Wait for it.
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posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:40 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:40 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
There's a world somewhere where Wait For It and especially The Room Where it Happens are gigantic hits outside of just Broadway, and its totally justified.
Come meet my friends! This world exists!
posted by schmod at 7:42 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
Come meet my friends! This world exists!
posted by schmod at 7:42 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
I saw Hamilton a couple of weeks ago, and it was just as amazing as I'd hoped it would be. But what really surprised me is how much it is Leslie Odom Jr.'s show. You can't take your eyes off of him. Even when he's in the background, doing his shady Aaron Burr business, you just have to watch him. "The Room Where It Happens" is not one of my favorite songs on the cast album, but I loooooved it on stage because it's a giant Leslie Odom Jr. showcase. I mean, I knew Odom would be a standout because he is so good on the cast album, but live was just a whole nother level.
Lin Manuel Miranda is the genius creator (and I love him for it) and plays the character the show is named after, but Odom is the star.
posted by lunasol at 7:47 AM on April 29, 2016 [15 favorites]
Lin Manuel Miranda is the genius creator (and I love him for it) and plays the character the show is named after, but Odom is the star.
posted by lunasol at 7:47 AM on April 29, 2016 [15 favorites]
Every Odom interview I read makes me love him more. He's so thoughtful and genuine and honest about the work.
posted by Mavri at 7:48 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by Mavri at 7:48 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
I'm very much also expecting Odom to be the frontrunner for the Tony this year. (Nominations are Tuesday morning.)
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:48 AM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 7:48 AM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
There's a world somewhere where Wait For It and especially The Room Where it Happens are gigantic hits outside of just Broadway, and its totally justified.
I'm holding out hope for the Hamilton Mix Tape turning a bunch of the songs into radio hits. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already, but then again, Hamilton is a huge hit among the Kids, and how many people under 25 even listen to the radio these days?
posted by lunasol at 7:49 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
I'm holding out hope for the Hamilton Mix Tape turning a bunch of the songs into radio hits. I'm surprised it hasn't happened already, but then again, Hamilton is a huge hit among the Kids, and how many people under 25 even listen to the radio these days?
posted by lunasol at 7:49 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
The cast album did debut at #12 on the Billboard 200 last October, and peaked at #1 on the Broadway AND rap album charts. I don't know if that counts as gigantic hits but it's definitely indicative of the widespread popularity of the album.
posted by Wretch729 at 7:50 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by Wretch729 at 7:50 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
He was on Person of Interest as the driven, terrifying and ultimately tragic Peter Collier.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 7:58 AM on April 29, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by the man of twists and turns at 7:58 AM on April 29, 2016 [5 favorites]
I agree with lunasol, it's Odom's show once you've seen it in person. I saw it in February, and put on Facebook after: "No matter how good you think it is going to be, it's better than that. Particularly Leslie Odom Jr, who is transcendent as Burr on stage in a way that he isn't on the album. You feel him, every minute."
I still think that today, with the cast album in heavy rotation. I hear it differently now, because there is Odom in every corner of the music, delivering.
posted by donnagirl at 8:15 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
I still think that today, with the cast album in heavy rotation. I hear it differently now, because there is Odom in every corner of the music, delivering.
posted by donnagirl at 8:15 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
"The Story of Tonight" has been covered by pop group We The Kings. It's playing on the top hits station on Sirius, so the spread of the music from Hamilton into the mainstream has started.
posted by oddphantom at 8:17 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by oddphantom at 8:17 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
turning a bunch of the songs into radio hits
Oh, it's happened. I don't think I like it much (/curmudgeon), and it's just a cover, not the Mixtape, but I've heard it on the radio more than once.
posted by donnagirl at 8:20 AM on April 29, 2016
Oh, it's happened. I don't think I like it much (/curmudgeon), and it's just a cover, not the Mixtape, but I've heard it on the radio more than once.
posted by donnagirl at 8:20 AM on April 29, 2016
donnagirl, yes! Seeing it live changed how I listen to it in a lot of ways, but especially in terms of Odom's performance.
I also agree with this:
No matter how good you think it is going to be, it's better than that.
