Hamilton - The Thread Where It Happens

Haha fuck


Woman suffers heart attack during duel scene of the show. Someone yelled "gun!" People freek out and 3 people are injured during evacuation of the theater

 

I feel like 10 Duel Commandments gives the audience ample time to figure out that a gunshot might be forthcoming.

 

Maybe it was the one where it only gets to 7.

 

After a month+ of listening to the soundtrack post-seeing the play.

Tier 1:
Yorktown
Wait for It
You'll Be Back

And the 3 song run of Guns and Ships, History Has Its Eyes On You, and Yorktown is an incredible stretch. Yorktown in particular is just an incredible song to show the overall emotion of winning the war while also personal with the emotion he puts into meeting his son. It's just a great number for a critical point in the story.

 

Going to New York in July and just looked at Hamilton tickets and they're still $375/ea on the site (didn't look at secondary market yet). That's insane!

 

King George hunting serial killers now.

 

actually kind of cheap for NYC. I'd gobble those up quick.

 

Dunno how yall feel about the mixtape but I thought it was largely dissappointing. I like Chance's rendition of dear theodosia and wrote my way out/my shot were good but almost all of the singing on the rest of the album just had no emotion behind it. Alica Keys John Legend Kelly Clarkson Usher all sounded like they were just going through the motions.

Would have much preferred Kelly's version if she did it like this:

 

I didnt care for the mixtape that much. Part of it is the songs are just perfect the way they are. It's hard to improve with different tone/pacing.

 

I also havent listened to the soundtrack in a few months. This thread bumping has me listening again.

 

I enjoyed the Dear Theodosia renditions from Chance and fron Regina Spektor & Ben Folds, pass on the rest

 

Saw Renée Elise Goldsberry in concert tonight at Notre Dame. Absolutely phenomenal!! she did a whole bunch of different stuff, but did Satisfied, The Schuyler Sisters, and then It's Quiet Uptown. just an incredible opportunity and a fantastic show

 

I paid a little more than that when the touring group came to Durham. I'm actually a little surprised they aren't more on Broadway.

 

Sia’s Satisfied is really good IMO.

 

I think Chicago might be the best place to catch it, especially if it’s winter. Can get good seats for much cheaper and the cast is really solid

 

Saw the traveling show in New Orleans last week, enjoyed it so much we may go see it when we are in New York next week.

 

The White House Correspondents Dinner won’t have a comedian roasting DC people this year but will have Ron Chernow give a speech. He’s written biographies of financial genius like Hamilton and Carnegie. It is beneath him to waste his time on someone who isn’t good at money.

 

Listened to the sound track for the first time this week; what an artistic achievement

And that’s before you talk about how fucking catchy it is

 

Better late than never. After you listen to it for a while, read his book about his development of the play. It will blow your mind and make you appreciate it even more.

 

Also, I hadn’t really tracked this and I was listening to weird al because who doesn’t enjoy a good parody now and then

1. Weird Al is incredible at rapping

2. His Hamilton polka mashup is oddly satisfying

3. That how i ended up listening to the soundtrack, so that’s weird

 

I was living a happy life not knowing that

A) Weird Al was still a thing
B) He parody'd Hamilton.

 

Weird al is always a thing

It’s not a parody it’s a cover

 

Scored opening night tickets for when the touring company comes to Memphis. I have purposely avoided listening to any of the songs until I see the show.

 

That's a mistake. Learn the songs and lyrics. It's hard to pick up live and will give you better context for the show.

 

Didn’t listen to the music beforehand and was very glad with that decision. I mean, the entire musical is sung so the entire musical is on the soundtrack. Why would you pay hundreds of dollars to spoil it for yourself on Spotify beforehand

 

Spoil what? It’s not like there’s a twist ending.

 

Yeah that response made me laugh

 

Yeah, we get it, Alexander Hamilton died. Definitely not talking about the whole fucking musical

 

You aren’t answering the question. What about the musical is being spoiled by listening to it on Spotify?

 

What isn’t? You’ve literally heard the whole thing at that point. You won’t be surprised by the quality, nothing will be unexpected except some elements of choreography and the stage setup. You’ll be busy comparing the performance of the actors performing the musical that you’re seeing to the originals on the soundtrack you’ve worn out rather than enjoying the full experience for the first time. You can only see/experience something for the first time with complete naivety once and I value that

 

Surprised by the quality? What does that even mean? If you’re going to Hamilton then you’re expecting pretty high quality whether you have heard the songs or not.

I listened to it a ton of times and when I went and saw it in person, I was completely blown away still except unlike some other people I know who saw it without having heard it ahead of time I knew the lyrics to the songs and wasn’t distracted trying to catch/understand every word.

 

Because it is so good the fact you’ve heard it doesn’t matter. I could go both ways on this argument but if you are going to drop $300 you should enjoy it how you want.

 

I can agree with enjoying it how you want. People were being counseled to listen to the soundtrack beforehand so I voiced my differing opinion

 

People are passionate and just wanted to know how it spoiled it. That’s all

 

And I said I could go both ways.

Not listening to it causes too much intake and you’d have to see it again (which I’m in for). Knowing the basic and the songs wouldn’t ruin much because it is so awesome even after you know that America happened and the Brit’s ate out asses.

 

I feel like we should have double dated to this thing when it came to Cbus. Next time around.

 

Do you avoid an artist's music before you see them in concert or do you listen to it a lot and still greatly enjoy it live?

 

I feel like you’re right. Missed opportunity

 

Do you listen to an entire reading of a movie script before you go see the movie? Does that seem like a silly comparison? I thought yours was too

 

team gump on this one . Also intentionally didn’t listen to the music beforehand, felt I enjoyed it more,

 

You don't have to listen but you should at least read up on the Hamilton Wikipedia page (for the person, not the play) to get the framework of his life. That gives you enough context to catch the lyrics.

 

i'd personally suggest listening ahead of time, i think this is as far as i'd go regarding going in cold
https://www.vulture.com/2016/01/should-i-listen-to-hamilton-before-i-see-it.html

there's too much there that you 100% cannot get on the first listen that you'd miss out on the show imo.

 

I'll read the book before going to a movie. The script usually isnt available.