I know the guy on the upper right is Laurens, and the woman is Angelica. I need to compare the other two to the program photos to see who they are. The guy on the upper left might be in the ensamble? It all happened so fast that I don't remember a whole lot. lol
ETA - after doing some comparison I'm pretty sure the guy with the blue book bag is Burr.
Honestly, having listened to the soundtrack a million times and loving the original cast, I was worried that I would be disappointed in this version.
I wasn't at all. I really loved what these actors brought.
Some additional thoughts:
The chemistry between Miguel and Karen is incredible. (But I think Miguel - much like LMM - could probably have chemistry with a tree.)
Also, the actress who plays Peggy / Maria is fantastic. Especially as Maria. And I have no idea who the actor who plays her husband is, but he really nailed it.
I haven't seen the clips on YouTube, so I don't know if this is something that's part of Satisfied on Broadway too, but in addition to it being way more emotional than I expected, the actors kind of inhaled and exhaled as one when Hamilton kissed Angelica's hand. You can't hear that in the cast recoding and it made it really intense.
Great show review!! So jealous. I can't wait to see it. Any stage door tips?
We just stumbled upon it! It took some time to get outside since there were a ton of people and we were in the Mezzanine. And it was an older crowd. cbwm1 was like, "oh, hey look. That's the stage door." So we walked over and they were already coming out. There weren't a lot of people standing there so I don't think many people realized or else they didn't care.
Honestly, if I had been with H, we never would have noticed, so I owe it all to cbwm.
We were in the right mezzanine, row D, seats 6 and 8.
We might have missed a bit of action on the catwalk but if we did, I didn't notice it.
The show obviously just opened a week or so ago so I think they're all still settling in to their roles. I saw the entire broadway production on you tube (crappy quality), so I am judging it against that a bit, but here goes.
Joshua Henry as Burr was AMAZING. Seriously amazing. He blew me away with Wait For It and Room Where It Happens.
Karen Olivo as Angelica seemed a bit nervous at first but UWR and I both cried during Satisfied - Karen's emotion was unreal during this song and we really felt it. I've never gotten emotional during that song, but damn. She made me cry!
King George...so, he kind of reminded me of Kermit the Frog/Eddie Redmayne in Les Mis. It was slightly disconcerting at first but half way through You'll Be Back, it didn't bother me anymore and he was hilarious. Absolutely hilarious.
Chris Lee as Lafayette/Jefferson...his French accent needs some work, and his Jefferson walk looked more like a bad limp than a smooth move, but he was a great actor and has a great voice. He killed Guns and Ships. I did find myself missing Daveed's voice because it's so unique, but Chris was very, very good.
Ari Afsar as Eliza. She's just a precious little marshmallow and she was amazing. She killed it during Burn and Who Lives, Who Dies. I mean, she killed the whole thing, really.
And Miguel as Hamilton.
Guys, holy shit. His acting was good, but his singing was *phenomenal.* He wasn't nearly as intense as Lin's Hamilton. His cockiness was a bit more cool and reserved. And he made me FEEL THINGS during Say No To This. GAH.
I was telling UWR a couple things that were slightly disappointing from him were during Quiet Uptown when Eliza takes his hand. I didn't get a whole lot of emotion from him, which bummed me out. I was also kind of underwhelmed with his soliloquy during World Was Wide Enough.
So after the play, we were getting ready to part ways but then THIS HAPPENED.
I have photos with the cast members who signed, and I'll post those in a collage or two but Miguel never came out.
Anyway, DH and I have tickets in January and I'm going to be counting the days until I can see it again. And I think it'll be interesting to see how the performance has evolved from now until then.
I think that's it. Any questions? Lol
ETA - Oh! When we were meeting the cast after, we told Karen that we were surprised at how emotional we got during Satisfied and that we've never cried during that song and she said, "yeah, me neither!" LOL.
OMG! Those are our exact seats for April!! Thank you for posting the view!
Post by jennybee1018 on Oct 5, 2016 21:54:54 GMT -5
I haven't seen the clips on YouTube, so I don't know if this is something that's part of Satisfied on Broadway too, but in addition to it being way more emotional than I expected, the actors kind of inhaled and exhaled as one when Hamilton kissed Angelica's hand. You can't hear that in the cast recoding and it made it really intense.
Actually you can hear this on the cast recording! I missed it for a long time and only listened for it because I read about it somewhere :-P
Wherever I read it, they talked about the difference in reactions to Angelica meeting Hamiliton & Eliza meeting him. But now I can't remember where I read that!!!!