After I saw it, people kept asking me if it lived up to my expectations, and my response was "it exceeded them, and I'm not even sure how that's possible." It's really just an extraordinary experience.
posted by lunasol at 8:24 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
I also agree with this:
No matter how good you think it is going to be, it's better than that.
After I saw it, people kept asking me if it lived up to my expectations, and my response was "it exceeded them, and I'm not even sure how that's possible." It's really just an extraordinary experience.
posted by lunasol at 8:24 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
It hurts pretty deep that I'll never get to see the original cast. The only hope is that they'll manage to get a filmed production made and I'll get to see it at a Fathom event at a movie theater.
posted by meese at 8:24 AM on April 29, 2016 [14 favorites]
posted by meese at 8:24 AM on April 29, 2016 [14 favorites]
I agree with lunasol, it's Odom's show once you've seen it in person.
I mean, I haven't seen it in person, but I feel this way anyway. I still can't listen to the soundtrack in public, because I weep through Wait For It and The World Was Wide Enough EVERY SINGLE TIME. Burr is my everything. TEAM CAUTIOUS NERDS WHO LOVE WOLLSTONECRAFT.
posted by a fiendish thingy at 9:06 AM on April 29, 2016 [11 favorites]
I mean, I haven't seen it in person, but I feel this way anyway. I still can't listen to the soundtrack in public, because I weep through Wait For It and The World Was Wide Enough EVERY SINGLE TIME. Burr is my everything. TEAM CAUTIOUS NERDS WHO LOVE WOLLSTONECRAFT.
posted by a fiendish thingy at 9:06 AM on April 29, 2016 [11 favorites]
Oh my god, I saw it in person and thought I was prepared and I could manage not to sob brokenly at "The World Was Wide Enough" because I was In Public and in like the 4th row but I TOTALLY DID and it would have been embarrassing as hell but it somehow seemed to be cool anyway. He is SO GOOD though. There's so much of his stage presence that makes everything better. Everything.
posted by corb at 9:18 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by corb at 9:18 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Like most people I've only listened to the cast album and not seen Hamilton, but after a couple dozen listens it's incredibly clear to me that Odom's performance is the heart of the show. The writing and music would make Hamilton a masterpiece regardless of the performances, but the way Odom realizes Burr just pushes it into transcendence. My favorite moments of the cast album pretty much all involve him. More than that, though, as the narrator he also just ties the whole thing together and makes it feel complete in some ineffable way.
Every interview with him that I read or watch just increases my admiration for his philosophy about performance and the way he approaches it and this one is no exception.
posted by valrus at 9:23 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Every interview with him that I read or watch just increases my admiration for his philosophy about performance and the way he approaches it and this one is no exception.
posted by valrus at 9:23 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Wow, that We The Kings cover is like the whitest thing I've heard in a while.
It wants to be blared at the end of some Nicholas Sparks adaptation, where an old convertible is driving along a beach towards the sunset, with Generic White Blonde/Brunette Female in the passenger seat while Generic White Male nods along to the music.
Roll the credits.
posted by Katemonkey at 9:28 AM on April 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
It wants to be blared at the end of some Nicholas Sparks adaptation, where an old convertible is driving along a beach towards the sunset, with Generic White Blonde/Brunette Female in the passenger seat while Generic White Male nods along to the music.
Roll the credits.
posted by Katemonkey at 9:28 AM on April 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
I really wanted to see this with the original cast. I could probably do it too, but I could't really justify the like $1000+ dollars in travel, hotel, and ticket price it would probably cost me.
posted by Green With You at 9:30 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Green With You at 9:30 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Related daily dose of cute:
Every year there is a gala show to benefit Equity Fights AIDS, during which a lot of the current Broadway show casts will also do some kind of spoof music number or come up with some other fancy things as a lighthearted "competition", alongside their other more serious competition of "who's raised the most money for the fund". At this year's gala, the kids from Fun Home teamed up for "Gee, Mr. Miranda", in which they made an appeal to Lin-Manuel to write a show for kids.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:39 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Every year there is a gala show to benefit Equity Fights AIDS, during which a lot of the current Broadway show casts will also do some kind of spoof music number or come up with some other fancy things as a lighthearted "competition", alongside their other more serious competition of "who's raised the most money for the fund". At this year's gala, the kids from Fun Home teamed up for "Gee, Mr. Miranda", in which they made an appeal to Lin-Manuel to write a show for kids.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:39 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Nobody here has linked to Leslie Odom Jr's cover of Selena Gomez's "Good For You?" (with an assist from Daveed Diggs)
Y'all. You need this.
