Hamilton

[Greg]

I see what you did there.....

[Greg]

Why yes, I do have Disney+

[Greg]

Seen it.

And it was fine. I'm thinking the filmed version doesn't have the impact the live theater does. But it was good to see what everyone was talking about. I loved Jefforson. I loved King George 3.

I think it was good Lin surrounded himself with great singers because as a singer, he's a wonderful lyricist. The second seemed to drag especially at the end with the battle between him and Burr.

I will probably watch it again. We did take a break at the two hour mark and watched the final hour later in the evening.

[Drunk Monk]

The moment of live theater is the essence of Broadway. Recorded shows don't even come close for me. 

That being said, I'd love to see this with the original cast. 

Maybe I'll have to ninja it somehow.

[Greg]

Pirate. It's not the original, original cast. The two female leads are different. Still pretty damn good.

Oddly, I see this film getting some backlash in light of the black lives matters movement. Here we have these people of color celebrating our founding fathers, who were all slave owners, with nary a mention of slavery. It is a puzzlement. But then, it was made in a more optimistic time frame when we still believed in the president of the United States.

[King Bob]

I enjoyed it, but to me it was a bit more about the hopes of the Obama era than about Hamilton himself. And the subsequent backlash of Trump made it a bit sad. And there weren't any songs that could stand alone apart from the rest. There were some nice melodies, but they tended to be just one bit of the song. I thought it was a bit like an opera, but almost all recitative.

Our hearing is not the best (Christina's worse than mine actually) so we watched with close captions to catch all the lyrics. Now I feel like I need to watch it again without the captions to catch all the choreography.

[Drunk Monk]

Pirate. It's not the original, original cast. The two female leads are different. Still pretty damn good.

NINJA! 




The whole BLM reaction is so confuzin. I agree that it must have played out better in the Obama years. Everything was better then. 

The first time I saw it, I went in pretty cold and only caught a fraction of the lyrics because I couldn't keep up with all the raps. After that, I watched YouTube vids and got them all. The second time I was up in the balcony so I got a better bird's eye view of the rotating stage, which was really impressive choreographically live. 

I thought it was the original cast. Is Isa part of this cast? That's who I'd want to see.

[Drunk Monk]

Ninja-ed it. So fun to see it again with that cast. The original was harder, edgier, and fresher. By the time it hit the road, it had changed - different cast, lighter tone, more humor. The King and Peggy get more laughs by that time. And of course, Miranda takes it up a notch. Plus you can see the facial expressions, which is really cool. No way you can see the choreo however because the cameras are focused on those close ups. The choreo is super complex with the rotating ring stage. The timing of many of the moves is just incredible.

It's also interesting to think of how this presidency has changed it. Some lines like 'Immigrants getting it done' and 'Quid Pro Quo' have more impact now. They are lost in this earlier production.

Stacy, who has read the book, added running commentary, along with notes about what she's read about the production. It was allegedly filmed over two live performances and two days of reshoots with no audience.  

Isa was with the tour. She was the youngest cast member, getting cast at 19.

[King Bob]

We just rewatched this and I enjoyed it much more this time, especially since I was able to both catch more of the lyrics and watch the choreography. It's really something. And found myself quite touched at the end.

[Drunk Monk]

It's thick. I've seen it 3 times now, twice live and once thanks to my disney ninjaz, and I find something new in it each time. I've seen select bits between the two live shows I saw - clips on the web and such - so I know it much better now. There's just some brilliant stuff in it. It really brought my love of theater back.

[Greg]

If it walks like a pirate and talks like a pirate....

[Drunk Monk]

...could be a ninja cleverly disguised as a pirate. 

[Greg]

I'm thinking pirate disguised as a ninja.

[thatguy]

I’ve seen a good number of musicals (Lion King, Book of Mormon), and I found the songs in Hamilton not so memorable. (Except for King George’s songs, they were awesome, as was his performance). That said, I see why it was popular, and learned a few things. Most impressive was the epilogue about Eliza Hamilton.

meh. (Glad I didn't pay the exorbitant ticket prices, then I would really have been disappointed!)

--tg
PW: I was hoping Disney was streaming the performance where they checked VP Pence in the audience after the show...

[Drunk Monk]

I'm thinking pirate disguised as a ninja.

Why would a pirate even do that?