I haven't seen the clips on YouTube, so I don't know if this is something that's part of Satisfied on Broadway too, but in addition to it being way more emotional than I expected, the actors kind of inhaled and exhaled as one when Hamilton kissed Angelica's hand. You can't hear that in the cast recoding and it made it really intense.
Actually you can hear this on the cast recording! I missed it for a long time and only listened for it because I read about it somewhere :-P
Wherever I read it, they talked about the difference in reactions to Angelica meeting Hamiliton & Eliza meeting him. But now I can't remember where I read that!!!!
I think the Hamiltome notes the reaction when Ham meets Angelica too.
Actually you can hear this on the cast recording! I missed it for a long time and only listened for it because I read about it somewhere :-P
Wherever I read it, they talked about the difference in reactions to Angelica meeting Hamiliton & Eliza meeting him. But now I can't remember where I read that!!!!
I think the Hamiltome notes the reaction when Ham meets Angelica too.
That is probably where I read it :-) I learned a lot from that book!!!
WHAT!? I thought it was the play. I'm so disappointed right now.
LMM has always said if they do make a movie, it will be years down the road. However, they did film the original cast so not sure what is happening with that....
WHAT!? I thought it was the play. I'm so disappointed right now.
LMM has always said if they do make a movie, it will be years down the road. However, they did film the original cast so not sure what is happening with that....
What I've seen from LMM on the recording is that it's going in the vault for a very long time. He's committed to letting as many people see it in its original form (live at the theater) as possible before other interpretations are put out.
LMM has always said if they do make a movie, it will be years down the road. However, they did film the original cast so not sure what is happening with that....
What I've seen from LMM on the recording is that it's going in the vault for a very long time. He's committed to letting as many people see it in its original form (live at the theater) as possible before other interpretations are put out.
This makes sense to me and I can respect that! (However, I'm sure it's easier for those of us who have seen it/will see it in the near future to say that)!!!
I imagine that a movie just won't quite do it justice (that's a guess -I haven't seen it live yet)!
My 9-year-old wants to be Eliza for Halloween. I'm the opposite of a crafty mom and have no idea how to pull that shit together. Not to mention it's just kind of weird. I was delighted when she got into the musical, but now she is fanatically obsessed!
My 9-year-old wants to be Eliza for Halloween. I'm the opposite of a crafty mom and have no idea how to pull that shit together. Not to mention it's just kind of weird. I was delighted when she got into the musical, but now she is fanatically obsessed!
Ha! that is funny. You might be able to find some kind of period dress at a costume store and then you could just doctor it up a bit?
My 9-year-old wants to be Eliza for Halloween. I'm the opposite of a crafty mom and have no idea how to pull that shit together. Not to mention it's just kind of weird. I was delighted when she got into the musical, but now she is fanatically obsessed!
Ha! that is funny. You might be able to find some kind of period dress at a costume store and then you could just doctor it up a bit?
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. When I was a kid my mom dressed me as a hobo clown with a random flannel shirt and used her red lipstick and we called it a day. Oh for the 70s/80s.
My 9-year-old wants to be Eliza for Halloween. I'm the opposite of a crafty mom and have no idea how to pull that shit together. Not to mention it's just kind of weird. I was delighted when she got into the musical, but now she is fanatically obsessed!
My 8 year old daughter wants to be Alexander. So does my 3 year old son.
I haven't come to this thread in months and haven't listened to the soundtrack either. But since I have started looking at it again DD is back to singing "not throwing away my shot." I haven't mentioned it to her at all, but she really loves that song.
What is the youngest age you would take a kid to see this?
I haven't come to this thread in months and haven't listened to the soundtrack either. But since I have started looking at it again DD is back to singing "not throwing away my shot." I haven't mentioned it to her at all, but she really loves that song.
What is the youngest age you would take a kid to see this?
I think it mostly depends on their ability to sit still during the show, you know? DS is going to be 8 when I take him.
Ditto. DD1 will be 6 when we go, but she's been going to shows with us since last year.
One of my friends took her just-shy-of-5yo son to see Hamilton and he did fine.
Guys, holy shit. His acting was good, but his singing was *phenomenal.* He wasn't nearly as intense as Lin's Hamilton. His cockiness was a bit more cool and reserved. And he made me FEEL THINGS during Say No To This. GAH.
I was telling UWR a couple things that were slightly disappointing from him were during Quiet Uptown when Eliza takes his hand. I didn't get a whole lot of emotion from him, which bummed me out. I was also kind of underwhelmed with his soliloquy during World Was Wide Enough.
So I was thinking about this today and I'm curious for those who have seen Javilton, how much emotion does he have at this moment? It makes sense to me that LMM would have a lot of emotion, since LMM has said and shown that he's quite emotional. So I'm just curious how Javilton plays this.