posted by grabbingsand at 9:41 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Y'all. You need this.
posted by grabbingsand at 9:41 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
I get heart eyes every time I listen to Wait For It. And, so we can segue to sexiness in both the Daveed Diggs and Leslie Odom, Jr. threads, here's Leslie Odom, Jr. covering Selena Gomez, featuring Daveed Diggs: Good For You.
posted by ChuraChura at 9:42 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by ChuraChura at 9:42 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Recently I was wondering aloud to my wife what the big deal about Hamilton was, and listening to a podcast convinced me to listen to the album.
And now for the past week I've basically consumed no media besides listening to the album on repeat. And then telling everyone how awesome it is. And then listening to the album on repeat. And telling everyone...
posted by craven_morhead at 9:44 AM on April 29, 2016 [21 favorites]
And now for the past week I've basically consumed no media besides listening to the album on repeat. And then telling everyone how awesome it is. And then listening to the album on repeat. And telling everyone...
posted by craven_morhead at 9:44 AM on April 29, 2016 [21 favorites]
Recently I was wondering aloud to my wife what the big deal about Hamilton was, and listening to a podcast convinced me to listen to the album.
And now for the past week I've basically consumed no media besides listening to the album on repeat. And then telling everyone how awesome it is. And then listening to the album on repeat. And telling everyone...
Yeah, that's pretty much how it goes! Right after I bought my ticket, I was proselytizing to a friend about it and being like "Just listen to it, really" and she finally said "um, didn't you just spend hundreds of dollars on a ticket? I don't think I need that kind of obsession."
... But then she saw Lin Manuel on John Oliver's show and now she's trying to talk herself out of buying tickets, which are now even more expensive.
posted by lunasol at 9:53 AM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
And now for the past week I've basically consumed no media besides listening to the album on repeat. And then telling everyone how awesome it is. And then listening to the album on repeat. And telling everyone...
Yeah, that's pretty much how it goes! Right after I bought my ticket, I was proselytizing to a friend about it and being like "Just listen to it, really" and she finally said "um, didn't you just spend hundreds of dollars on a ticket? I don't think I need that kind of obsession."
... But then she saw Lin Manuel on John Oliver's show and now she's trying to talk herself out of buying tickets, which are now even more expensive.
posted by lunasol at 9:53 AM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
I can report that Operation Convert Spouse to Hamiltrash has been fully successful. He's gone from "smirk Yeah, sure, we can listen to that while we make dinner" to "what's that song about 'a mind at work'? Can we put that on now?" to "I HAVE BEEN EARWORMED BY 'THE SCHUYLER SISTERS' FOR DAYS AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT" to "what do you mean, nobody's made a gif of the 'you must be out of your god-damned mind' bit from the second Cabinet battle?"
posted by Lexica at 9:53 AM on April 29, 2016 [16 favorites]
posted by Lexica at 9:53 AM on April 29, 2016 [16 favorites]
I've had to limit the amount I listen to it, because I was having too much trouble sleeping in the night, what with the whole soundtrack stuck in my head. :-(
posted by meese at 9:53 AM on April 29, 2016 [9 favorites]
posted by meese at 9:53 AM on April 29, 2016 [9 favorites]
Now I'm listening to the soundtrack for what last.fm claims is the 60th time since I finally gave in about 6 weeks ago. But for something slightly different, check out the Hamilton cast's entry to the Easter bonnet BCEFA pagent
posted by hobgadling at 10:01 AM on April 29, 2016
posted by hobgadling at 10:01 AM on April 29, 2016
And if you haven't seen it already, the Hamilton tribute to Prince last week.
posted by zachlipton at 10:06 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by zachlipton at 10:06 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
I still can't listen to the soundtrack in public, because I weep through Wait For It and The World Was Wide Enough EVERY SINGLE TIME.
I've listened to it enough that I can get through "It's Quiet Uptown" and "the orphanage ..." without actually crying (most of the time), but the part of "The World Was Wide Enough" after the duel just kills me every time. The way he sings "I hear wailing in the streets"* ... every time.
