chicago cast was very good, for the most part. If I had to name a weak link in the main cast, it would be Eliza, but her only real struggle seemed to be during act one (she definitely struggled with Helpless and she didn't bring a ton to That Would Be Enough). She really brought it starting with Non-Stop though, I think maybe she just needed to have that frustrated edge to things to really sell it? I dunno. The guy who played Seabury wasn't...really great either, like, he didn't have any presence at all?
There was definitely an adjustment period from listening to the album, but seeing it actually performed really brings home how artfully it's constructed. You appreciate the transitional songs and brief gags a lot more in person, because it's not just you sitting there, sniffling, it's hundreds of people and they're tense and sad, and then James Madison comes out and he's clearly sobbing and it breaks all that tension and you can move on. And the choreography is...super neat? I don't know, I'm not especially qualified to comment on it, but it adds a hell of a lot to the show.
I feel like the songs that really hit were The Room Where It Happens, One Last Time and Yorktown. Satisfied was also dope. My mom liked King George the most (he was definitely great but like...if I was going to guess which character my mom would like the most, it would definitely have been King George), btw
the t-shirt I got was rad and they had souvenir cups and the souvenir cups had like...sippy cup lids because they didn't want you to spill over their nice floors like a bunch of idiot babies and it's a good thing because I definitely kicked mine over at least twice
also the room where it happens is the best song in hamilton still, thank you
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Have you guys seen this yet? Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer meets Hamilton. I can't stop laughing.
As we were listening through the first time I kept thinking Aaron Burr? Where do I know that name from? Didn't he shoot somebody?
And then on the second time through I noticed they mention it in the first song LOL
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So I guess my wife got ten tickets for this on case we found other people who wanted to go and now they're selling online for like three times what we paid.
So I guess my wife got ten tickets for this on case we found other people who wanted to go and now they're selling online for like three times what we paid.
Who needs friends
With that kind of scratch, you can buy newer, better friends!
so I have just discovered I am able to pitch a bunch of Hamilton-related drinks to the bar that's hosting my next singalong
the only thing I can think of is taking seven shots of tequila and calling it the "What Comes Next?"
thread, you have the floor
And the floor has whoever drinks that
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Burn: Ginger beer, vodka, and Tabasco
My Shot: pretty self explanatory
The Hercules Mulligan: Ouzo and Irish Whiskey
The Aaron Burr: a glass of lukewarm water
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
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Alright, you need twenty shot glasses in a row, two Nerf guns and two people who start in the middle...
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There's a part of me that's like "oh god I must see that" and then another part is like "but you're already a famous actor. Let somebody else have a shot."
but still, I'd like to listen to him sing the part.
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The Chicago cast was very good, for the most part. If I had to name a weak link in the main cast, it would be Eliza, but her only real struggle seemed to be during act one (she definitely struggled with Helpless and she didn't bring a ton to That Would Be Enough). She really brought it starting with Non-Stop though, I think maybe she just needed to have that frustrated edge to things to really sell it? I dunno. The guy who played Seabury wasn't...really great either, like, he didn't have any presence at all?
There was definitely an adjustment period from listening to the album, but seeing it actually performed really brings home how artfully it's constructed. You appreciate the transitional songs and brief gags a lot more in person, because it's not just you sitting there, sniffling, it's hundreds of people and they're tense and sad, and then James Madison comes out and he's clearly sobbing and it breaks all that tension and you can move on. And the choreography is...super neat? I don't know, I'm not especially qualified to comment on it, but it adds a hell of a lot to the show.
I feel like the songs that really hit were The Room Where It Happens, One Last Time and Yorktown. Satisfied was also dope. My mom liked King George the most (he was definitely great but like...if I was going to guess which character my mom would like the most, it would definitely have been King George), btw
the t-shirt I got was rad and they had souvenir cups and the souvenir cups had like...sippy cup lids because they didn't want you to spill over their nice floors like a bunch of idiot babies and it's a good thing because I definitely kicked mine over at least twice
also the room where it happens is the best song in hamilton still, thank you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7sm49fHlyI
EDIT: Oh my god "Congratulations"
Dessa is really good and everyone should be listening to her, correct
Satans..... hints.....
I'm floored. It's everything I wanted it to be, it's a shame they cut it.
I respect them for trying but damn, this is painful.
The lyrics to not rhyme or flow at all.
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And for once her disability worked out to our advantage as we got handicapped orchestra seats for less than half the price of standard tickets.
They were blown away! And the funny part was last summer they drove across the country and back without ever breaking it out.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Who needs friends
With that kind of scratch, you can buy newer, better friends!
the only thing I can think of is taking seven shots of tequila and calling it the "What Comes Next?"
thread, you have the floor
And the floor has whoever drinks that
My Shot: pretty self explanatory
The Hercules Mulligan: Ouzo and Irish Whiskey
The Aaron Burr: a glass of lukewarm water
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
It's that damn Got Milk? Commercial by Michael BAE. Everyone alive from the 90s knows that factoid.
Aawun Buhh...
but still, I'd like to listen to him sing the part.
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Didn't know I needed it before I found it.
He does a lot of singing as the voice of Clover the rabbit on Disney Junior's Sofia the First. Dude's got some chops.
Satans..... hints.....
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