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I didn't see a topic about the musical anywhere.
And it didn't seem like it should go in Vespers, at least I didn't see any other musical there after a checking the first several pages (lots of RIP posts though which is depressing).

Anyway, I finally saw Hamilton this weekend and it was really really good.

I'm a big fan of American history and I remember seeing something on TV many years ago, it was Miranda and Obama talking about it a several months before the debut and thinking "How the hell are they going to make Hamilton's life story interesting?" :D

When it first came out my kids were listening to the soundtrack constantly and I liked it then too.

As I was sitting and watching it in the theater Sat night, I was laughing several times, not at the show, but at the amazing historical accuracy of everything said and done on stage.

I know it's been out a while but if you haven't seen it, try to check it out.
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That's an amazing thing to hear. I haven't seen it, and it never occurred to me to do so. It's not particularly likely I will, but, if the opportunity presents itself, maybe I won't pass it up now.
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Post by Menolly »

I was floored by the ending. I'm not a history buff so never saw that coming.

Fist, I don't know if it is still available, but I understand Disney+ streamed a very good filmed version of the musical awhile ago, if you have Disney+ to check.
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Ha, shall I made a new forum for Musicals and make you the Mod, HLT?

I never saw Hamilton live, but during the mist of the pandemic I was introduced to it while watching it on Disney+, and me and my wife have been hooked on the soundtrack ever since. Got us through a few months of the pandemic.

Awesome soundtrack. I'll still play it randomly.

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We went to see it about four years ago. Enjoyed it a lot and I thought it was pretty accurate.
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kevinswatch wrote:Ha, shall I made a new forum for Musicals and make you the Mod, HLT?

I never saw Hamilton live, but during the mist of the pandemic I was introduced to it while watching it on Disney+, and me and my wife have been hooked on the soundtrack ever since. Got us through a few months of the pandemic.

Awesome soundtrack. I'll still play it randomly.

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I'll be that Mod if you want.
I don't see too many musicals or theater performances (maybe 2 or 3 a year) but I'll do my best to keep the forum active.

My two kids performed in every musical and theater performance that was put on in both middle and high-school so they can back me up if I have questions. :D

Speaking of my kids, my daughter pointed out to me that there was one part of the show that Disney edited out.
Hamilton called Adams a fat motherfucker at the end of a anti-Adams rant.
It was perfect and hysterically when done on stage.
I literally laughed out loud along with the audience.


I thought that some of the songs I heard live were different or missing from the soundtrack and a bootleg video that I downloaded year ago.
Here's a link I found with songs that have been dropped over the years:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZkANYGycNU

Here's another youtube vid with behind the scenes info that I never noticed



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q1PTOSbdhM
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You see maybe two or three more in a year than I see in a decade. Sounds like you're our mod!
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By coincidence a girl I work with - not a history buff or academically minded in any way - was singing the praises of this musical to me the other night.

She's a recent school leaver who has come into retail, but suddenly knew more about this period and individual from American history than I did following a lifetimes reading. She was able to explain who Hamilton was and what he did down to a tee.

More power to any production than can pull off an educational feat like this - getting information and understanding into a kid's head without their even realising that they are being educated.
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Fist and Faith wrote:You see maybe two or three more in a year than I see in a decade. Sounds like you're our mod!
:haha: :haha: :haha:

I don't see many musicals at all (much less live), but I do enjoy them.

I think the last musical I saw oddly enough was back around 2005 with a bunch of Watchers to see Spamalot in DC at the Kennedy Center?

Hamilton was good though. The soundtrack got my family through many lonely days of the pandemic.

And I learned that my wife has a hard crush on Leslie Odom Jr.

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I have heard excellent reviews from peeps who’ve seen it. I haven’t but know an amazingly talented young woman who’s in it down under, she’s got amazing pipes as Angelica.
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I never saw Hamilton live, but we watched it when it was streamed on Disney +.

Keep in mind that it historical features are not strictly accurate. ;)
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We saw it. It was amazing.
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We've enjoyed the Disney+ version, and I gotta say, the book by Chernow is outstanding.
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