Oddly, when I saw it, the only part that made me cry was "Helpless." I think the hopefulness of that song really got to me, knowing what was coming next. OK, yeah, I cried at the orphanage. I'm not made of stone.
*I actually really, really love that little bit with the wailing chorus. Apparently it's from a cut song about Washington's death, and I really wish I could hear that whole song.
posted by lunasol at 10:07 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
I've listened to it enough that I can get through "It's Quiet Uptown" and "the orphanage ..." without actually crying (most of the time), but the part of "The World Was Wide Enough" after the duel just kills me every time. The way he sings "I hear wailing in the streets"* ... every time.
Oddly, when I saw it, the only part that made me cry was "Helpless." I think the hopefulness of that song really got to me, knowing what was coming next. OK, yeah, I cried at the orphanage. I'm not made of stone.
*I actually really, really love that little bit with the wailing chorus. Apparently it's from a cut song about Washington's death, and I really wish I could hear that whole song.
posted by lunasol at 10:07 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
I wonder if I will ever run out of things to say about Hamilton. I'm dubious.
posted by lunasol at 10:08 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by lunasol at 10:08 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
This Stars/Wait for It mashup is one of my most favourite things, because Oh Boy do I love Burr but Double Oh Boy Javert was my first buttoned-up, careful villain love, and Odom Jr does it so, so well.
posted by minsies at 10:10 AM on April 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by minsies at 10:10 AM on April 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
That Stars/Wait for It is so good, mostly for Leslie Odom Jr's performance, but also because it is always so delightful to watch Lin watching his castmates perform. He just enjoys them so much! Someone needs to make a supercut of him appreciating his castmates.
posted by lunasol at 10:16 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by lunasol at 10:16 AM on April 29, 2016 [6 favorites]
Took my wife for her birthday last Tuesday, and even with all the hype and anticipation, like Lunasol said it still exceeded our expectations. Just a marvelous show, both performance and music. (I'd deliberately not heard any of it before going in besides the Grammy performance.) And Odom is fantastic - when he sings "Now I'm the villain of your story" it's crushing - but honestly, the whole cast is pretty much amazing. I like musicals but this is the first time I've listened to a cast album after a show. And I'm doing it repeatedly.
posted by chris24 at 10:40 AM on April 29, 2016
posted by chris24 at 10:40 AM on April 29, 2016
And thanks for linking the Stars/Wait mashup. A) because it's great, and B) because I discovered the whole Ham4Ham video stuff.
posted by chris24 at 10:44 AM on April 29, 2016
posted by chris24 at 10:44 AM on April 29, 2016
Oh chris24, you are in for such a treat! Here are my two favorites, both gender-bent versions of great songs:
Schuyler Georges
My Shot by the Hamilton ladies
posted by lunasol at 10:47 AM on April 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
Schuyler Georges
My Shot by the Hamilton ladies
posted by lunasol at 10:47 AM on April 29, 2016 [8 favorites]
There's a world somewhere where Wait For It and especially The Room Where it Happens are gigantic hits outside of just Broadway, and its totally justified.
Yeah it's called Earth, and here on Earth the NYTimes website alone contains ~11k Google results for Hamilton Musical.
posted by sideshow at 10:53 AM on April 29, 2016
Yeah it's called Earth, and here on Earth the NYTimes website alone contains ~11k Google results for Hamilton Musical.
posted by sideshow at 10:53 AM on April 29, 2016
I feel like the world needs a "So you're obsessed with Hamilton, now what?" guide for everyone who's been listening to the album obsessively and now needs to know about the other resources out there. A few starters:
- Ham4Ham
- The Genius.com annotations, with well-researched notes on musical influences, historical basis, and general nerdery. There's hours worth of reading to be done here
- The Hamilton apocrypha collection on Genius, with deleted songs and bonus material.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam (Hamilton 0.1)
- The Hamiltome: The musical, in book form
- Spoiler warning: the short scene that's not on the album
- LMM's Twitter, chock-full of daily awesomeness
posted by zachlipton at 10:56 AM on April 29, 2016 [15 favorites]
- Ham4Ham
- The Genius.com annotations, with well-researched notes on musical influences, historical basis, and general nerdery. There's hours worth of reading to be done here
- The Hamilton apocrypha collection on Genius, with deleted songs and bonus material.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda Performs at the White House Poetry Jam (Hamilton 0.1)
- The Hamiltome: The musical, in book form
- Spoiler warning: the short scene that's not on the album
- LMM's Twitter, chock-full of daily awesomeness
posted by zachlipton at 10:56 AM on April 29, 2016 [15 favorites]
Among the "daily awesomeness", a companion piece to that "Kids from Fun Home" video above:
A clip of the number the Hamilton cast did, which was a filk of "Alexander Hamilton" that was about Sweeney Todd instead.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:06 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
A clip of the number the Hamilton cast did, which was a filk of "Alexander Hamilton" that was about Sweeney Todd instead.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:06 AM on April 29, 2016 [3 favorites]
Adding to zachlipton's list, I'll suggest The Federalist Freestyle tumblr. An excellent compendium of all things Hamilton, both official and less so.
posted by donnagirl at 11:12 AM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by donnagirl at 11:12 AM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
I've thought about covering more Hamilton songs, but have stopped myself at "You'll Be Back " because (news flash) I'm white. Watching that We The Kings cover sows me that I made the right decision.
posted by pxe2000 at 11:19 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by pxe2000 at 11:19 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Seconding the genius annotations as vital. I saw someone say a while ago that Hamilton relies on three things: real history, musical/broadway history and hip-hop history. I know the first two pretty well, but the annotations are great at 1) showing me how little I got even of those two, and 2) pointing out all the hip-hop references.
posted by hobgadling at 11:34 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by hobgadling at 11:34 AM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
Hamilton: The Revolution (the book) aka Hamiltome is a lot better than the genius annotations though.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:44 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:44 AM on April 29, 2016 [1 favorite]
Hamilton: The Revolution (the book) aka Hamiltome is a lot better than the genius annotations though.
Eh, I'm not sure I agree actually. The book is great, don't get me wrong, but the Genus annotations dive into some really specific details like "this is cribbed from The West Wing" or "the drumbeat here is the same one we heard at the end of Yorktown" or "this actually happened three years later in real history." The book tells you more about how the entire show is constructed, but the annotations have some great deep dives on individual lines.
Why choose though? Read both!
posted by zachlipton at 11:51 AM on April 29, 2016 [9 favorites]
Eh, I'm not sure I agree actually. The book is great, don't get me wrong, but the Genus annotations dive into some really specific details like "this is cribbed from The West Wing" or "the drumbeat here is the same one we heard at the end of Yorktown" or "this actually happened three years later in real history." The book tells you more about how the entire show is constructed, but the annotations have some great deep dives on individual lines.
Why choose though? Read both!
posted by zachlipton at 11:51 AM on April 29, 2016 [9 favorites]
"I still can't listen to the soundtrack in public, because I weep through Wait For It and The World Was Wide Enough EVERY SINGLE TIME."
My boss's twins (16 year old theater kids) have been getting her into Hamilton — apparently this was the week they allowed her to listen to the last third or so. I had also warned her about the ALL THE FEELS section.
Odom has so much presence on the cast album, but what intrigues me in the article is how he finds different aspects to delve into in every performance. I'm quietly reminding myself that there is No Way In Fucking Hell that I can afford to go.
posted by epersonae at 12:33 PM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
My boss's twins (16 year old theater kids) have been getting her into Hamilton — apparently this was the week they allowed her to listen to the last third or so. I had also warned her about the ALL THE FEELS section.
Odom has so much presence on the cast album, but what intrigues me in the article is how he finds different aspects to delve into in every performance. I'm quietly reminding myself that there is No Way In Fucking Hell that I can afford to go.
posted by epersonae at 12:33 PM on April 29, 2016 [4 favorites]
Oh god, the stage direction in Its Quiet Uptown is /incredible/, and makes it so much more meaningful. She's just showing this heartbreaking depression- when he walks by her side and talks to her she is /completely nonresponsive/, and it's this heartbreaking thing of him trying to pull her back from the depression brink. Really I think someday this will all be filmed, it's just they are literally printing money with it right now.
posted by corb at 2:26 PM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by corb at 2:26 PM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
The beautiful thing about that stage direction is they just stand there, letting the ensemble pass by around them. It would have been easy to do the cliche thing and spin them around on the turntable for their walk through the park, but they don't go there. They just stand there. And eventually she just reaches over a couple inches and takes his hand. Can you imagine?
posted by zachlipton at 2:41 PM on April 29, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by zachlipton at 2:41 PM on April 29, 2016 [7 favorites]
I saw it in December with my daughter and a bunch of her theater kid friends. The entire row of these kids was sobbing by the end. And just now reading And eventually she just reaches over a couple inches and takes his hand. Can you imagine? made me start to cry. It really is impossible to convey how sublime it is.
I just joined ShowScore and my review of Hamilton is "You should see this show if: you are a human being."
posted by Bresciabouvier at 3:49 PM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
I just joined ShowScore and my review of Hamilton is "You should see this show if: you are a human being."
posted by Bresciabouvier at 3:49 PM on April 29, 2016 [2 favorites]
"Forgiveness"
Days without crying at desk about Hamilton: 0
In other news, I HUGGED LESLIE at the stage door and he was so nice and gracious even though it was nearly midnight on a two-shows day and it was wonderful
posted by librarina at 3:58 PM on April 29, 2016 [9 favorites]
Days without crying at desk about Hamilton: 0
In other news, I HUGGED LESLIE at the stage door and he was so nice and gracious even though it was nearly midnight on a two-shows day and it was wonderful
posted by librarina at 3:58 PM on April 29, 2016 [9 favorites]
I was lucky enough to see Hamilton just last Monday. Nothing I can say that hasn't already been said more (my dog speaks more) eloquently, but wow did it get dusty in there by the end.
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 6:35 PM on April 29, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by These Premises Are Alarmed at 6:35 PM on April 29, 2016 [5 favorites]
In other news, I HUGGED LESLIE at the stage door and he was so nice and gracious even though it was nearly midnight on a two-shows day and it was wonderful
Yeah, so I was the one taking pictures of said hug and I was doing the thing I do with a digital camera and taking multiple pictures so that at least one of them would be good until I realized that Leslie was just going to stand there and *let me do it* until I told him he could move on to the next fan. Fortunately I figured this out fairly quickly but, damn, that is one patient celebrity.
posted by stet at 6:48 PM on April 29, 2016 [7 favorites]
Yeah, so I was the one taking pictures of said hug and I was doing the thing I do with a digital camera and taking multiple pictures so that at least one of them would be good until I realized that Leslie was just going to stand there and *let me do it* until I told him he could move on to the next fan. Fortunately I figured this out fairly quickly but, damn, that is one patient celebrity.
posted by stet at 6:48 PM on April 29, 2016 [7 favorites]
For those that have seen the show recently, is it possible to do so without mortgaging homes or selling children? Poking around on ticketmaster suggests probably not, and I only have one kid. Her mother would be upset.
posted by craven_morhead at 10:49 AM on May 2, 2016
posted by craven_morhead at 10:49 AM on May 2, 2016
Not really. I only got my ticket for what I now realize was a ridiculously low price because I knew I wanted to see it before the hype started, and got my ticket in November for a show in March.
posted by corb at 10:59 AM on May 2, 2016
posted by corb at 10:59 AM on May 2, 2016
Yeah, I got my tickets in October for a show in April. Not sure what the landscape is like now but I think it's sold out, right? So only resale tickets are available?
posted by librarina at 11:30 AM on May 2, 2016
posted by librarina at 11:30 AM on May 2, 2016
I have heard that prices drop on StubHub sometimes starting a few hours before the show but a) they don't drop to face value, b) you gotta be able to buy the ticket at get to the theater at the last minute, c) Tony nominations are tomorrow, so I imagine that will kick up prices again, some more, and d) there are some fakes on StubHub.
I believe it's completely sold out through January 2017. People who haven't seen it yet should sign up here to find out when the next batch goes on sale and then be in front of the computer when they do. I got good tickets in November 2016 and January 2017 during the AmEx presale for the last batch.
posted by Mavri at 12:08 PM on May 2, 2016
I believe it's completely sold out through January 2017. People who haven't seen it yet should sign up here to find out when the next batch goes on sale and then be in front of the computer when they do. I got good tickets in November 2016 and January 2017 during the AmEx presale for the last batch.
posted by Mavri at 12:08 PM on May 2, 2016
I got tickets in October 2015 for the end of February this year. Looked a few months later and found it utterly sold out, not just prices-I-couldn't-pay sold out. I got my tickets at Broadway.com, and they currently say "I'm sorry - this show has no seats available for any active performance" when you click on the Hamilton calendar. However, the seats I ended up buying were not there the first three or four times I looked. I have no idea what is up with that, and I am not about to question whatever grace got me two face-value tickets to see this extraordinary show with its original cast.
posted by donnagirl at 1:08 PM on May 2, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by donnagirl at 1:08 PM on May 2, 2016 [2 favorites]
Yeah, everything I saw was resale, and basically anything in the orchestra was four-figure territory.
posted by craven_morhead at 1:59 PM on May 2, 2016
posted by craven_morhead at 1:59 PM on May 2, 2016
Jesus Christ. Yeah, it looks like my ticket went resale for literally 15 times for what I paid for it. Wow. I'm glad I didn't know that at the time - it would have been hard to hold onto it, and I had a wonderful time.
posted by corb at 2:05 PM on May 2, 2016
posted by corb at 2:05 PM on May 2, 2016
I have heard that prices drop on StubHub sometimes starting a few hours before the show
This was also true for the TicketMaster verified resale tickets back in November, so that might be worth checking out as well. If you happen to be in NY a few hours before a show with nothing better to do, it might be worth downloading the TicketMaster app and periodically refreshing the verified resale tickets for the upcoming show. Those are also guaranteed + instant delivery.
(My husband and I are going Memorial Day weekend with tickets we bought in October -- it was basically the soonest we could get the lowest priced tickets with full view and not in the rear mezzanine).
posted by SugarAndSass at 7:15 PM on May 2, 2016
This was also true for the TicketMaster verified resale tickets back in November, so that might be worth checking out as well. If you happen to be in NY a few hours before a show with nothing better to do, it might be worth downloading the TicketMaster app and periodically refreshing the verified resale tickets for the upcoming show. Those are also guaranteed + instant delivery.
(My husband and I are going Memorial Day weekend with tickets we bought in October -- it was basically the soonest we could get the lowest priced tickets with full view and not in the rear mezzanine).
posted by SugarAndSass at 7:15 PM on May 2, 2016
I've heard of people having success with the cancellations line, but I'd guess that's getting tougher and tougher these days too. People were already waiting in that line from early morning.
The record breaking 16 Tony noms probably isn't going to help matters either...
posted by kmz at 6:25 AM on May 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
The record breaking 16 Tony noms probably isn't going to help matters either...
posted by kmz at 6:25 AM on May 3, 2016 [1 favorite]
Not that I feel *sorry* for him, but man, 5 years from now, can you imagine the pressure on Manuel when he's trying to follow this up? Though he's working in a lot of different fields, which I think is good for him. He can write Disney movie soundtracks or act or whatever until he feels he has his next great idea.
posted by tavella at 9:43 AM on May 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by tavella at 9:43 AM on May 3, 2016 [2 favorites]
Since we're out of towners, the last-minute options don't work super well. After much debate we decided to bite the bullet and pay a stupid amount of money for tickets. BUT WE'RE GOING HOORAY!
posted by craven_morhead at 10:50 AM on May 4, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by craven_morhead at 10:50 AM on May 4, 2016 [5 favorites]
Hamilton has a record 16 Tony nominations (including one for Leslie Odom Jr).
posted by lunasol at 11:08 AM on May 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by lunasol at 11:08 AM on May 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
Not that I feel *sorry* for him, but man, 5 years from now, can you imagine the pressure on Manuel when he's trying to follow this up? Though he's working in a lot of different fields, which I think is good for him. He can write Disney movie soundtracks or act or whatever until he feels he has his next great idea.
He's already on it.
Also, Thayne Jasperson made a video in honor of their record 16 nominations.
posted by Lexica at 2:32 PM on May 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
He's already on it.
Also, Thayne Jasperson made a video in honor of their record 16 nominations.
posted by Lexica at 2:32 PM on May 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
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It's exciting to see someone who's clearly going to be a huge star get his chance and nail it.
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